MotionDesignStudio · January 3, 2024 03:26 · MotionDesignStudio · Jan 18, 2021
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
 Example:  
 Video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5H_bnZzGc

 [ Usage:  To convert a video file to ASCII video with no audio. ]

 ./ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py myvideo.mkv 4 15

 “myvideo.mkv” is the name of your video file.  Supported video files are limited based on your system.
 “4” is the density of ASCII characters.
 “15” is the font size.

 Changing the density and font size changes the look and feel of the video.

 [ Usage:  To convert a image file to a ASCII image. ]

 ./ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py myimage.jpg 4 15

 “myimage.jpg” is the name of your image file.  Supported image files are limited based on your system.
 “4” is the density of ASCII characters.
 “15” is the font size.

 Changing the density and font size changes the look and feel of the image.

 [ How To Modify ]

 The following line: font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf", fontsize, encoding="unic")

 Is the path to the font being utilized.  If you encounter errors with the font location point this to a location where your system stores a fixed width truetype font. 

 Modify any lines with “120,20,20” to change the background color of the image or video.
 Modify any lines with “255,255,0” to change the font color.  

 The color is expressed as an RGB triplet (r,g,b), each component of which can vary from 0 to 255. If all the components are at zero the result is black; if all are at maximum, the result is the brightest representable white.


 External link to FFMEG:

 Modify this line to your external ffmpeg source.

 	subprocess.call(["./ffmpeg/ffmpeg", "-i", "%d.png", "-r",  frame_rate, "-y", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-c:a", "copy", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "output.mkv" ])


 [ Important ]
 Non fixed width fonts might distort the image.

 I use a static ffmpeg build because it runs faster and creates a smaller higher quality video.  The ffmpeg commands I use is optimized for Youtube streaming.  You can download the latest from.  http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/

diff --git a/ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py b/ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py
 #!/usr/bin/env python

 import sys
 import cv2
 import subprocess
 from subprocess import call


 import aalib
 import Image

 import PIL
 from PIL import ImageFont
 from PIL import Image
 from PIL import ImageDraw

 import imghdr

 import ImageOps

 import numpy as np


 sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
 videofilename=str(sys.argv[1]).strip()

 #These two variables control the resolution and font size.  They are interconnected.
 #img_new_magnitude
 #fontsize

 try:
 	img_new_magnitude= int (str(sys.argv[2]).strip() )
 except :
 	img_new_magnitude=4

 try:
 	fontsize= int (str(sys.argv[3]).strip())
 except :
 	fontsize= 15

 font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf", fontsize, encoding="unic")

 def create_ascii_video_2():
 	#Extract the image size:
 	image_width, image_height =calculate_image_size_from_video ()
 	#Extract the number of rows and length of the string in pixels which is used for the image being 
 	#created based on the width and height of the text.
 	how_many_rows, new_img_width = calculate_image_size_from_video_2 ()

 	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)
 	saved_file_name=""
 	frame_rate=str (vc.get(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FPS))

 	#Png file name counter
 	c=0

 	if vc.isOpened():
    		rval , frame = vc.read()
 	else:
    		rval = False

 	while rval:
    		rval, frame = vc.read()
 		
 		#Check to see if file is a valid image.  I notice the last frame of the video is an empty file at times:
    		try:
 			myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
 		except (TypeError, AttributeError):
            		print ("cannot identify image while loop in function create_ascii_video_2", myimage)
 			continue		

 	
 		aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/25.28)*img_new_magnitude
 		aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude		

 		screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

 		myimage= Image.fromarray(frame).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)
 		
 		screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)

 		img=Image.new("RGBA", (new_img_width, how_many_rows*fontsize),(120,20,20))
 		draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 		y = 0
 		for lines in screen.render().splitlines():
 			draw.text( (0,y), lines, (255,255,0),font=font )
 			y = y + fontsize
 	

 		imagefit = ImageOps.fit(img, (image_width, image_height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
 		
 		imagefit.save(str(c)+'.png', "PNG")

    		c = c + 1
    		cv2.waitKey(1)
 		
 	vc.release()
 	cv2.destroyAllWindows()

 	subprocess.call(["./ffmpeg/ffmpeg", "-i", "%d.png", "-r",  frame_rate, "-y", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-c:a", "copy", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "output.mkv" ])
 	
 	clean_up(c)


 def create_ascii_image():

 	myimage= Image.open(videofilename)
 	image_width, image_height = myimage.size

 	
 	aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/24.9)*img_new_magnitude
 	aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude

 	screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

 	myimage= Image.open(videofilename).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)
 	screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)
 	
 	y = 0

 	how_many_rows = len ( screen.render().splitlines() ) 

