NAME

       aaflip - An ASCII art video player

SYNOPSIS

       aaflip [-abcfv] [-n number] [-s delay]

DESCRIPTION

       aaflip is an ASCII art video player which supports the fli and flc formats.

       fli files are limited to a resolution of 320x200 pixel, while flc files can have any resolution.

       The  default method of playing is to load the first frame of the animation sequence and display it. After
       this the remainder of the file is loaded into memory, and the animation starts. The animation ends when q
       or ctrl-c is pressed.

OPTIONS

       -a     Remove frames from memory after processing.  Using  this  option  leaves  more  memory  for  other
              processes, but relies on the buffer cache for continuous animation.

       -b     Process  frames  immediately  as  they are loaded. When using this option the animation frames are
              shown as soon as the player has read them, so you don't have to wait until  the  entire  file  has
              been  read. The disadvantage is that the animation becomes jumpy if the speed set by the animation
              is higher than the speed of loading.

       -c     Keep the screen black while loading the animation. This conflicts with option -b, which  can  give
              interesting results.

       -f     Switch off clock synchronization. Animation will run as fast as possible.

       -v     Show information on flic file.

       -n number
              Play the animation sequence number times.

       -s delay
              Set delay between frames to delay milliseconds. Option -s 0 is the same as -f.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs you find to Jan Hubicka <hubicka@freesoft.cz>.

LICENSE

       aaflip is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).

HISTORY

       aaflip is based on the FLI Player written by John Remyn <boogyman@xs4all.hacktic.nl>.

SEE ALSO

       aafire(1), aainfo(1), aasavefont(1), aatest(1), aview(1), asciiview(1), aa3d(1), aatv(1), bb(1), xaos(6).

AUTHOR

       Jan Hubicka <hubicka@freesoft.cz>

       This  manual page was written by Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> and Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                December 17, 2001                                      AAFLIP(1)