feat(spectrum): capture macOS output with a Core Audio process tap
SYNC mode on macOS needed a virtual loopback driver (BlackHole, Loopback, Soundflower) routed through a Multi-Output Device, and shelled out to 'ffmpeg -f avfoundation' to read it. macOS 14.2 lets a process tap the system mix directly, so do that instead: CATapDescription -> AudioHardwareCreateProcessTap -> private aggregate device -> IOProc, straight through ctypes. No driver, no helper binary, no ffmpeg. The tap hands out native-rate interleaved float32, so the analyser can now retune its window and band edges when the capture rate differs from 44.1 kHz, and mono-downmixes the frames before the FFT. A tap that was never granted System Audio Recording permission is created happily but only ever delivers digital silence: treat that as a failed capture instead of flat bars, explain it in the status bar and fall back to the stream tap. A tap that renders nothing *yet* (playback still starting, or mpv pointed at another device) is not a permanent failure either - the stream tap covers for a minute, then the tap is retried. Drop the avfoundation device enumeration, the loopback-name heuristics and the microphone safeguards' tests, and document the new permission and its diagnostics instead.
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ABOUT_MACOS = (
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"The spectrum follows your audio output (SYNC) when a loopback device "
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"such as BlackHole is available for ffmpeg/avfoundation; otherwise it "
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"falls back to a muted ffmpeg stream tap (FFT, can drift) or a "
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"synthesized display (SIM)."
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"The spectrum captures your Mac's real audio output (SYNC) with a "
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"native Core Audio process tap — nothing to install. macOS asks for "
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"System Audio Recording permission the first time; without it the "
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"analyser falls back to a muted ffmpeg stream tap (FFT, can drift) "
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"or a synthesized display (SIM)."
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"mpv publishes what is playing to the macOS Now Playing session, so "
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