bionic (1) aaflip.1.gz

NAME

       aaflip - An ASCII art video player

SYNOPSIS

       aaflip [-abcfv] [-n number] [-s delay]

DESCRIPTION

       aaflip is an ASCII art video player which supports the fli and flc formats.

       fli files are limited to a resolution of 320x200 pixel, while flc files can have any resolution.

       The  default method of playing is to load the first frame of the animation sequence and display it. After
       this the remainder of the file is loaded into memory, and the animation starts. The animation ends when q
       or ctrl-c is pressed.

OPTIONS

       -a     Remove  frames  from  memory  after  processing.  Using  this  option leaves more memory for other
              processes, but relies on the buffer cache for continuous animation.

       -b     Process frames immediately as they are loaded. When using this option  the  animation  frames  are
              shown  as  soon  as  the player has read them, so you don't have to wait until the entire file has
              been read. The disadvantage is that the animation becomes jumpy if the speed set by the  animation
              is higher than the speed of loading.

       -c     Keep  the  screen black while loading the animation. This conflicts with option -b, which can give
              interesting results.

       -f     Switch off clock synchronization. Animation will run as fast as possible.

       -v     Show information on flic file.

       -n number
              Play the animation sequence number times.

       -s delay
              Set delay between frames to delay milliseconds. Option -s 0 is the same as -f.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs you find to Jan Hubicka <hubicka@freesoft.cz>.

LICENSE

       aaflip is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).

HISTORY

       aaflip is based on the FLI Player written by John Remyn <boogyman@xs4all.hacktic.nl>.

SEE ALSO

       aafire(1), aainfo(1), aasavefont(1), aatest(1), aview(1), asciiview(1), aa3d(1), aatv(1), bb(1), xaos(6).

AUTHOR

       Jan Hubicka <hubicka@freesoft.cz>

       This manual page was written by Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> and Aaron Lehmann  <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                December 17, 2001                                      AAFLIP(1)