diff --git a/api/openapi.yaml b/api/openapi.yaml
index 618acb48c..9d6e86e94 100644
--- a/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ paths:
           schema: { type: integer }
           example: 100
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
   /api/restart:
     post:
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ paths:
       description: Restarts the daemon.
       tags: [ Application ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
   /api/config:
     get:
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ paths:
         content:
           "*/*": { example: "streams:..." }
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
     patch:
       summary: Merge changes to main config file
       tags: [ Config ]
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ paths:
         content:
           "*/*": { example: "streams:..." }
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ paths:
           schema: { type: string }
           example: camera1
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
     patch:
       summary: Update stream source
       tags: [ Streams list ]
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ paths:
           schema: { type: string }
           example: camera1
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
     delete:
       summary: Delete stream
       tags: [ Streams list ]
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ paths:
           schema: { type: string }
           example: camera1
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
     post:
       summary: Send stream from source to destination
       description: "[Stream to camera](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#stream-to-camera)"
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ paths:
           schema: { type: string }
           example: camera1
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -334,7 +334,72 @@ paths:
           description: ""
           content: { multipart/x-mixed-replace: { example: "" } }
 
-
+  /api/stream.ascii:
+    get:
+      summary: Stream video as ASCII art
+      description: Streams a video source as ASCII art with various configurable parameters.
+      parameters:
+        - name: src
+          in: query
+          required: true
+          description: Video source identifier
+          schema:
+            type: string
+          example: gamazda
+        - name: color
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: Foreground color in xterm-256 color codes
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            enum: [ 256, 8 ]
+          example: "256"
+        - name: back
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: Background color in xterm-256 color codes
+          schema:
+            type: string
+          example: "40" # black                                           
+        - name: text
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: Character set to use for ASCII art
+          schema:
+            type: string
+        - name: width
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: Width of the output in characters
+          schema:
+            type: integer
+            minimum: 1
+          example: 100
+        - name: height
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: Height of the output in characters
+          schema:
+            type: integer
+            minimum: 1
+          example: 40
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Successfully streaming video as ASCII art
+          content:
+            image/jpeg:
+              schema:
+                type: string
+                format: binary
+        '400':
+          description: Bad request, possible incorrect parameters
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  error:
+                    type: string
 
   /api/frame.jpeg?src={src}:
     get:
@@ -369,8 +434,8 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: "#/components/parameters/stream_dst_path"
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/stream.flv?dst={dst}:
     post:
       summary: Post stream in FLV format
@@ -379,8 +444,8 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: "#/components/parameters/stream_dst_path"
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/stream.ts?dst={dst}:
     post:
       summary: Post stream in MPEG-TS format
@@ -389,8 +454,8 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: "#/components/parameters/stream_dst_path"
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/stream.mjpeg?dst={dst}:
     post:
       summary: Post stream in MJPEG format
@@ -399,8 +464,8 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: "#/components/parameters/stream_dst_path"
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -410,8 +475,8 @@ paths:
       description: "[Source: DVRIP](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-dvrip)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
   /api/ffmpeg/devices:
     get:
@@ -419,55 +484,55 @@ paths:
       description: "[Source: FFmpeg Device](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-ffmpeg-device)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/ffmpeg/hardware:
     get:
       summary: FFmpeg hardware transcoding discovery
       description: "[Hardware acceleration](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/wiki/Hardware-acceleration)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/hass:
     get:
       summary: Home Assistant cameras discovery
       description: "[Source: Hass](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-hass)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/homekit:
     get:
       summary: HomeKit cameras discovery
       description: "[Source: HomeKit](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-homekit)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/nest:
     get:
       summary: Nest cameras discovery
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/onvif:
     get:
       summary: ONVIF cameras discovery
       description: "[Source: ONVIF](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-onvif)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
   /api/roborock:
     get:
       summary: Roborock vacuums discovery
       description: "[Source: Roborock](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-roborock)"
       tags: [ Discovery ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -477,8 +542,8 @@ paths:
       description: Simple realisation of the ONVIF protocol. Accepts any suburl requests
       tags: [ ONVIF ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -488,8 +553,8 @@ paths:
       description: Simple API for support [RTSPtoWebRTC](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rtsp_to_webrtc/) integration
       tags: [ RTSPtoWebRTC ]
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
 
