terminal-photo-viewer

view images in the terminal using ansi escape codes and python

!! Only tested on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with python version 3.8.10

Dependencies

Pillow

To install:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow

How to use from terminal

python3 main.py imagePath.jpg renders imagePath.jpg

python3 video.py videoPath.mp4 renders video then displays it with audio (long time to render, high frame rate, high memory, sometimes crashes on long files)

python3 videoLo.py videoPath.mp4 displays video without prerendering, also with audio (low frame rate)

python3 save.py imagePath.jpg outputPath.txt saves an image in the given output file, if you cat the output file it should display correctly

main.render(file_path) -> string

returns a string of ansi escape codes and characters, if printed should display in terminal

Attempts to use true colour

main.renderFromGetMethod(getMethod)

passes (x, y) values ranging from 0 - 1 to getMethod to get an image

expects getMethod to return an rgb tuple from 0 - 255

example getMethod

def myMethod(x, y):
  return (255*x, 255*y, 255-255*y)

result