---
title: "Video encoded as emojis⁉️ Stored in a DB? 😱🤯"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/video-encoded-as-emojis-stored-in-a-db--xqxuiiucl
source_url: https://dev.to/grahamthedev/video-encoded-as-emojis-stored-in-a-db-mp1
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
author: "Graham Ritchie"
published: 2024-04-26T09:38:58.570Z
updated: 2024-05-09T10:44:00.609Z
tags: ["database", "supabase"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 23
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Video encoded as emojis⁉️ Stored in a DB? 😱🤯

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@graham623](https://daily.dev/graham623) · 9 min read · 23 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

The post explores the concept of converting a video into emojis, storing them in a database, and serving them as an image. It discusses the process of converting and storing pixel data, removing black bars, and encoding the data using a limited set of emojis. The author also explains how to retrieve the emojis from the database and showcases a demo of the concept.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/grahamthedev/video-encoded-as-emojis-stored-in-a-db-mp1>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@efekos** · 0 upvotes

> No way I just got rickrolled by an article ☠️

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Tags: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#supabase](https://daily.dev/tags/supabase)

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