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Re: [opensuse-multimedia] Bluetooth Headsets in Opnesuse 11.1 with alsa and pulseaudio
  • From: Vladimir Botka <vbotka@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:38:22 +0100
  • Message-id: <20090206113822.74d72486@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:38:03 +0100
Carlos Lorenzo Matés <clmates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi to All.

I had setup my Bluetooth Headsets (Neovoice) using the howto found in
the opensuse.org wiki

I'm using opensuse 11.1 (up to date)

The headsets are paired and working.


this is my .asoundrc file

pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
}
pcm.btheadset {
type bluetooth
device "00:0E:16:02:22:4D"
profile voice
}
ctl.btheadset {
type bluetooth
}


if I type the command

arecord -D btheadset -f S16_LE | aplay -D btheadset -f S16_LE

I can talk and hear myself in the headset, so seems to work fine.

But I'm unable to use with applications like Teamspeak because they
expect a device like /dev/dsp or similar.

I tried also the commands

pactl load-module module-alsa-source device=btheadset

and

pactl load-module module-alsa-sink device=btheadset

like suggested in the howtos, but they segfault my pulseaudio and the
daemon exists (I have to restart it with /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start)

also the headset is not listed as any kind of device with aplay -l or
aplay -L


Any help is appreciated.

Greetings

Hi,

thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately the microphone is not
supported yet. If you put profile "auto" into the .asoundrc you get

# arecord -D bths1 -f S16_LE | aplay -D bths1 -f S16_LE
ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES
failed : Unknown error 240(240) arecord: main:590: audio open error:
Unknown error 240 aplay: playback:2208: read error

and you see that the alsa is not able to open the bluetooth input
device. I use my bluetooth headset and notebook with built-in
microphone to use Skype with the configuration as described here [1].

As of the PulseAudio (PA). The 0.9.12 version does not provide you with
microphone support either, even if you succeed to set it up. The PA
receives/sends the sound via module-alsa-source/module-alsa-sink
from/to alsa again. wait for the PA 0.9.13. There will be PA native
bluetooth support.

[1] http://en.opensuse.org/BT_headphones#Notes.

Ciao,
--
-vlado
Vladimir Botka

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