 	new_img_width, font_size = font.getsize (screen.render().splitlines()[0])
 	

 	img=Image.new("RGBA", (new_img_width, how_many_rows*fontsize),(120,20,20))
 	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

 	for lines in screen.render().splitlines():
 		draw.text( (0,y), lines, (255,255,0),font=font )
 		y = y + fontsize
 		

 	imagefit = ImageOps.fit(img, (image_width, image_height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
 	
 	imagefit.save("ascii_photo.png", "PNG")


 def clean_up(howmuchtodelete):
 	i=0
 	while i< howmuchtodelete :
 		subprocess.call(["rm", str(i)+".png" ])
 		i=i+1

 def complete_alert_message(the_message):
 	font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf",40)
 	img=Image.new("RGBA", (200,70),(120,20,20))
 	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 	draw.text((5, 0),the_message,(255,255,0),font=font)
 	img.show()



 def calculate_image_size_from_video ():

 	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)

 	if vc.isOpened():
    		rval , frame = vc.read()

 		#Extract the image size:
    		try:
 			myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
 			return myimage.size			
        	except IOError:
            		print ("cannot identify image file", myimage)
 		

 	else:
    		print ("In fucntion calculate_image_size_from_video I could not find the video frame size." )


 def calculate_image_size_from_video_2 ():
 	#Extract the image size:
 	image_width, image_height =calculate_image_size_from_video ()

 	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)

 	if vc.isOpened():
    		rval , frame = vc.read()
 	else:
    		rval = False

 	while rval:
    		rval, frame = vc.read()
 		
 		#Check to see if file is a valid image.  I notice the last frame of the video is an empty file at times:
    		try:
 			myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
 		except (TypeError, AttributeError):
            		print ("cannot identify image", myimage)
 			continue		

 	
 		aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/25.28)*img_new_magnitude
 		aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude
 		

 		screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

 		myimage= Image.fromarray(frame).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)
 		
 		screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)	

 		how_many_rows = len ( screen.render().splitlines() ) 

 		new_img_width, font_size = font.getsize (screen.render().splitlines()[0])
 	
    		cv2.waitKey(1)	
 		vc.release()
 		return  (how_many_rows, new_img_width )
 		

 def test_if_image_or_video ():

 	if imghdr.what(videofilename) != None :
 		print ("This is a image file.")
 		create_ascii_image()
 	else: 
 		print ("This is probably not a image.")
 		create_ascii_video_2()


 test_if_image_or_video ()
	Example:
	Video
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5H_bnZzGc

	[ Usage: To convert a video file to ASCII video with no audio. ]

	./ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py myvideo.mkv 4 15

	“myvideo.mkv” is the name of your video file. Supported video files are limited based on your system.
	“4” is the density of ASCII characters.
	“15” is the font size.

	Changing the density and font size changes the look and feel of the video.

	[ Usage: To convert a image file to a ASCII image. ]

	./ascii_movie_image_ver_1.py myimage.jpg 4 15

	“myimage.jpg” is the name of your image file. Supported image files are limited based on your system.
	“4” is the density of ASCII characters.
	“15” is the font size.

	Changing the density and font size changes the look and feel of the image.

	[ How To Modify ]

	The following line: font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf", fontsize, encoding="unic")

	Is the path to the font being utilized. If you encounter errors with the font location point this to a location where your system stores a fixed width truetype font.

	Modify any lines with “120,20,20” to change the background color of the image or video.
	Modify any lines with “255,255,0” to change the font color.

	The color is expressed as an RGB triplet (r,g,b), each component of which can vary from 0 to 255. If all the components are at zero the result is black; if all are at maximum, the result is the brightest representable white.


	External link to FFMEG:

	Modify this line to your external ffmpeg source.

	subprocess.call(["./ffmpeg/ffmpeg", "-i", "%d.png", "-r", frame_rate, "-y", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-c:a", "copy", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "output.mkv" ])


	[ Important ]
	Non fixed width fonts might distort the image.

