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+use anyhow::Result;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+/// Conway's Game of Life in FFmpeg
+/// <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life>
+/// <https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#life>
+pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
+  Command::new("ffplay")
+    .arg("-hide_banner")
+    .arg("-f").arg("lavfi")
+    .arg("-i").arg("life=s=300x200:mold=10:r=60:ratio=0.08:death_color=#C83232:life_color=#00ff00,scale=1200:800:flags=16")
+    .spawn()?
+    .wait()?;
+  Ok(())
+}