📽 moter: the 'motion picture terminal'
bring your workstation to life!
What is this?
Moter is a motion picture terminal designed to enhance your workstation experience. For those that may spend many hours each day working in the terminal, staring at a black screen can be an isolating experience. I created motor for myself because I am one of those people and time lapse footage of outer space makes me happy.
Quickstart:
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install:
brew tap gwolf3/craft&brew cask install moter -
setup: permissions (required or will not work properly)
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run:
moter start/moter stop
How should I use this?
Additional Commands
Get help: moter --help / moter <command> --help
Get version: moter --version
Customization
Set a new default background video: export MOTER_DEFAULT=<path/url> (this will play on start)
Experiment with new videos: moter start -v <path/url>
(Hint: please be sure to use absolute paths & include 'http/https' scheme for urls)
Run in desktop mode (disable terminal): moter start --desktop-only
Desktop mode can also be enabled by default: export MOTER_DESKTOP_ONLY=True
Formats
Motor uses VLC media player behind the scenes, so any supported format will work here too. You can even use a URL (youtube,etc). I also included a couple samples to get you started.
Permissions
Moter requires accessibily access of the following:
- Terminal (/Application/Terminal.app)
- iTerm (/Application/iTerm.app)
- Spectacle (/Applications/Spectacle.app)
- System Events (/System/Library/CoreServices/System\ Events.app)
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