AudioVisualizer: Low vs High Quality via setting.

Assets/Translations/de.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Oben links",
       "top_right": "Oben rechts"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Hoch",
+      "low": "Niedrig"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Linear",
       "mirrored": "Gespiegelt",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Bevorzugte und ignorierte Medienanwendungen festlegen.",
           "label": "Medienplayer"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "Hohe Qualität verbraucht mehr GPU-Ressourcen.",
+          "label": "Visualisierungsqualität"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Visualisierungstyp für Medienwiedergabe wählen.",
           "label": "Visualisierungstyp"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Hintergrundbild-Farben deaktiviert",
       "enabled": "Hintergrundbild-Farben aktiviert",
+      "label": "Hintergrundfarbengenerierung",
       "not-installed": "Matugen nicht installiert - erforderlich für Hintergrundbild-Farbextraktion"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/en.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Top left",
       "top_right": "Top right"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "High",
+      "low": "Low"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Linear",
       "mirrored": "Mirrored",
@@ -682,19 +686,23 @@
           "placeholder": "e.g. spotify, vlc, mpv"
         },
         "scrolling-speed": {
-          "description": "Time in seconds for the title to scroll from start to end",
+          "description": "Time in seconds for the title to scroll from start to end.",
           "label": "Scrolling speed"
         },
         "scrolling-title": {
-          "description": "Enable continuous scrolling for long media titles",
+          "description": "Enable continuous scrolling for long media titles.",
           "label": "Scrolling title"
         },
         "section": {
           "description": "Set your preferred and ignored media applications.",
           "label": "Media players"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "High quality use more GPU ressources.",
+          "label": "Visualization quality"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
-          "description": "Choose a visualization type for media playback",
+          "description": "Choose a visualization type for media playback.",
           "label": "Visualization type"
         }
       },
@@ -1757,9 +1765,9 @@
       "title-predefined": "Predefined color cheme processing failed"
     },
     "wallpaper-colors": {
-      "label": "Wallpaper colors generation",
       "disabled": "Wallpaper colors disabled",
       "enabled": "Wallpaper colors enabled",
+      "label": "Wallpaper colors generation",
       "not-installed": "Matugen not installed - required for wallpaper color extraction"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/es.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Superior izquierda",
       "top_right": "Superior derecha"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Alto/Alta",
+      "low": "Bajo"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Lineal",
       "mirrored": "Espejado",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Establece tus aplicaciones multimedia preferidas e ignoradas.",
           "label": "Reproductores multimedia"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "Alta calidad usa más recursos de la GPU.",
+          "label": "Calidad de visualización"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Elige un tipo de visualización para la reproducción de medios.",
           "label": "Tipo de visualización"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Colores del fondo de pantalla desactivados",
       "enabled": "Colores del fondo de pantalla activados",
+      "label": "Generación de colores para fondos de pantalla",
       "not-installed": "Matugen no instalado - requerido para extraer colores del fondo de pantalla"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/fr.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "En haut à gauche",
       "top_right": "En haut à droite"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Haut/Haute",
+      "low": "Bas"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Linéaire",
       "mirrored": "Miroir",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Définissez vos applications multimédias préférées et ignorées.",
           "label": "Lecteurs multimédias"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "L'utilisation de haute qualité nécessite plus de ressources GPU.",
+          "label": "Qualité de la visualisation"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Choisissez un type de visualisation pour la lecture multimédia.",
           "label": "Type de visualisation"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Couleurs du fond d'écran désactivées",
       "enabled": "Couleurs du fond d'écran activées",
+      "label": "Génération de couleurs pour fonds d'écran",
       "not-installed": "Matugen non installé - requis pour l'extraction des couleurs du fond d'écran"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/pt.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Superior esquerda",
       "top_right": "Superior direita"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Alto(a)",
+      "low": "Baixo(a)"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Linear",
       "mirrored": "Espelhado",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Defina seus aplicativos de mídia preferidos e ignorados.",
           "label": "Reprodutores de mídia"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "Alta qualidade usa mais recursos da GPU.",
+          "label": "Qualidade da visualização"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Escolha um tipo de visualização para a reprodução de mídia",
           "label": "Tipo de visualização"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Cores do papel de parede desativadas",
       "enabled": "Cores do papel de parede ativadas",
+      "label": "Geração de cores para papel de parede",
       "not-installed": "Matugen não instalado - necessário para extração de cores do papel de parede"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/tr.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Sol üst",
       "top_right": "Sağ üst"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Yüksek",
+      "low": "Düşük"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Doğrusal",
       "mirrored": "Yansıtılmış",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Tercih ettiğiniz ve yoksayacağınız medya uygulamalarını ayarlayın.",
           "label": "Medya oynatıcılar"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "Yüksek kalite daha fazla GPU kaynağı kullanır.",
+          "label": "Görselleştirme kalitesi"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Medya oynatımı için bir görselleştirme türü seçin",
           "label": "Görselleştirme türü"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Duvar kağıdı renkleri devre dışı",
       "enabled": "Duvar kağıdı renkleri etkin",
+      "label": "Duvar kağıdı renkleri oluşturma",
       "not-installed": "Matugen kurulu değil - duvar kağıdı renk çıkarmak için gerekli"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/uk-UA.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "Згори ліворуч",
       "top_right": "Згори праворуч"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "Високий",
+      "low": "Низький"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "Лінійний",
       "mirrored": "Дзеркальний",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "Встановіть бажані та ігноровані медіапрограми.",
           "label": "Медіаплеєри"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "Висока якість використовує більше ресурсів GPU.",
+          "label": "Якість візуалізації"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "Виберіть тип візуалізації для відтворення медіа",
           "label": "Тип візуалізації"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "Кольори шпалер вимкнено",
       "enabled": "Кольори шпалер увімкнено",
+      "label": "Генерація кольорів шпалер",
       "not-installed": "Matugen не встановлено - потрібний для витягу кольорів зі шпалер"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/Translations/zh-CN.json

