Changed Waybar

home/hyprland/waybar/configs/cava.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Not my own work. Credit to original author
+
+#----- Optimized bars animation without much CPU usage increase --------
+bar="▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█"
+dict="s/;//g"
+
+# Calculate the length of the bar outside the loop
+bar_length=${#bar}
+
+# Create dictionary to replace char with bar
+for ((i = 0; i < bar_length; i++)); do
+    dict+=";s/$i/${bar:$i:1}/g"
+done
+
+# Create cava config
+config_file="/tmp/bar_cava_config"
+cat >"$config_file" <<EOF
+[general]
+# Older systems show significant CPU use with default framerate
+# Setting maximum framerate to 30  
+# You can increase the value if you wish
+framerate = 60
+bars = 14
+
+[input]
+method = pulse
+source = auto
+
+[output]
+method = raw
+raw_target = /dev/stdout
+data_format = ascii
+ascii_max_range = 7
+EOF
+
+# Kill cava if it's already running
+pkill -f "cava -p $config_file"
+
+# Read stdout from cava and perform substitution in a single sed command
+cava -p "$config_file" | sed -u "$dict"