Changes in: waybar,

waybar/config.jsonc

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     // "bluetooth",
     "battery"
   ],
+  "custom/cava": {
+    "format": "{}",
+    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/cava.sh"
+  },
   "temperature#gpu": {
     "thermal-zone": 5,
     "critical-threshold": 80,
@@ -25,30 +29,6 @@
     "format": "{temperatureC}°C ",
     "tooltip": false
   },
-  "custom/cava": {
-    // "cava_config": "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.config/cava/config",
-    "framerate": 30,
-    "autosens": 1,
-    // "sensitivity": 100,
-    "bars": 14,
-    "lower_cutoff_freq": 50,
-    "higher_cutoff_freq": 10000,
-    "method": "pulse",
-    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/cava.sh",
-    "interval": 0.05,
-    "source": "auto",
-    "stereo": true,
-    "reverse": false,
-    "bar_delimiter": 0,
-    "monstercat": false,
-    "waves": false,
-    "noise_reduction": 0.77,
-    "input_delay": 2,
-    "format-icons": ["▁", "▂", "▃", "▄", "▅", "▆", "▇", "█"],
-    "actions": {
-      "on-click-right": "mode"
-    }
-  },
   "backlight": {
     "device": "intel_backlight",
     "scroll-step": 5,

waybar/scripts/cava.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-is_cava_ServerExist=`ps -ef|grep -m 1 cava|grep -v "grep"|wc -l`
-if [ "$is_cava_ServerExist" = "0" ]; then
-	echo "cava_server not found" > /dev/null 2>&1
-#	exit;
-elif [ "$is_cava_ServerExist" = "1" ]; then
-  killall cava
-fi
+#! /bin/bash
 
-cava -p ~/.config/cava/config | sed -u 's/;//g;s/0/▁/g;s/1/▂/g;s/2/▃/g;s/3/▄/g;s/4/▅/g;s/5/▆/g;s/6/▇/g;s/7/█/g;'
+bar="▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█"
+dict="s/;//g;"
+
+# creating "dictionary" to replace char with bar
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt ${#bar} ]
+do
+    dict="${dict}s/$i/${bar:$i:1}/g;"
+    i=$((i=i+1))
+done
+
+# write cava config
+config_file="/tmp/polybar_cava_config"
+echo "
+[general]
+bars = 6
+
+[output]
+method = raw
+raw_target = /dev/stdout
+data_format = ascii
+ascii_max_range = 5
+" > $config_file
+
+# read stdout from cava
+cava -p $config_file | while read -r line; do
+    echo $line | sed $dict
+done

waybar/style.css

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
   color: #8fbc8f;
   border-left: 0px;
   border-right: 0px;
-  padding-bottom: 6px;
+  padding: 6px;
   font-family: 'bargraph';
-  font-size: 22px;
+  background: @raisin-black;
+  margin: 0px 2px;
 }
 
 #cpu {