If you enjoy music visualization and are looking for a terminal based visualizer. cli-visualizer is a good option that is easy to install, even though it is not accessible in the repos I typically frequent.
To install cli-visualizer on Debian
To make certain you have all dependencies run the following install:
sudo apt-get install libfftw3-dev libasound2-dev libncursesw5-dev libpulse-dev libtoolgit clone https://github.com/dpayne/cli-visualizer.gitcd cli-visualizercd cli-visualizer./install.sh
Pulse Audio Setup (Easy)
Pulse audio should be the easiest to setup out of all the options. In order for this to work pulseaudio must be installed and vis must be built with pulseaudio enabled. To build with pulseaudio support run:
make ENABLE_PULSE=1
To enable pulse audio in the vis config set audio sources to pulse with
audio.sources=pulse
If this does not work, then vis has most likely not guessed the correct sink to use. Try switching the pulseaudio source vis uses. A list can be found by running the command
pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index'.
The correct pulseaudio source can then be set with
audio.pulse.source=0
To use it… turn on your music, open a terminal and enter:
vis
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