[pulseaudio-discuss] Headset on pulseaudio

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Josu Lazkano at 16/08/09 23:45 did gyre and gimble:
> Hello everybody, I am tryin to get working my bluetooth headset with 
> pulseaudio to speak over Skype.

Don't. For two reasons.

1. Pulse does not currently support *recording* from BT devices (tho 
initial patches are available for this so it will come soon).

2. Skype does odd things with alsa and does not work nicely with the 
alsa->pulse plugin. A fabled "new" version of Skype has been rumoured 
since about March that purports to address this, but I wouldn't hold 
your breath.


> I have Jabra BT2010 and I use Debian Lenny with official packages.
> 
> I installed thoose packages to get working my headset: apt-get install 
> bluez-utils bluez-gnome bluez-audio
> 
> And this is my .asoundrc config:
> 
> pcm.bluetooth {
>     type plug
>     slave {
>         pcm "bluetooth_hw"
>     }
> }
> pcm.bluetooth_hw {
>     type bluetooth
>     device 00:1D:82:xx:xx:xx
> #    profile "auto"
>     profile "voice"
> }
> 
> I can create an audio file with this command:

This is an old way of doing things. The correct way moving forward is 
direct pulse<->bluez integration which is where all the development is 
focused. GUI tools already work this out automatically without need for 
hacking config files.

Col

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