From 5419b7134e38696afccd1da5da6056d66858f2a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Atoch?= <sebastien@atracktiv.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:14:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] CavaService improvements

- bring back autosens for better visualization at  low volume input
- enable Cava process as long as we have a visualizer and the sidePanel
is open, this helps capture audio when there is no active mpris player
(ex: mpv, game audio, etc...)
---
 Services/CavaService.qml  | 8 ++++----
 Services/PanelService.qml | 3 +++
 shell.qml                 | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Services/CavaService.qml b/Services/CavaService.qml
index 89e4248..d80c0b6 100644
--- a/Services/CavaService.qml
+++ b/Services/CavaService.qml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pragma Singleton
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
+import qs.Commons
 
 Singleton {
   id: root
@@ -14,9 +15,8 @@ Singleton {
                           "general": {
                             "bars": barsCount,
                             "framerate": 60,
-                            "autosens": 0,
-                            "overshoot": 0,
-                            "sensitivity": 200,
+                            "autosens": 1,
+                            "sensitivity": 100,
                             "lower_cutoff_freq": 50,
                             "higher_cutoff_freq": 12000
                           },
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Singleton {
   Process {
     id: process
     stdinEnabled: true
-    running: MediaService.isPlaying
+    running: (Settings.data.audio.visualizerType !== "none") && PanelService.sidePanel.isLoaded
     command: ["cava", "-p", "/dev/stdin"]
     onExited: {
       stdinEnabled = true
diff --git a/Services/PanelService.qml b/Services/PanelService.qml
index 2e56987..8f0ca3a 100644
--- a/Services/PanelService.qml
+++ b/Services/PanelService.qml
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ import Quickshell
 Singleton {
   id: root
 
+  // Currently opened panel
   property var openedPanel: null
+
+  property var sidePanel: null
 }
diff --git a/shell.qml b/shell.qml
index 6415d86..fb53741 100644
--- a/shell.qml
+++ b/shell.qml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ ShellRoot {
   IPCManager {}
 
   Component.onCompleted: {
+    // Save a ref. to our sidePanel so we can access it from services
+    PanelService.sidePanel = sidePanel
+
     // Ensure our singleton is created as soon as possible so we start fetching weather asap
     LocationService.init()
   }