 
@@ -515,8 +580,8 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: "#/components/parameters/stream_src_path"
       responses:
-            default:
-              description: Default response
+        default:
+          description: Default response
 
   /api/webtorrent:
     get:
diff --git a/internal/mjpeg/README.md b/internal/mjpeg/README.md
index a09e59c4b..5892333f5 100644
--- a/internal/mjpeg/README.md
+++ b/internal/mjpeg/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ streams:
   - example: `40` (black), `47` (white), `48;5;226` (yellow)
 - `text` - character set, values: empty, one char, `block`, list of chars (in order of brightness)
   - example: `%20` (space), `block` (keyword for block elements), `ox` (two chars)
+- `width` - the width of the output in characters, value: any positive integer
+  - example: `100`
+- `height` - the height of the output in characters, value: any positive integer
+  - example: `40`
 
 **Examples**
 
@@ -35,4 +39,6 @@ streams:
 % curl "http://192.168.1.123:1984/api/stream.ascii?src=gamazda&back=256&text=%20"
 % curl "http://192.168.1.123:1984/api/stream.ascii?src=gamazda&back=8&text=%20%20"
 % curl "http://192.168.1.123:1984/api/stream.ascii?src=gamazda&text=helloworld"
-```
+% curl "http://192.168.1.123:1984/api/stream.ascii?src=gamazda&width=100&height=40"
+% curl "http://192.168.1.123:1984/api/stream.ascii?src=gamazda&color=256&width=80&height=20"
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/mjpeg/init.go b/internal/mjpeg/init.go
index 0bed95c60..dfeb70e25 100644
--- a/internal/mjpeg/init.go
+++ b/internal/mjpeg/init.go
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ func outputMjpeg(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cons.Type = "ASCII passive consumer "
 
 		query := r.URL.Query()
-		wr := ascii.NewWriter(w, query.Get("color"), query.Get("back"), query.Get("text"))
+		wr := ascii.NewWriter(w,
+			query.Get("color"), query.Get("back"), query.Get("text"),
+			core.Atoi(query.Get("width")), core.Atoi(query.Get("height")),
+		)
 		_, _ = cons.WriteTo(wr)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/ascii/ascii.go b/pkg/ascii/ascii.go
index 6636e278b..45051a70f 100644
--- a/pkg/ascii/ascii.go
+++ b/pkg/ascii/ascii.go
@@ -3,19 +3,27 @@ package ascii
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"image"
 	"image/jpeg"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
-func NewWriter(w io.Writer, foreground, background, text string) io.Writer {
+func NewWriter(w io.Writer, foreground, background, text string, width, height int) io.Writer {
 	// once clear screen
 	_, _ = w.Write([]byte(csiClear))
 
 	// every frame - move to home
 	a := &writer{wr: w, buf: []byte(csiHome)}
 
+	if width > 0 || height > 0 {
+		a.trans = func(img image.Image) image.Image {
+			return resizeImage(img, width, height)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
 	switch foreground {
 	case "":
@@ -23,7 +31,6 @@ func NewWriter(w io.Writer, foreground, background, text string) io.Writer {
 		a.color = func(r, g, b uint8) {
 			idx := xterm256color(r, g, b, 8)
 			a.appendEsc(fmt.Sprintf("\033[%dm", 30+idx))
-
 		}
 	case "256":
 		a.color = func(r, g, b uint8) {
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ type writer struct {
 	esc   string
 	color func(r, g, b uint8)
 	text  func(r, g, b uint32)
+	trans func(image.Image) image.Image
 }
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37774983/clearing-the-screen-by-printing-a-character
@@ -110,6 +118,10 @@ func (a *writer) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	if a.trans != nil {
+		img = a.trans(img)
+	}
+
 	a.buf = a.buf[:a.pre] // restore prefix
 
 	w := img.Bounds().Dx()
@@ -165,6 +177,61 @@ func xterm256color(r, g, b uint8, n int) (index uint8) {
 	return
 }
 