@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@
       "top_left": "左上",
       "top_right": "右上"
     },
+    "visualizer-quality": {
+      "high": "高",
+      "low": "低"
+    },
     "visualizer-types": {
       "linear": "线性",
       "mirrored": "镜像",
@@ -693,6 +697,10 @@
           "description": "设置您首选和要忽略的媒体应用程序。",
           "label": "媒体播放器"
         },
+        "visualizer-quality": {
+          "description": "高质量使用更多 GPU 资源。",
+          "label": "可视化质量"
+        },
         "visualizer-type": {
           "description": "选择媒体播放的可视化类型",
           "label": "可视化类型"
@@ -1759,6 +1767,7 @@
     "wallpaper-colors": {
       "disabled": "壁纸颜色已禁用",
       "enabled": "壁纸颜色已启用",
+      "label": "壁纸颜色生成",
       "not-installed": "Matugen 未安装 - 壁纸颜色提取所需"
     },
     "wifi": {

Assets/settings-default.json

@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
     "volumeOverdrive": false,
     "cavaFrameRate": 60,
     "visualizerType": "linear",
+    "visualizerQuality": "high",
     "mprisBlacklist": [],
     "preferredPlayer": ""
   },

Commons/Settings.qml

@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ Singleton {
       property bool volumeOverdrive: false
       property int cavaFrameRate: 30
       property string visualizerType: "linear"
+      property string visualizerQuality: "high"
       property list<string> mprisBlacklist: []
       property string preferredPlayer: ""
     }

Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/AudioTab.qml

@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ ColumnLayout {
     }
     // AudioService Visualizer section
     NComboBox {
-      id: audioVisualizerCombo
       label: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.visualizer-type.label")
       description: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.visualizer-type.description")
       model: [{
@@ -351,6 +350,20 @@ ColumnLayout {
       onSelected: key => Settings.data.audio.visualizerType = key
     }
 
+    NComboBox {
+      label: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.visualizer-quality.label")
+      description: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.visualizer-quality.description")
+      model: [{
+          "key": "low",
+          "name": I18n.tr("options.visualizer-quality.low")
+        }, {
+          "key": "high",
+          "name": I18n.tr("options.visualizer-quality.high")
+        }]
+      currentKey: Settings.data.audio.visualizerQuality
+      onSelected: key => Settings.data.audio.visualizerQuality = key
+    }
+
     NComboBox {
       label: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.frame-rate.label")
       description: I18n.tr("settings.audio.media.frame-rate.description")

Services/Media/CavaService.qml

@@ -19,12 +19,20 @@ Singleton {
   property bool shouldRun: BarService.hasAudioVisualizer || PanelService.lockScreen?.active || (PanelService.openedPanel && PanelService.openedPanel.objectName.startsWith("controlCenterPanel"))
 
   property var values: Array(barsCount).fill(0)
-  property int barsCount: 48
+  property int barsCount: 32
 
