Some commenters are worried that this development could precipitate unblockable ads.
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From our perusal of the examples, ASCILINE does indeed look like it is capable of better fidelity than prior video to ASCII streamers , some of which have a surprisingly long history dating back to the 90s. The software does a pretty decent job of making color text-based videos from a source. The dev notes that this technique uses Mode 3, using a palette of 32K colors, and can output at 30 FPS. Though classic mono ASCII is also a render option.
Most impressive is the so-called real-time pixel streaming. The GitHub explains that this technique uses Mode 5 and “replaces characters with colored blocks, approaching 360p video quality.” Indeed, in the small embedded video on the page, it looks indistinguishable from the source MP4. We think the innate blockiness would become apparent quickly if it were rendered in a larger window, though.
In a mission statement of sorts, YusufB5 says that ASCILINE’s “core objective is to transform the web into a highly dynamic and interactive typographic canvas. By mapping pixels to text-based representations, we unlock new possibilities for web media delivery.” On social media, the dev simplifies this highfalutin vision by heralding ASCILINE Engine as a tool that can build “an unblockable video stream. It renders 360p at 30 FPS using pure text.”
The ‘unblockable’ claim gets plenty of pushback across various social media channels. For example, an adblocker put in element zapper mode can quickly remove the HTML5 Canvas that the ASCII video renders in. That’s just one option.
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/video-editing-graphic-design/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/video-editing-graphic-design/dev-releases-unblockable-ascii-video-stream-software-mode-5-rendering-puts-out-360p-at-30-fps-using-pure-text#main
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