Play video in terminal

Terminal is used frequently in ubuntu. it is a powerful and useful tool for ubuntu. too many things can be done with it. even you can play a video in terminal....:|:|:|

yes! you can do that. all you have to do is install mplayer using the command below-

 sudo apt-get install mplayer

now, to play video execute this command-

mplayer -vo caca name_of_the_video

and see the magic. to view the video in black and white format-

mplayer -vo aa name_of_the_video

 the video quality is not so good. but, still you can show your friends the power of ubuntu terminal....