vue-audio-visual

vue-audio-visual

Vue HTML5 audio visualization components

• Overview
• Get started
  • Install
  • Use plugin
  • Use component
  • Composable functions
• API details
  • Common props
  • AvLine props
  • AvBars props
  • AvCircle props
  • AvWaveform props
  • AvMedia props
• Issues
• License

UPDATE NOTES

[!WARNING] The current plugin version is compatible only with Vue v3. For Vue 2, use plugin version 2.5.1. See the install section for details.

Overview

An audio spectrum visualizer plugin for VueJS framework. It is built with HTML5 Web Audio API and compatible with all browsers that support the HTML5 audio API. It provides several Vue components that let you draw lightweight, attractive visualizations for audio HTML elements.

[!NOTE] Visit DEMO page for working examples.

Usage examples:

Component AvLine. Vue template name <av-line>

<av-line :line-width="2" line-color="lime" src="/static/music.mp3"></av-line>

This will create the following element:

Component AvBars. Vue template name <av-bars>

<av-bars
  caps-color="#FFF"
  :bar-color="['#f00', '#ff0', '#0f0']"
  canv-fill-color="#000"
  :caps-height="2"
  src="/static/bach.mp3"
></av-bars>

This will create the following element:

Component AvCircle. Vue template name <av-circle>

<av-circle
  :outline-width="0"
  :progress-width="5"
  :outline-meter-space="5"
  :playtime="true"
  playtime-font="18px Monaco"
  src="/static/bach.mp3"
></av-circle>

This will create the following element:

Component AvWaveform. Vue template name <av-waveform>

<av-waveform src="/static/bar.mp3"></av-waveform>

This will create the following waveform element:

The component will pre-load audio content and generate a clickable waveform.

Component AvMedia. Vue component <AvMedia>

<AvMedia :media="mediaObject" type="vbar"></AvMedia>

This will create the following media element:

There are more media types. See details below.

:gear: Get started

Install

Install using npm

npm install --save vue-audio-visual

For Vue 2, install version 2.5.1

npm i -S vue-audio-visual@2.5.1

Use plugin

Install the plugin in main.js:

import { createApp } from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";
import { AVPlugin } from "vue-audio-visual";

const app = createApp(App);
app.use(AVPlugin);

app.mount("#app");

Then anywhere in your app you can use it like this:

<av-bars src="/static/bach.mp3" bar-color="#CCC"> </av-bars>

Use component

A single component can be imported and used:

<script setup lang="ts">
import { AVWaveform } from 'vue-audio-visual'
</script>

<template>
  <AVWaveform src="http://foo.com/music.ogg" />
</template>

Composable functions

The plugin provides composable "use" functions for each component. Each component uses a composable function internally. See, for example, line component.

Composable functions use audio and canvas element refs. They are handy when you need full access to audio or canvas elements. At the same time they are easy to use:

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from 'vue'
import { useAVBars } from 'vue-audio-visual'

const player = ref(null)
const canvas = ref(null)
const mySource = "./symphony.mp3"

// composable function useAVBars
useAVBars(player, canvas, { src: mySource, canvHeight: 40, canvWidth: 200, barColor: 'lime' })
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    <audio ref="player" :src="mySource" controls />
    <canvas ref="canvas" />
  </div>
</template>

:gear: API

There are several components that come with the plugin. Here is the list of available components:

There are props that are common to all components and special props for each component. Component prop names follow Vue conventions when used with composable functions: when a prop's name is "foo-bar", the corresponding composable function parameter is expected to be "fooBar".

Common props

AVLine props

Composable function:

function useAVLine<T extends object>(
  player: Ref<HTMLAudioElement | null>,
  canvas: Ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>,
  props: T,
);

AVBars props

Composable function

function useAVBars<T extends object>(
  player: Ref<HTMLAudioElement | null>,
  canvas: Ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>,
  props: T,
);

AVCircle props

Composable function

function useAVCircle<T extends object>(
  player: Ref<HTMLAudioElement | null>,
  canvas: Ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>,
  props: T,
);

AVWaveform props

The composable function uses useFetch from @vueuse/core package. The last argument of useAVWaveform is options for the "createFetch" function from the "useFetch" module.

export function useAVWaveform<T extends object>(
  player: Ref<HTMLAudioElement | null>,
  canvas: Ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>,
  props: T,
  fetchOpts: CreateFetchOptions = {},
);

AVMedia props

The component expects a MediaStream object. You can get it directly from navigator.mediaDevices or from the @vueuse/core library function useUserMedia. A live example can be found in App.vue.

<script setup lang="ts">
import { AVMedia } from 'vue-audio-visual'
import { useUserMedia } from '@vueuse/core'
...
const { stream } = useUserMedia()
...
</script>

<template>
...
<AVMedia :media="stream" type="circle" />
...
</template>

Composable function:

function useAVMedia<T extends object>(
  canvas: Ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>,
  props: T,
);

License

MIT Copyright (c) 2018-present, Stas Kobzar