Convert Video to ASCII

video_ascii_conversion.py

import cv2
import numpy as np

cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
# replace each pixel with a character from array
chars = ["B", "S", "#", "&", "@", "$", "%", "*", "!", ":", "."]
chars = chars[::-1]


while True:
    ret, frame = cap.read()

    edframe = cv2.resize(frame, (int(frame.shape[1] / 10), int(frame.shape[0] / 10)))

    edframe = cv2.cvtColor(edframe, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    newframe = np.zeros(frame.shape, dtype=np.uint8)

    for i1, e1 in enumerate(edframe):
        for i2, e2 in enumerate(e1):
            cv2.putText(newframe, chars[e2 // 25], (i2 * 10, i1 * 10), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1, (255, 255, 255), 1,
                        cv2.LINE_AA)

    cv2.imshow('Edited Frame', newframe)

    k = cv2.waitKey(1)
    # ESC key to exit
    if k == 27:
        break

cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()