Retired Document
Important: This sample code may not represent best practices for current development. The project may use deprecated symbols and illustrate technologies and techniques that are no longer recommended.
ReadMe.txt
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CONSOLE APPLICATION : ASCIIMoviePlayerSample Project Overview |
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Bring back the glory days of ASCII art with ASCIIMoviePlayer! This sample demonstrates using a MovieDrawingCompleteProc to render a QuickTime movie in the Mac OS X Terminal or the DOS Console on Windows. Yes, it's true, now you can enjoy the latest QuickTime Movie Trailers without leaving the comfort of the command line. |
ASCIIMoviePlayerSample.vcproj |
This is the main project file for VC++ projects generated using an Application Wizard. |
It contains information about the version of Visual C++ that generated the file, and |
information about the platforms, configurations, and project features selected with the |
Application Wizard. |
ASCIIMoviePlayerSample.cpp |
This is the main application source file. |
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Other standard files: |
StdAfx.h, StdAfx.cpp |
These files are used to build a precompiled header (PCH) file |
named ASCIIMoviePlayerSample.pch and a precompiled types file named StdAfx.obj. |
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Other notes: |
Top X Tips for better ASCII QuickTime Movie Viewing |
10) Grow your terminal/console to fit the Movie |
9) Ask marketing folks if you can incorporate this code into your latest QuickTime product and see if they think you're serious, then do it behind their back anyway |
8) Set your terminal to White on Black for optimal look |
7) Download your favorite movie trailer |
6) While you're at it, download some Graphics Importer sample code (why not?) |
5) Jedi mind trick your manager "...you want to send me to WWDC" |
4) Order the pizza. |
3) Dim the lights and turn up the audio |
2) Turn off terminal transparancy for fastest performance |
1a) Usage [smelltheglove:/Volumes/Spock] moof% ASCIIMoviePlayer sillymovie.mov |
1b) Usage C:\ ASCIIMoviePlayer.exe sillymovie.mov |
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