Have bluetooth "working," how do I get audio?

[bwh1969]

After lots of trial and error and installing various packages, then starting over here and there, I am able to pair devices; however, how do I get sound to output to my BT headset:

I have gotten this far actually:

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sh-4.1# bt-audio -c 00:10:61:00:92:F6
Connecting to an audio service
Audio service is connected
sh-4.1# 

Retrovol and other mixers don't show an option to output to the "device" so sound still comes out the speaker/headphone.

Ideas? I am soooo close here:-)

[stemsee]

try running alsa multiple soundcard wizard when connected.

[bwh1969]

Bummer. It doesn't show up, just the analog and the HDMI cards/outputs do.

[mikeb]

Ok I had to add a file /root/.asound-rc containing

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pcm.bluetooth {
   type bluetooth
   device 00:12:C8:90:7A:03
}

Then the device would be accessible via media players using the pcm.bluetooth reference.... you use your own mac address (of the computer end not the phones iirc.)

This is from years ago as I realised bluetooth was a pile of unreliable crap and wires work better and give longer range ... the drivers were the culprits so perhaps they have improved. By the way I found things no better in windows land due to the propriety nature of the drivers.

Hope thats helpful

mike

[bwh1969]

I agree but when it does work, it is really nice:-)

I got further but now alsamixer segfaults when I choose the device.

No biggie. I will just have to boot into Kubuntu or Windows 7. I think pulseaudio makes this work a bit more easily.

I generally use BT for internet connectivity to my iPhone, and pan0 does show up for the bt device. It mostly does what I need it to:-)

BT tends to be less power hungry when tethered compared to wlan.

BH

[mikeb]

I got further but now alsamixer segfaults when I choose the device.

using the asound config... I didn't do anything with alsamixer just selected the new option created using such as mplayer.

This assumes tethering is working which is where the drivers were hit and miss.

It seems sounds is the biggest headache... other functions seem to work less problematically. I had some bluetooth headphones and managed to sell them on ebay for 99p in the end

mike