Oldschool Flat-Panel Monitor Simulation with FFmpeg

The last two videos in this little series showed off some examples of the FFcrt script. If CRTs are too boring, trendy, or overdone for ya, now it can also mimic older monochrome LCDs, orange plasma displays, and electroluminescent panels - even the temporal dot-pattern modulation that some of them used for dithering. Did anyone ever *like* those things? Probably not. Do we care? Nope!

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[nitrax]

Love this, looks so good! Gas plasma doesn't look as saturated as it does IRL - my Toshiba T3100sx has a very orange display (the later examples are closer but still not quite there). It also only uses 16 shades of orange - playing Lotus III on it sometimes colours would be very similar or even the same, making it practically impossible to play at times!

[EmmanuelOga]

I remember those red gas plasma panels... in retrospect, I don't understand how those red displays were considered acceptable :-p Ambar, on the other hand, 10/10 :-)

[hobbified]

0:43 to me this gives a *really strong* illusion of looking at the full-color picture through a colored filter. The DOS Prompt, Color, and Fonts icons are jumping off the screen (only, the green crayon looks yellow).

[zsombor_]

Okay, simulating, but the contrast of the simulations are way better than the real screens.

[gyrominiac]

that "outrigged" cover kicks ass, you mind releasing the file?

[WilliamMcCarthyIII]

I've been meaning to ask. How did you make the animated video at the beginning before feeding it into the script? Wonderful work. Thanks!

[mypkamax]

The darker red gas plasma panel resembles the Nintendo Virtual Boy, but without the stereoscopic 3D.

[stchanx]

Amazing! How can u do that in HP 100/ 200xl?

[channelkerr]

Wait, is the first one (HP 100LX) simulated? Coz that is SHARP!

[XTRgames]

How do I use this?
I have the video file, FFMPEG, the .bat file and the .cfg file in one folder. I run the .bat and it instantly closes.
Edit: I did the thing