   // Idle detection to reduce GPU usage when there's no audio
   property bool isIdle: true
   property int idleFrameCount: 0
   readonly property int idleThreshold: 30 // Frames of silence before considered idle (0.5s at 60fps)
+
+  // Frame skipping for GPU optimization - skip every Nth frame when playing
+  property int frameCounter: 0
+  readonly property int frameSkip: 1 // Update every N frames (1 = no skip, 2 = every other frame, etc)
+
+  // Change detection - only update if values changed significantly
+  property var lastValues: Array(barsCount).fill(0)
+  readonly property real changeThreshold: 0.005 // Minimum change (1%) to trigger update
   property var config: ({
                           "general": {
                             "bars": barsCount,
@@ -35,8 +43,9 @@ Singleton {
                             "higher_cutoff_freq": 12000
                           },
                           "smoothing": {
-                            "monstercat": 0,
-                            "noise_reduction": 77
+                            "monstercat": 1,
+                            "noise_reduction"// Enable monstercat smoothing for less jittery animation
+                            : 77
                           },
                           "output": {
                             "method": "raw",
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@ Singleton {
               root.isIdle = true
               // Set all values to 0 one final time
               root.values = Array(root.barsCount).fill(0)
+              root.lastValues = Array(root.barsCount).fill(0)
               Logger.d("Cava", "Idle detected - stopped rendering")
             }
             // Don't update values while idle
@@ -106,8 +116,28 @@ Singleton {
           }
         }
 
-        // Update values (only when not idle)
-        root.values = newValues
+        // Frame skipping optimization - skip frames to reduce GPU load
+        root.frameCounter++
+        if (root.frameSkip > 1 && root.frameCounter % root.frameSkip !== 0) {
+          // Skip this frame
+          return
+        }
+
+        // Change detection - only update if values changed significantly
+        let hasSignificantChange = false
+        for (var i = 0; i < newValues.length; i++) {
+          const delta = Math.abs(newValues[i] - root.lastValues[i])
+          if (delta > root.changeThreshold) {
+            hasSignificantChange = true
+            break
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Update values only if there's a significant change
+        if (hasSignificantChange) {
+          root.lastValues = newValues.slice() // Copy array
+          root.values = newValues
+        }
       }
     }
     stderr: StdioCollector {

Widgets/AudioSpectrum/NLinearSpectrum.qml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Item {
   readonly property int valuesCount: (values && Array.isArray(values)) ? values.length : 0
   readonly property int totalBars: valuesCount * 2
   readonly property real barSlotSize: totalBars > 0 ? (vertical ? height : width) / totalBars : 0
+  readonly property bool highQuality: (Settings.data.audio.visualizerType === "low") ? false : true
 
   Repeater {
     model: root.totalBars
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ Item {
       color: root.fillColor
       border.color: root.strokeColor
       border.width: root.strokeWidth
-      antialiasing: true
+      antialiasing: root.highQuality
+      smooth: root.highQuality
 
       // Only update when value actually changes - reduces GPU load
       width: vertical ? root.width * amp : root.barSlotSize * 0.5

Widgets/AudioSpectrum/NMirroredSpectrum.qml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Item {
   readonly property int valuesCount: (values && Array.isArray(values)) ? values.length : 0
   readonly property int totalBars: valuesCount * 2
   readonly property real barSlotSize: totalBars > 0 ? (vertical ? height : width) / totalBars : 0
-
+  readonly property bool highQuality: (Settings.data.audio.visualizerType === "low") ? false : true
   readonly property real centerY: height / 2
   readonly property real centerX: width / 2
 
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Item {
       color: root.fillColor
       border.color: root.strokeColor
       border.width: root.strokeWidth
-      antialiasing: true
+      antialiasing: root.highQuality
+      smooth: root.highQuality
 
       width: vertical ? barSize : root.barSlotSize * 0.8
       height: vertical ? root.barSlotSize * 0.8 : barSize

Widgets/AudioSpectrum/NWaveSpectrum.qml

@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ Item {
   Canvas {
     id: canvas
     anchors.fill: parent
-    antialiasing: true
+    antialiasing: false // Disable for better performance - shape is smooth enough without it
+    renderStrategy: Canvas.Threaded // Render in separate thread to reduce main thread load
+    renderTarget: Canvas.FramebufferObject // Use FBO for better performance
 
     onPaint: {
       var ctx = getContext("2d")