Ryan Castellucci (they/them) May 11, 2025

I've updated the SSH movie player!

ssh ansi.rya.nc (to watch Sneakers) or ssh [email protected] (to watch a hit music video), both with subtitles.

If you have issues with things looking garbled, I've added a way to check your terminal info if you have problems. Please run ssh debug:[email protected] and share the string and what software you're using with me. Success reports are also useful!

https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc/114466963621563951

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I have the ssh movie player back online! This is running on a custom ssh server built using `russh` as the backend. To convert frames, I used the python `tv` package, subtitling and playback is all custom. You'll need a terminal that supports 24 bit color. Try it! `ssh ansi.rya.nc`

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Show threadRichard LevitteMay 12, 2025

@ryanc
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_10.0p2 Debian-3:rxvt-unicode-256color:::rxvt-xpm:UfvgAYezUO44:Oz3dTd+180d6

It seems that this thing is locked for 80x24, yeah? Starting with a larger terminal didn't change anything. Is that on purpose, or is my setup failing to send terminal size info?

Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) May 12, 2025
@levitte that terminal doesn't have full 24 bit color support, unfortunately
Show threadRichard LevitteMay 12, 2025

@ryanc
Yup... but it still did an approximation that wasn't too bad.

Now, to find a terminal app that does support 24 bit. [yeah, I'm obsessing]

Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) 
@levitte plain xterm does, as well as most others.
May 12, 2025 at 11:25amWeb
Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) May 12, 2025
@levitte I should probably add a version with 256 color mode - calculating the nearest match via perceptual difference should look a little nicer.
Show threadRichard LevitteMay 12, 2025
@ryanc
[ahem] yeah, I've hung onto rxvt since, oh I dunno, iron age?