Random stuff

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+layout: post
+title:  "Random Tidbits"
+date:   2020-10-28 11:01:56 -0500
+author: Ta180m
+tags: ["Random", "Linux"]
+---
+
+
+## Play videos in your terminal!
+
+![On YouTube](/assets/images/tux_video.png){: height="300px" } ![In a terminal](/assets/images/tux_text.png){: height="300px" }
+
+Assuming you have mpv, just run `CACA_DRIVER=ncurses mpv -vo=caca *path_to_video*`.
+
+You can also pipe `youtube-dl` into this command, but sometimes I get a bunch of cryptic error messages. I've found that downloading the video beforehand tends to work better.
+
+I also recommend turning down your terminal's font size.
+
+Goodbye X, hello tty!