""" Convert a video to a txt in a format, which i need Using: https://github.com/ivanl-exe/image-to-ascii/ """ import cv2 import os import shutil OUT_DIR = 'assets/output' GEN_TXT = 'assets/gen.txt' CONVERT = False video = cv2.VideoCapture(r'/home/marc/5fps.mp4') # write all frames to an output dir current_frame = 0 if CONVERT: # make sure to delete leftover output shutil.rmtree(OUT_DIR) os.makedirs(OUT_DIR) while True: ret, frame = video.read() if ret: name = OUT_DIR + '/frame' + str(current_frame) + '.jpg' cv2.imwrite(name, frame) print(f"Frame to jpg: {current_frame}") current_frame += 1 else: break # convert to ascii shutil.rmtree(GEN_TXT) for f in os.listdir(OUT_DIR): filename = os.path.abspath(OUT_DIR + '/' + f) print(f'Processing: {filename}') os.system(f'../image-to-ascii/target/release/image_to_ascii 21 10 true {filename} >> {GEN_TXT}') # cleanup video.release() cv2.destroyAllWindows()