Subj : Re: YouTube (Sixel) For BBSes
To   : The Godfather
From : StingRay
Date : Mon May 11 2026 05:55 pm

 St>> Thank you for the kind words!! I am happy when my ideas come to life.

 > Great work for sure.  It was super fun watching 80's rock band videos on the
 > BBS yesterday!  Really motivated me to get back to freshening up The
 > Underground .. I had not played with Sixel at all other than what I've seen
 > on other BBSes with image galleries. Who knew it could do video on a BBS
 > too! Thanks for the contribution, it's really slick.

 > -tG
 > www.theunderground.us:10023

 > ... Old computers make great boat anchors

 > --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64) * Origin:
 > www.theunderground.us Telnet 10023 SSH 7771 (21:3/165)


Most welcome! I am pleased to hear the positive reviews. I just updated and released the source code as well. So all versions are available on my website adn github. 

The packages on my website come with the required ffmpeg and yt-dlp needed software, but they are too large to add on github.


https://a-net-online.lol/sixel-tv
https://github.com/anetonline/SIXEL-TV


Glad to hear it inspired you. The BBS community helps inspire me every day and continue to come up with and put out amazing news things!  =:-)

-StingRay
--- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux
 * Origin: A-Net Online BBS 21:3/189 (21:3/189)

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