Stream YouTube videos as ascii art in the terminal!
YouTube Terminal will play the first found search result:
$ youtube-terminal [options] 'cyanide and happiness'-l, --link [url] Use YouTube link instead of searching
-i, --invert Invert brightness, recommended on white background
--color Use 16 terminal colors [experimental]
-c, --contrast [percent] Adjust video contrast [default: 35]
-w, --width [number] ASCII video character width
-m, --mute Disable audio playback
--fps [number] Adjust playback frame rate
-h, --help Display this usage information
Note that setting the
--invertflag had the opposite effect in earlier releases, and was changed based on this poll.
$ npm install -g youtube-terminalBe sure to have FFmpeg installed as well.
Ubuntu/Debian users should have ALSA installed as well:
$ sudo apt-get install libasound2-devMIT