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DataSource fork+exec was limited to ~1fps. Now cava pipes into a Python SSE server (port 5555) and the HTML connects directly via EventSource, getting updates at up to 60fps without QML overhead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
45 lines
1.2 KiB
Python
45 lines
1.2 KiB
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""
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Reads CAVA ASCII output from stdin and streams it to the wallpaper
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via Server-Sent Events on http://127.0.0.1:5555.
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Run as: cava -p cava.conf | python3 cava-server.py
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"""
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import sys
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import threading
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import time
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from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
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latest = ""
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lock = threading.Lock()
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class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
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def do_GET(self):
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self.send_response(200)
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self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
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self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
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self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
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self.end_headers()
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last = None
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try:
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while True:
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with lock:
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cur = latest
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if cur and cur != last:
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self.wfile.write(f"data: {cur}\n\n".encode())
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self.wfile.flush()
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last = cur
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time.sleep(0.016) # cap at ~60fps
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except Exception:
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pass
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def log_message(self, *args):
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pass
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def serve():
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HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 5555), Handler).serve_forever()
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threading.Thread(target=serve, daemon=True).start()
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for line in sys.stdin:
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with lock:
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latest = line.strip()
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