Realtime Video->ASCII Conversion
March 18, 2010
Launch Experiment
Slow? Not Working? Try it in Google Chrome.
From the Author:
Uses HTML5 and tags to convert video to ASCII (think the Matrix) in real-time
Technology:
HTML5, canvas, video
Comments
It worked fine for me for about a minute and a half, then it got severely messed up. Reloading doesn't help.
Reply to this commentI got Rick Rolled :P
Reply to this commentIt doesn't work. Very slow.
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Reply to this commentyA i got rick rolled
Reply to this commentomg i just got rickrolled in ASCII...HI-FIVE
Reply to this commentlol ! hahah!
Reply to this commentAn amazing idea, kudos, karma and cheers to the author! Delicious.
Reply to this commentAwesome!
Reply to this commentWorks great on Chrome + based on Debian Lenny
Very impressive!
Reply to this commenthey this is super-awesome :) -- i don't see a license for the code though? is it okay to re-use? thanks.
Reply to this commentSorry, but this doesn't work in Chrome on Mac OS. Using the latest dev build.
Reply to this commentIt works fine on Chrome on Mac OSX, maybe not on mac os, but fine on OSX
Reply to this commentI just ran the experiment above on Chrome on Mac OS, and it works just fine.
Reply to this commentAbsolut great an funny.
but there is a little bug inside (i use firefox):
If you watch the video the first time it works, if you watch it a second time, (klicking the play button when the video ended) then the ascii convertor dont work. You have to pause and to continue the video to turn it on :)
Reply to this commentsadly, doesn't work - tried on 3 (three!) laptops (2 at home, 1 and work) and nothing - just displays a blank rectngular :( eh...
Reply to this commentCOOL!!
I HAD GREAT TAME
Reply to this commentASCIIrolled!
Reply to this commentBy far one of the best (if not the best) piece of engineering on the webs I EVER saw. Six stars for you mister! ******
And my personal admiration
Reply to this commentThis is beautifully amazing! Fantastic work.
Reply to this commentThis is so buggy! When I try to play past 8 seconds, it crashes and corrupts! FIXI!!!
Reply to this commentIt's probably your browser or pc, works fine here, google chrome + dual core
Reply to this commentso eu fabricio nao gostou
Reply to this commenteu sou o mano
Reply to this commentThis is cool as like the idea cant wait to see how it progress
Reply to this commentgreat job:)
now try with webcam:)
Reply to this commentAll these guys that are leaving bad comments are retards. This is a great idea, well implemented and very clean code (I expected 1000+ LOC, but it can't be more than 100-150!)
Reply to this commentAlways freezes and crashes 6 seconds in/
Reply to this commentcomplaid
Reply to this commentthats scary(in a good way)
Reply to this commenti like ti
Reply to this commentI can watch fullscreen HD videos, but this lags more than I like.
(Using latest version of Mozilla Firefox)
Reply to this commentqwe
Reply to this commentThe next step(or the step skipped) is to convert any picture to ASCII.
Reply to this commenthttp://www.nihilogic.dk/labs/jsascii/
Reply to this commentWow... Thats cool!... thanks
Reply to this commentThe video works fine again on latest trunk
Reply to this commentanjoye
Reply to this commentThis doesn't seem to work at all on Chrome for Mac...
Reply to this commentAll is well
Reply to this commentQuite the interesting thing you got here. I have to agree with most of the commenters: If it's real time, a youtube video upload would be quite useful.
Reply to this commentWhen are YouTube going to realise that this is the future of video on the internet - brilliant.
Reply to this commentI wanna be able to copy and paste the pictures.... and an upload button!
Reply to this commentWorks great.. for about the first 10 seconds. running on chrome 5.0.260.0 it just stops after a few seconds in each video (4gb of ram and 3.4ghz quad-core processor so i don't think its my system...) but it is amazing when it works! :p
Reply to this commentrick roll'd @ chromeexperitments,
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Reply to this commentThis is awesome! Thanks for doing this. It would be even better if the user could upload or link to his or her own video.
Reply to this commentthis is really awesome! its slow, though
Reply to this commentNot on a quad-core with an 8600gt. Speedy, even at maximum res with all settings enabled...
Reply to this commentdoesn't seem to be working for me
Reply to this commentha :D Cool. But can you do it with a webcam input?
Reply to this commentYou have just made my day, sir!
Reply to this commentedit: My bad. You should make it recognize and display colors.
Reply to this commentcurrently, it render's each line together in a 2d canvas canvas. As such it can only have one color per line of resolution, per character rendering (with color) is unfortunately still out of the realm of real-time on current canvas technology (or my optimization skills)
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