+// resizeImage resizes the given image to the specified new width and height.
+// If either newWidth or newHeight is set to 0, the function calculates the missing dimension
+// to maintain the aspect ratio of the original image.
+//
+// Parameters:
+//   - img: The source image to be resized.
+//   - newWidth: The desired width of the resized image. If set to 0, it will be calculated based on newHeight.
+//   - newHeight: The desired height of the resized image. If set to 0, it will be calculated based on newWidth.
+//
+// Returns:
+//   - A new image.Image object that is the resized version of the input image.
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//	resizedImg := resizeImage(originalImg, 200, 0) // Resizes to a width of 200 while maintaining aspect ratio.
+func resizeImage(img image.Image, newWidth, newHeight int) image.Image {
+	if newWidth == 0 && newHeight == 0 {
+		return img
+	}
+
+	bounds := img.Bounds()
+	width, height := bounds.Max.X, bounds.Max.Y
+
+	// Calculate missing dimension if necessary
+	if newWidth == 0 {
+		newWidth = int(math.Round(float64(width) * (float64(newHeight) / float64(height))))
+	} else if newHeight == 0 {
+		newHeight = int(math.Round(float64(height) * (float64(newWidth) / float64(width))))
+	}
+
+	newImg := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, newWidth, newHeight))
+
+	xRatio := float64(width) / float64(newWidth)
+	yRatio := float64(height) / float64(newHeight)
+
+	for y := 0; y < newHeight; y++ {
+		for x := 0; x < newWidth; x++ {
+			srcX := int(xRatio * float64(x))
+			srcY := int(yRatio * float64(y))
+
+			if srcX >= width {
+				srcX = width - 1
+			}
+			if srcY >= height {
+				srcY = height - 1
+			}
+
+			newColor := img.At(srcX, srcY)
+			newImg.Set(x, y, newColor)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return newImg
+}
+
 // sqDiff - just like from image/color/color.go
 func sqDiff(x, y uint8) uint16 {
 	d := uint16(x - y)
diff --git a/pkg/ascii/ascii_test.go b/pkg/ascii/ascii_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..136c20eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ascii/ascii_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package ascii
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestXterm256Color(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		r, g, b uint8
+		n       int
+		want    uint8
+	}{
+		{255, 0, 0, 6, 1},
+		{0, 255, 0, 6, 2},
+		{0, 0, 255, 6, 4},
+		{255, 255, 255, 6, 3},
+		{0, 0, 0, 6, 0},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := xterm256color(tt.r, tt.g, tt.b, tt.n)
+		if got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("xterm256color(%v, %v, %v, %v) = %v; want %v", tt.r, tt.g, tt.b, tt.n, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResizeImage(t *testing.T) {
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 100, 100))
+	newImg := resizeImage(img, 50, 50)
+
+	if newImg.Bounds().Dx() != 50 || newImg.Bounds().Dy() != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("resizeImage: expected dimensions (50, 50), got (%d, %d)", newImg.Bounds().Dx(), newImg.Bounds().Dy())
+	}
+
+	newImg = resizeImage(img, 0, 50)
+	if newImg.Bounds().Dx() != 50 || newImg.Bounds().Dy() != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("resizeImage: expected dimensions (50, 50), got (%d, %d)", newImg.Bounds().Dx(), newImg.Bounds().Dy())
+	}
+
+	newImg = resizeImage(img, 50, 0)
+	if newImg.Bounds().Dx() != 50 || newImg.Bounds().Dy() != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("resizeImage: expected dimensions (50, 50), got (%d, %d)", newImg.Bounds().Dx(), newImg.Bounds().Dy())
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkXterm256Color(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		xterm256color(255, 0, 0, 6)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkResizeImage(b *testing.B) {
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 1000, 1000))
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		resizeImage(img, 500, 500)
+	}
+}