x86-Assembly-Video-To-Ascii

Convert video frames into ASCII images and display them like a video.

• Slides
• Demo Video

Set up a development environment

Untrack These Files in Git

The project must be open with these files, but you can untrack them if you don't want to commit them to git.
git update-index --assume-unchanged .\.vs\Video2Acsii\v16\.suo
git update-index --assume-unchanged .\.vs\Video2Acsii\v16\Browse.VC.db

Get Started with MASM and Visual Studio

Follow the instructions from the website of the library here.

Add Assets to The Project

Video Frames

1. Create a folder named frames in the project root directory.
2. Put all the video frames image files (BMP file format) into ./frames.
3. These images should be named with their index (From 0000.bmp to 9999.bmp)

[Important!] The width of the images must be a multiple of 4. (64*40 is recommended for resolution of the images.)

Audios

1. Create a folder named audios in the project root directory.
2. Put the background music WAV file into ./audios and name with bgm.wav.

Set Total Frames Number in The Source Code.

1. Change the value of totalFrames in line 62 of Source.asm