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andav

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Registered: 2006-12-04

Posts: 126

multiple sound sources, can't hear them together.

original post is below.

i thought at first that i fixed it as i explained here:
SOLVED:
the problem, so it seems, was that when i connect with the bluetooth headset it is connected as a handfree bluetooth and not as it sould connected, AKA headset.
if i disconnect and reconnect again, it is connected as headset and now there is no problem at all.

but it seems that it didn't solved it.
it was working for sometime but it seems to revert back to the bad behaviour.
even after the profile is headset (and not handfree).

the original post:

i'm using wireplumber and pipewire.
if i'm hear podcast in google podcasts using google chrome, and then go to youtube in another tab (even without playing anything. just going to youtube site), the sound of the podcast is muted but the podcasts is still playing (the time continue to move).
then, if i close the youtube tab, the sound of the podcast returns.

the exact same thing happen with kodi.
if i play something in google podcasts using google chrome and then enter to kodi and play something there, i can't hear anything in kodi and in google podcasts.
they both playing (in kodi the video is playing and in podcasts the time is moving on) but i can't hear anything on both.
after i close kodi the sound is return in google podcasts.

another example: google chrome and microsoft edge.
if i play something in google podcasts on google chrome and then get into google podcasts in microsoft edge and try to play there something, the sound of both podcasts are muted but the time is moving on both.
the sound is getting back into podcasts (in chrome) when i close microsoft edge.

it's the same also in mpv.
i cant hear sound in the browser when i start playing something in mpv.

there is nothing special in google podcasts.
you can change from podcasts (using chrome) to youtube in the above examples and the problems are the same.

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  lala     1299 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq:        lala     1298 F.... pipewire

Last edited by andav (2023-07-03 14:20:36)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: multiple sound sources, can't hear them together.

EDIT: thank you for fixing the title - this is much better.  Unfortunately I am not able to help with the actual issue.

Last edited by Trilby (2023-07-03 15:19:28)

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andav

Member

Registered: 2006-12-04

Posts: 126

Re: multiple sound sources, can't hear them together.

EDIT: thank you for fixing the title - this is much better.  Unfortunately I am not able to help with the actual issue.

thanks.

Last edited by andav (2023-07-03 16:26:53)