console eyecandy

[Seneca]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:10:52PM -0400, Jeremy Wakeman wrote:
> Being one of those who spends the majority of their time *not* running
> X, I've been looking at some of the more unusual console based programs
> out there.  There's some crazy stuff out there.  One thing I thought
> I might find that I never did is a console graphic equalizer or audio
> responsive "visualization" program: ansi-extace :)
> 
> I suppose such a program would either have to be tied into a
> mp3/ogg/wav/whatever-floats-your-boat player or somehow get it's info
> using an esd style strategy.  My c++ skills are pretty pathetic, and
> I've never programmed anything using ncurses, but i assume that would
> be the thing to use for something like this.
> 
> Has anyone heard of any programs that attempt this bizarre idea?

xine with the aalib frontend.  It's only greyscale, but it can also play
your video files in glorious ascii-vision.  The audio visualization that
I get from it isn't the greatest, but the fact that I can watch aalib
renderings of $VIDEO more than makes up for it.

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