v0.1.0

VIDPIX v0.1.0

First public release.

Turn any video into ASCII animation — MP4 or GIF, right in your terminal.
One portable binary, no installers, no setup.

Downloads

Platform	File
Windows (x64)	vidpix-windows-x86_64.zip
Linux (x64)	vidpix-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
macOS (Intel)	vidpix-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
macOS (Apple Silicon)	vidpix-macos-arm64.tar.gz

Quick start

1. Download the archive for your OS
2. Extract the binary next to your videos
3. Run vidpix
4. Pick a video, a character set (0 1, : ; 0 1, *, all together) and a format (MP4 / GIF)
5. Get yourvideo_vidpix.mp4 or .gif next to the source file

What's inside

• Interactive console menu with language selection (Russian / English)
• Automatic video detection next to the binary
• Supports mp4, mov, avi, mkv, webm, m4v, flv, wmv
• Four ASCII character sets
• MP4 (H.264) and GIF (optimized palette) output
• Custom bitmap rendering with an embedded typeface
• Automatic ffmpeg download on first run — fully portable afterwards
• Progress bars for every stage
• vidpix --version / vidpix --help

Notes

• Windows 10+, Linux (glibc 2.31+), macOS 10.15+
• First run needs internet access to fetch ffmpeg (~80 MB)
• This is 0.1.0 — API and CLI may change before 1.0.0

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See CHANGELOG.md for the full list of changes.