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<title>HasciiCam :: (h)ascii for the masses!</title>

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<para>
       hasciicam makes it possible to have live asciivideo on the
       web. It takes video from a capture device (like  tv  cards
       or  quickcams)  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 publish on the web a  live  asciivideo  feed
       browsable without any need for browser's plugins.
</para><para>
       hasciicam grabs frames using Video4Linux api, renders them
       into ascii using AA-lib engine and is capable of  armoring
       them  with auto-refreshing HTML code. It's being used also
       jpeglib for optionally refresh a small jpeg image, so that
       it can work also as a simple webcam (or showing both, jpeg
       and asciivideo).
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