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% ncplayer(1)
% nick black <nickblack@linux.com>
% v2.1.8
# NAME
ncplayer - Render images and video to a terminal
# SYNOPSIS
**ncplayer** [**-h**] [**-V**] [**-q**] [**-d** ***delaymult***] [**-l** ***loglevel***] [**-s** ***scalemode***] [**-k**] [**-L**] [**-t** ***seconds***] files
# DESCRIPTION
**ncplayer** uses a multimedia-enabled Notcurses to render images and videos to a
terminal. By default, **stretch**-type scaling is used to fill the rendering
area, and the **sexblitter** blitter is used (where known to work well) for a
3x2→1 mapping from pixels to cells. In a terminal that doesn't support Unicode
13 sextants, the **quadblitter** is used instead.
# OPTIONS
**-d** ***delaymult***: Apply a non-negative rational multiplier to the delayscale.
Only applies to multiframe media such as video and animated images.
**-t** ***seconds***: Delay **seconds** after each file. If this option is used,
the "press any key to continue" prompt will not be displayed. **seconds** may
be any non-negative number.
**-l** ***loglevel***: Log everything (high log level) or nothing (log level 0) to stderr.
**-s** ***scalemode***: Scaling mode, one of **none**, **hires**, **scale**, **scalehi**, or **stretch**.
**-b** ***blitter***: Blitter, one of **ascii**, **halfblocks**, **quadblitter**,
**sexblitter**, or **braille**.
**-m margins**: Define rendering margins (see below).
**-L**: Loop frames until a key is pressed.
**-k**: Inhibit use of the alternate screen. Necessary if you want the output left on your terminal after the program exits.
**-q**: Don't print frame/timing information along the top of the screen.
**-V**: Print the program name and version, and exit with success.
**-h**: Print help information, and exit with success.
files: Select which files to render, and what order to render them in.
Default margins are all 0 and default scaling is **stretch**. The full
rendering area will thus be used. Using **-m**, margins can be supplied.
Provide a single number to set all four margins to the same value, or four
comma-delimited values for the top, right, bottom, and left margins
respectively. Negative margins are illegal.
Scaling mode **stretch** resizes the object to match the target rendering
area exactly. **scale** resizes the object so that the longer edge of the
rendering area is matched exactly, and the other edge is changed to
maintain aspect ratio. **none** uses the original image size.
Blitters can be selected by pressing '0' through '8'. **NCBLIT_DEFAULT**
corresponds to '0'. The various blitters are described in
**notcurses_visual**.
A video can be paused with space. Press space (or any other valid control)
to resume.
# NOTES
Optimal display requires a terminal advertising the **rgb** terminfo(5)
capability, or that the environment variable **COLORTERM** is defined to
**24bit** (and that the terminal honors this variable), along with a
fixed-width font with good coverage of the Unicode Block Drawing Characters.
# SEE ALSO
**notcurses(3)**,
**notcurses_visual(3)**,
**terminfo(5)**,
**unicode(7)**