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cava - Console-based Audio Visualizer for ALSA

cava [-p path to config file] [-v version]

cava is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for the Linux terminal using ALSA, pulseaudio or fifo buffer for input. This program is not intended for a scientific use. It's written to look responsive and aesthetic when used to visualize music.

-p path to config file
Specifies path to alternative config file.

-v
Prints version.

/usr/share/cava/example_files/config
Example config file, it's copied to ~/.config/cava/config in the current users
home directory if it doesn't already exist.

~/.config/cava/config
Per user configuration file.

Cava Homepage http://karlstav.github.io/cava/

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