CAVA_WINDOWS_AND_SSH.md

CAVA on Windows and redirecting to SSH

Install winscap: https://github.com/quantum5/winscap

Now you can capture the audio and redirect it to a fifo /tmp/cava.fifo using

# create the fifo
mkfifo /tmp/cava.fifo

# redirect audio to fifo
./winscap.exe 2 44100 16 > /tmp/cava.fifo

./winscap.exe <channels> <sampling rate> <bits>

If for reason it says device not supported then you need to change the sampling rate to match winscap argument

Now install CAVA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hsheth2/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cava

Now edit the config file ~/.config/cava

method = fifo
source = /tmp/cava.fifo
sample_rate = 44100
sample_bits = 16

For SSH

Simply redirect the output to the ssh host ! and it works !

 ./winscap.exe 2 44100 16 | ssh [email protected] 'cat > /tmp/cava.fifo'