[Hackmeeting] HasciiCam 1.0 - ASCII ROOTS

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RASTASOFT in collaboration with Mammete.it proudly presents

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                  [ (h)ascii for the masses! ]
                                version 1.0 codename ASCII ROOTS 


Hasciicam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It
captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii, formatting the
output into an html page with a refresh tag or in a live ascii window or
in a simple text file as well, giving the possiblity to anybody that has a
bttv card. a linux box and a cheap modem line to show a live asciivideo
feed that can be browsable without any need for plugin, java etc.

WEB DOCUMENTATION AND SCREENSHOTS http://ascii.dyne.org

DOWNLOAD FROM ftp://ftp.dyne.org/hasciicam

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INSTALLATION

it should work as usual:
./configure
make
make install

what's needed to compile:

aalib - that's the great lib that makes possible ascii rendering
    if your distribution does'nt includes it, you can fetch it
    from the hasciicam webpage.


running it:

people reported success with several pci and usb devices, refer to
video4linux documentation for further informations

kernel modules spca5xx and quickcam are recommended

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DOCUMENTATION

to have a list of command line options:
./hasciicam -h
or once installed try:
man hasciicam

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS

code snippets hacks and ideas have been contributed by:
jan hubicka and the aalibcrew, gerdknorr, mathop, augustonero, boffh,
martin guy, pbm, megabug, rat, rapid, alessandro preite martinez, hks1,
thomas pfau, knorke, blended

special thanks to:
# LOA hacklab milano :: http://loa.hacklab.it
    for donating a pentium100mhz box
# hell voyager 
    for donating an hauppage bttv brooktree card
    (wich makes it possible to have releases :) )
# alex + rasty + martinez
    very good vibez!
# servus.at, maddler.net, flyinglinux.net, autistici.org
    high quality bandwidth lets people get slashdotted!
# FREAKNET medialab catania :: http://freaknet.org
    for knowledge, place, sun and connectivity under the vulcano!

    

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jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, http://rastasoft.org