Cava

Audio visualizer using cava.

Usage

You can browse the Cava reference.

CLI

There is no CLI for this library, use the one provided by cava.

cava

Library

JavaScript

import Cava from "gi://AstalCava"

const cava = Cava.get_default()

cava.connect("notify::values", () => {
    print(cava.get_values())
})

Python

from gi.repository import AstalCava as Cava

cava = Cava.get_default()

def callback(self, pspec):
    print(cava.get_values())

cava.connect("notify::values", callback)

Lua

local Cava = require("lgi").require("AstalCava")

local cava = Cava.get_default()

cava.on_notify.values = function()
    print(cava.values)
end

Vala

var cava = AstalCava.get_default();

cava.notify["values"].connect(() => {
    foreach (var value in cava.values) {
        print(value);
    }
});

Installation

1. install dependencies

   Note that it requires libcava, a fork of cava, which provides cava as a shared library.

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson vala gobject-introspection
   paru -S libcava

   Fedora

   # Not yet documented

   Ubuntu

   # Not yet documented

2. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/cava

3. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build