[pulseaudio-discuss] Bluetooth headset profile

[Georg Chini]

On 09.06.20 13:59, Chris Adams wrote:
> I am running Fedora 31, with pulseaudio 13.99.1-3.fc31 and bluez
> 5.54-1.fc31.  I am unable to get any Bluetooth headset to work in
> headset_head_unit (HSP/HFP) mode.  I tried a new headset I just bought
> for video chats an old pair of headphones (that I'm pretty sure I used
> in headset mode years ago), and a pair of earbuds.
>
> The headset and old earphones both have both Headset and Handsfree
> Bluetooth available, so from what I read should work.  The earbuds only
> have Handsfree, so I guess that's not even expected to work with Linux.
>
> When I run "pacmd set-card-profile <device> headset_head_unit", it
> appears to work, but nothing is heard from the mic and any attempts to
> output sound just hang (and no output).
>
> Is there any way to get this working?

Hi,

there is currently a lot going on to achieve better BT support in PA.
Please refer to

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/288

Testers welcome!

Regards
              Georg