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beefcarver 48e480d58c feat(spectrum): capture macOS output with a Core Audio process tap
SYNC mode on macOS needed a virtual loopback driver (BlackHole, Loopback,
Soundflower) routed through a Multi-Output Device, and shelled out to
'ffmpeg -f avfoundation' to read it. macOS 14.2 lets a process tap the
system mix directly, so do that instead: CATapDescription ->
AudioHardwareCreateProcessTap -> private aggregate device -> IOProc,
straight through ctypes. No driver, no helper binary, no ffmpeg.

The tap hands out native-rate interleaved float32, so the analyser can
now retune its window and band edges when the capture rate differs from
44.1 kHz, and mono-downmixes the frames before the FFT.

A tap that was never granted System Audio Recording permission is
created happily but only ever delivers digital silence: treat that as a
failed capture instead of flat bars, explain it in the status bar and
fall back to the stream tap. A tap that renders nothing *yet* (playback
still starting, or mpv pointed at another device) is not a permanent
failure either - the stream tap covers for a minute, then the tap is
retried.

Drop the avfoundation device enumeration, the loopback-name heuristics
and the microphone safeguards' tests, and document the new permission
and its diagnostics instead.
2026-10-30 22:53:29 -04:00

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"""Full-screen keyboard help."""
from __future__ import annotations
import sys
import textwrap
from rich.console import Group
from rich.table import Table
from rich.text import Text
from textual.app import ComposeResult
from textual.screen import ModalScreen
from textual.widgets import Static
from .common import SPECTRUM_STOPS, gradient
HELP_ROWS: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
("↑ / ↓ j / k", "move through the station list"),
("enter", "tune in to the selected station"),
("space", "play / pause the current station"),
("s", "stop playback"),
("] / [", "next / previous station (tunes immediately)"),
("+ / -", "volume up / down"),
("m", "mute / unmute"),
("f", "favourite — favourites float to the top"),
("/", "filter stations by title, genre or description"),
("esc", "clear the filter / close overlays"),
("v", "cycle visualiser: mirrored bars → bars → wave"),
("r", "refresh station list and song history"),
("g / G", "jump to the top / bottom of the list"),
("? ", "this help"),
("q", "quit"),
)
ABOUT_COMMON = (
(
"Stations and song history come from somafm.com "
"(channels.json + songs/<station>.json)."
),
)
ABOUT_LINUX = (
(
"The spectrum captures your actual PulseAudio/PipeWire output with "
"parec (SYNC); otherwise it falls back to a muted ffmpeg stream tap "
"(FFT, can drift) or a synthesized display (SIM)."
),
(
"The desktop picks us up over MPRIS as a "
"somafmtui media player — try `playerctl -l` / `playerctl metadata`."
),
)
ABOUT_MACOS = (
(
"The spectrum captures your Mac's real audio output (SYNC) with a "
"native Core Audio process tap — nothing to install. macOS asks for "
"System Audio Recording permission the first time; without it the "
"analyser falls back to a muted ffmpeg stream tap (FFT, can drift) "
"or a synthesized display (SIM)."
),
(
"mpv publishes what is playing to the macOS Now Playing session, so "
"Control Center and the keyboard media keys control this app."
),
)
ABOUT = ABOUT_COMMON + (ABOUT_MACOS if sys.platform == "darwin" else ABOUT_LINUX)
class HelpScreen(ModalScreen[None]):
def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
table = Table.grid(padding=(0, 2), expand=False)
table.add_column(style="bold cyan", no_wrap=True, justify="right")
table.add_column(style="")
for key, description in HELP_ROWS:
table.add_row(key, description)
header = Text()
header.append("◤ ", style=f"bold {gradient(SPECTRUM_STOPS, 0.9)}")
header.append("SOMAFM TUI", style=f"bold {gradient(SPECTRUM_STOPS, 0.55)}")
header.append(" keyboard & credits", style="dim")
footer = Text()
for paragraph in ABOUT:
for line in textwrap.wrap(paragraph, width=70):
footer.append(line + "\n", style="dim")
body = Group(header, Text(""), table, Text(""), footer)
yield Static(body, id="help")
def on_key(self, event) -> None:
event.stop()
self.dismiss(None)