[pulseaudio-discuss] PulseAudio and Bluetooth

[tim redfern]

Is there any way for pulseaudio to act as a bluetooth sink rather than
to play to a bluetooth device? (pardon if this has already been
discussed)

I've a feeling the a2dp sink profile doesnt exist yet in linux..?

Tim

On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 07:49 -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 21:26 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > Heya!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > So you want to get BT audio working with PA?
> 
> I'd be happy just to have BT audio working in any manner at all, but for
> over a year it's been a non-starting struggle.
> 
> > Then please make sure to
> > run the following minimal versions:
> > 
> >     bluez 4.35
> >     pulseaudio 0.9.15 (final!)
> >     gnome-bluetooth 2.27.4
> >     kernel 2.6.29 with http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/devel/kernel/git-bluetooth.patch?revision=1.2 applied
> 
> Heh.  This seems to _always_ be the case for BT.  If I had a nickel for
> every time I heard/read "the next kernel release will solve that" (and
> of course, the corollary: "just add these patches to your kernel")...
> 
> I'm sure that by the time my distro's kenrel (yeah, I know, I could roll
> my own kenrels, but that's what I use a distro for -- I have no desire
> nor time to be my own package manager) catches up to 2.6.29+above_patch
> there will be some new requirement that I use an even newer kernel
> and/or patches.  :-(
> 
> None of this is your fault, of course.  Just describing one man's
> ongoing experience with BT on Linux.
> 
> > Also, ISSC dongles seem to be broken with HSP/HFP audio. 
> 
> How do I know if I have an ISSC dongle or not?
> 
> b.
> 
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