Releases · SajagIN/vidminal

24 Jun 12:10

v1.2.0

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v1.2.0 - The Performance & Usability Update Latest

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This is a massive update focused on making vidminal faster, more interactive, and easier to use! We've completely overhauled the video processing pipeline for a much smoother experience, especially with larger, high-resolution videos.

🚀 What's New

Automatic 144p Downscaling: High-resolution videos are now automatically downscaled to a temporary 144p version before playback. This dramatically improves performance and reduces stuttering.
On-the-Fly ASCII Conversion: No more waiting for the entire video to be converted! Frames are now extracted in the background and converted to ASCII just-in-time for display, leading to near-instant startup.
Dynamic Terminal Resizing: The ASCII video will now automatically resize to fit your terminal if you change its size during playback!
New Playback Controls:
- Volume Control: Use + and - to adjust the volume.
- Mute: Press M to toggle mute.
Enhanced UI Seekbar: The bottom UI bar has been redesigned to show play/pause status, a visual volume meter, and current/total time, all while adapting to your terminal's width.
Interactive Mode: When run without a video file, vidminal will now loop and prompt you for a new video after the current one finishes.

✨ Fixes & Improvements

Robust Seeking: Seeking is now more reliable, with a "Buffering..." indicator if it needs to wait for frames to be extracted.
Expanded options.json: Customize even more! New options include gamma, contrast, multiple ascii_chars_sets, and configurable seek jump times.
Bundled ffmpeg: The correct ffmpeg binary for your OS (Windows, macOS, Linux) is now bundled and extracted automatically. No manual installation required!
Cleaner Codebase: Removed old, inefficient functions in favor of the new, superior streaming pipeline.