Can stream an ~20 minutes ASCII movie via Telnet emulation as stand alone server or via xinetd daemon.
Screenshot:
Wanna see it in action? Just watch https://asciinema.org/a/3132
Tested with Python 2.6+, Python 3.5+
Original art work : Simon Jansen https://www.asciimation.co.nz/
Telnetification & Player coding : Martin W. Kirst
Python3 Update: Ryan Jarvis
See program output:
$ python ascii_telnet_server.py --help
Usage: ascii_telnet_server.py [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--standalone Run as stand alone multi threaded TCP server (default)
--stdout Run with STDIN and STDOUT, for example in XINETD
instead of stand alone TCP server. Use with python
option '-u' for unbuffered STDIN STDOUT communication
-f FILE, --file=FILE Text file containing the ASCII movie
-i INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE
Bind to this interface (default '0.0.0.0', all
interfaces)
-p PORT, --port=PORT Bind to this port (default 23, Telnet)
-v, --verbose Verbose (default for TCP server)
-q, --quiet Quiet! (default for STDIN STDOUT server)
Simple call this Python script by using the sample movie file:
$> python ascii_telnet_server.py --standalone -f ../sample_movies/sw1.txt
Running TCP server on 0.0.0.0:23
Playing movie sw1.txt
place this configuration into /etc/xinetd.d/telnet:
# default: on
# description: An telnet service playing an ASCII movie, Star Wars Episode 4
service telnet
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
port = 23
user = root
wait = no
instances = 10
log_type = FILE /var/log/asciiplayer
log_on_success += PID HOST DURATION
log_on_failure = HOST
server = /usr/bin/python
server_args = -u -OO /opt/asciiplayer/ascii_telnet_server.py -f /opt/asciiplayer/sw1.txt --stdout
}