	I use a static ffmpeg build because it runs faster and creates a smaller higher quality video. The ffmpeg commands I use is optimized for Youtube streaming. You can download the latest from. http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
	#!/usr/bin/env python

	import sys
	import cv2
	import subprocess
	from subprocess import call


	import aalib
	import Image

	import PIL
	from PIL import ImageFont
	from PIL import Image
	from PIL import ImageDraw

	import imghdr

	import ImageOps

	import numpy as np


	sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
	videofilename=str(sys.argv[1]).strip()

	#These two variables control the resolution and font size. They are interconnected.
	#img_new_magnitude
	#fontsize

	try:
	img_new_magnitude= int (str(sys.argv[2]).strip() )
	except :
	img_new_magnitude=4

	try:
	fontsize= int (str(sys.argv[3]).strip())
	except :
	fontsize= 15

	font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf", fontsize, encoding="unic")

	def create_ascii_video_2():
	#Extract the image size:
	image_width, image_height =calculate_image_size_from_video ()
	#Extract the number of rows and length of the string in pixels which is used for the image being
	#created based on the width and height of the text.
	how_many_rows, new_img_width = calculate_image_size_from_video_2 ()

	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)
	saved_file_name=""
	frame_rate=str (vc.get(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FPS))

	#Png file name counter
	c=0

	if vc.isOpened():
	rval , frame = vc.read()
	else:
	rval = False

	while rval:
	rval, frame = vc.read()

	#Check to see if file is a valid image. I notice the last frame of the video is an empty file at times:
	try:
	myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
	except (TypeError, AttributeError):
	print ("cannot identify image while loop in function create_ascii_video_2", myimage)
	continue


	aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/25.28)*img_new_magnitude
	aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude

	screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

	myimage= Image.fromarray(frame).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)

	screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)

	img=Image.new("RGBA", (new_img_width, how_many_rows*fontsize),(120,20,20))
	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
	y = 0
	for lines in screen.render().splitlines():
	draw.text( (0,y), lines, (255,255,0),font=font )
	y = y + fontsize


	imagefit = ImageOps.fit(img, (image_width, image_height), Image.ANTIALIAS)

	imagefit.save(str(c)+'.png', "PNG")

	c = c + 1
	cv2.waitKey(1)

	vc.release()
	cv2.destroyAllWindows()

	subprocess.call(["./ffmpeg/ffmpeg", "-i", "%d.png", "-r", frame_rate, "-y", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-c:a", "copy", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", "output.mkv" ])

	clean_up(c)


	def create_ascii_image():

	myimage= Image.open(videofilename)
	image_width, image_height = myimage.size


	aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/24.9)*img_new_magnitude
	aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude

	screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

	myimage= Image.open(videofilename).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)
	screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)

	y = 0

	how_many_rows = len ( screen.render().splitlines() )

	new_img_width, font_size = font.getsize (screen.render().splitlines()[0])


	img=Image.new("RGBA", (new_img_width, how_many_rows*fontsize),(120,20,20))
	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

	for lines in screen.render().splitlines():
	draw.text( (0,y), lines, (255,255,0),font=font )
	y = y + fontsize


	imagefit = ImageOps.fit(img, (image_width, image_height), Image.ANTIALIAS)

	imagefit.save("ascii_photo.png", "PNG")


	def clean_up(howmuchtodelete):
	i=0
	while i< howmuchtodelete :
	subprocess.call(["rm", str(i)+".png" ])
	i=i+1

	def complete_alert_message(the_message):
	font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf",40)
	img=Image.new("RGBA", (200,70),(120,20,20))
	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
	draw.text((5, 0),the_message,(255,255,0),font=font)
	img.show()



	def calculate_image_size_from_video ():

	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)

	if vc.isOpened():
	rval , frame = vc.read()

	#Extract the image size:
	try:
	myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
	return myimage.size
	except IOError:
	print ("cannot identify image file", myimage)


	else:
	print ("In fucntion calculate_image_size_from_video I could not find the video frame size." )


	def calculate_image_size_from_video_2 ():
	#Extract the image size:
	image_width, image_height =calculate_image_size_from_video ()

	vc = cv2.VideoCapture(videofilename)

	if vc.isOpened():
	rval , frame = vc.read()
	else:
	rval = False

	while rval:
	rval, frame = vc.read()

	#Check to see if file is a valid image. I notice the last frame of the video is an empty file at times:
	try:
	myimage= Image.fromarray(frame)
	except (TypeError, AttributeError):
	print ("cannot identify image", myimage)
	continue


	aalib_screen_width= int(image_width/25.28)*img_new_magnitude
	aalib_screen_height= int(image_height/41.39)*img_new_magnitude


	screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=aalib_screen_width, height=aalib_screen_height )

	myimage= Image.fromarray(frame).convert("L").resize(screen.virtual_size)

	screen.put_image((0,0), myimage)

	how_many_rows = len ( screen.render().splitlines() )

	new_img_width, font_size = font.getsize (screen.render().splitlines()[0])

	cv2.waitKey(1)
	vc.release()
	return (how_many_rows, new_img_width )


	def test_if_image_or_video ():

	if imghdr.what(videofilename) != None :
	print ("This is a image file.")
	create_ascii_image()
	else:
	print ("This is probably not a image.")
	create_ascii_video_2()


	test_if_image_or_video ()