catnip

terminal audio visualizer for linux/unix/macOS/windows*

it supports audio backends

• ALSA (linux FFmpeg)
• AVFoundation (macOS FFmpeg)
• DirectShow (windblows FFmpeg)
• PortAudio (linux/macOS/windblows)
• PulseAudio (parec/FFmpeg)

it depends on

• go modules

  • github.com/nsf/termbox-go
  • github.com/integrii/flaggy
  • github.com/pkg/errors
  • github.com/lawl/pulseaudio
  • gonum.org/v1/gonum

• binaries

  • ffmpeg (required for FFmpeg backends)
  • parec (required for PulseAudio backend with parec)

• c libraries (optional, requires CGO - CGO_ENABLED=1)

  • fftw (fftw3) (enable with -tags withfftw)
  • portaudio (portaudio-2.0) (enable with -tags withportaudio)

get it

# get source
git clone https://github.com/noriah/catnip.git

# cd to dir
cd catnip

# build and install catnip
go install

# with portaudio
go install -tags withportaudio

# with fftw3
go install -tags withfftw

# with both portaudio and fftw3
go install -tags withportaudio,withfftw

run it

• use catnip list-backends to show available backends
• use catnip -b {backend} list-devices to show available devices
• use catnip -b {backend} -d {device} to run - use the full device name
• use catnip -h for information on several more customizations

question it

catnip?

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