# \[DEV\] Audio dynamic menu

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463
**Category:** Development & Suggestions
**Created:** [February 21, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463 "2026-02-21T13:18:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/1 "2026-02-21T13:18:57Z")

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Work in progress… dynamic menu

_for right-click in volume icon_

- quick access to installed audio players
- start Cava visualization
- if Cava or/and PyRadio is running - quick access to Pyradio/Cava Colorizer modules

Question:

### What music players you use?

I like to have them listed in menu if installed.

 ![Audio dynamic menu](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6308ff9cba763f61568cbaef8b48539e8e3dc113.avif)  
 ![Audio dynamic menu2](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8477f431fcd9336c6b8553a78d3d670c7f0b7d47.avif)  
 ![Cava Colorizer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0a656e9cec6bb790912cdb346b0162a05ad543a5.avif)  
 ![PyRadio Colorizer](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d10a99c030356c10b4c0018b6336383e867c5bf7.avif)

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### Author: ![SauronsMouth](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/sauronsmouth/32/4064_2.png) [@SauronsMouth](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/SauronsMouth)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/2 "2026-02-21T22:26:51Z")

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I use Audacious, mostly because of ‘audtool’ for use in my custom conky.

 ![image](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/60a2854bf44ac7047181d22ae470eb7558d43769.jpeg)

 ![image](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a9048d6e8ac8f473f01b6b8963b0f27e185fe501.jpeg)

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/3 "2026-02-23T17:05:54Z")

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Audio menu is already in Mabox repo.  
If you like to bind it to right-click on volume icon - edit your tint2 config.  
Look for volumettf executor and change its `execp_rclick_command` to:

```auto
execp_rclick_command = mb-volmenu ipc

```

After that it is also worth to play with renewed Colorizer module for Cava 🙂

Click **Reset config to default** first, to use the new improved config for Cava.

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### Author: ![mbkw](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mbkw](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/mbkw)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/4 "2026-02-26T20:07:11Z")

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Hi, new install of mabox using the latest iso and pyradio keeps crashing with errors like

```auto
Reading playlist…
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyradio/messages_system.py”, line 1830, in \_get_txt
cap, out, priority = self.\_txt\[self.active_message_key\]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 3, got 2)

```

I reinstalled pyradio but it says it is the latest.

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/5 "2026-02-26T20:17:05Z")

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Hi @mbkw, and welcome to the forum 🙂

Thanks for reporting, I just pushed latest PyRadio 0.9.3.11.27 to Mabox’s repo.  
Hopefully this bug is fixed.

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### Author: ![mbkw](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mbkw](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/mbkw)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/6 "2026-02-26T20:40:47Z")

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Wow, that was a fast fix, thanks!

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/dev-audio-dynamic-menu/2463/7 "2026-02-28T17:37:46Z")

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Option to switch Cava window size added to Colorizer Cava module.

I will also try to add “Save custom position and size” option next…

Cava is placed in transparent terminal window without decoration. But still you can resize and move this window like any other:  
`A - Left mouse click - drag` - to move  
`A - Right mouse click - drag` - to resize

 ![Mabox_Cava_Colorizer_winpos](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/09b6ea4801932f0cc0abfb38cc63ede7cab7a2a4.avif)
