you can customize your playback settings now. also removed uneeded samples from the repo

src/settings_store.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ConfigHandler:
 
 		return config_dir
 
-	def get(self, section: str, option: str):
+	def get(self, section: str, option: str) -> str:
 		if not self.config.has_section(section):
 			self.config.add_section(section)
 		if not self.config.has_option(section, option):
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class ConfigHandler:
 		}
 		self.config["appearance"] = {
 			"colour_theme": "textual-dark"
+		},
+		self.config["audio"] = {
+			"output_device": "None",
+			"input_device": "None"
 		}
 
 		with open(self.config_dir / "config.ini", "w") as configfile:

src/song_player.py

@@ -88,11 +88,26 @@ class SongPlayer:
             if not self.stream.closed:
                 self.stream.close()
             
+            # figure out which device we're using
+            devices = sd.query_devices()
+            device_index = None
+            for device in devices:
+                if device["name"] == self.timeline.app.config_handler.get("audio", "output_device"):
+                    device_index = device["index"]
+                    
+            # something horrible has happened to our user config lmao
+            # not even the config manager could find a device, idek
+            # how that would happen.
+            if not device_index:
+                self.pause()
+                self.timeline.app.notify(f"Failed to find the output device you have specified in settings, please check your config.", title="Error while playing song", severity="error")
+                return False
+            
             self.stream = sd.OutputStream(
                 channels=self.audio.shape[1] if self.audio.ndim > 1 else 1,
                 callback=self.play_callback,
-                blocksize=256,
+                blocksize=int(self.timeline.app.config_handler.get("audio", "block_size")),
-                device=7
+                device=device_index
             )
             
             self.stream.start()

src/ui/screens/settings.py

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from textual.widgets import Label, Select, TabbedContent, TabPane, Switch, Input
 from textual.containers import Vertical, HorizontalGroup, VerticalGroup, VerticalScroll
 from textual.binding import Binding
 
+from textual_slider import Slider
+
+import sounddevice as sd
+
 
 class SettingsScreen(ModalScreen):
     border_title = "Settings"
@@ -31,6 +35,12 @@ class SettingsScreen(ModalScreen):
             text-style: bold;
         }
         
+        #block-size-text {
+            width: 5;
+            height: 3;
+            content-align: left middle;
+        }
+
         .setting {
             padding: 0 2;
             content-align: center middle;
@@ -52,8 +62,8 @@ class SettingsScreen(ModalScreen):
                 margin-right: 1;
             }
 
-            Select, Input {
+            Select, Input, Slider {
-                max-width: 30;
+                max-width: 35;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -72,7 +82,16 @@ class SettingsScreen(ModalScreen):
     def on_select_changed(self, event: Select.Changed):
         if event.select.id == "colour-theme":
             self.app.theme = event.value
-            self.app.config_handler.set("appearance", "colour_theme", str(event.value))
+            self.app.config_handler.set("appearance", "colour_theme", event.value)
+        elif event.select.id == "output-device":
+            self.app.config_handler.set("audio", "output_device", event.value)
+        elif event.select.id == "input-device":
+            self.app.config_handler.set("audio", "input_device", event.value)
+            
+    def on_slider_changed(self, event: Slider.Changed):
+        if event.slider.id == "block-size":
+            self.query_one("#block-size-text").update(str(event.value))
+            self.app.config_handler.set("audio", "block_size", str(event.value))
             
     def compose(self):
         with Vertical(id="window") as window:
@@ -91,3 +110,46 @@ class SettingsScreen(ModalScreen):
                                 id="colour-theme",
                                 value=self.app.theme
                             )
+                with TabPane("Audio"):
+                    with VerticalScroll():
+                        with HorizontalGroup(classes="setting"):
+                            with VerticalGroup():
+                                yield Label("Output Device", classes="setting-name")
+                                yield Label("The device that audio will be outputted to. If a device is not shown, then [i]sounddevice[/i] thinks it has 0 output channels.", classes="setting-desc")
+                                
+                            devices: list[str] = [device["name"] for device in sd.query_devices() if device["max_output_channels"] > 0]
+                            output_device_name = self.app.config_handler.get("audio", "output_device")
+                            
+                            yield Select.from_values(
+                                devices,
+                                allow_blank=False,
+                                id="output-device",
+                                value=output_device_name if output_device_name in devices else devices[0]
+                            )
+                        with HorizontalGroup(classes="setting"):
+                            with VerticalGroup():
+                                yield Label("Input Device", classes="setting-name")
+                                yield Label("The device that will be used for recording audio. If a device is not shown, then [i]sounddevice[/i] thinks it has 0 input channels. (this setting is unused for now)", classes="setting-desc")
+                                
+                            devices: list[str] = [device["name"] for device in sd.query_devices() if device["max_input_channels"] > 0]
+                            input_device_name = self.app.config_handler.get("audio", "input_device")
+                            
+                            yield Select.from_values(
+                                devices,
+                                allow_blank=False,
+                                id="input-device",
+                                value=input_device_name if input_device_name in devices else devices[0]
+                            )
+                        with HorizontalGroup(classes="setting"):
+                            with VerticalGroup():
+                                yield Label("Block Size", classes="setting-name")
+                                yield Label("Block size of audio playback. Higher block size will reduce stutters or cut outs, but will also lead to higher CPU strain.", classes="setting-desc")
+                            
+                            yield Static("N/A", id="block-size-text")
+                            yield Slider(
+                                16,
+                                2048,
+                                step=16,
+                                value=int(self.app.config_handler.get("audio", "block_size")),
+                                id="block-size"
+                            )