The pivumeter Python library creates a socket-based server to which the Pi VU Meter ALSA plugin can
connect and stream left/right VU amplitude and FFT transform frequency bins.
Currently to run this code you will need to clone the devel branch of Pi VU Meter and compile it from source.
You may use our automated setup to do so, specifying the output device to socket
setup.sh socket
You can also compile and set up thing yourself - just follow this guide but change the output-device to socket.
After that you need to install python pivumeter library.
Just go to the pivumeter/python_server/library folder and run
sudo python setup.py install
Finally, run the desired example from the Python Server examples folder and play some audio!