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#1 2013-02-02 11:00:20

Goffredo
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Registered: 2012-03-18
Posts: 7

Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

Hi, I can't switch to a2dp on my bluetooth headset anymore, (it defaults to off when I change the profile from pavucontrol or blueman). I hadn't any problems with pulseaudio 2.1. I noticed 3.0 introduced sbc which has to do with bluetooth, so maybe that's the cause of my problem?

Anyway here's the verbose log output of the problem:

http://pastebin.com/Rk60610w

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#2 2013-02-03 17:32:18

dzhon
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Registered: 2012-11-27
Posts: 2

Re: Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

I have same issue as you, to workaround that problem I follow these steps (using blueman-manager):
[+] Add device as usual
[+] Connect to headset profile, NOT audio sink
[+] Change HSP/HSF to A2DP
And... it works! Strange and bit confusing.

Also, DO NOT ADD Enable=Socket in you /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf.

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#3 2013-02-03 17:43:19

Goffredo
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Registered: 2012-03-18
Posts: 7

Re: Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

Your solution doesn't seem to work for me, thanks for the response though! Do you think I should file a bug report?

Last edited by Goffredo (2013-02-03 17:43:33)

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#4 2013-03-20 17:28:55

gnux83
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Registered: 2012-06-02
Posts: 19

Re: Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

Hi,

I had the problem that a2dp suddenly stopped working and disconnects audio device on activation since weeks.

dzhon wrote:

I have same issue as you, to workaround that problem I follow these steps (using blueman-manager):
[+] Add device as usual
[+] Connect to headset profile, NOT audio sink
[+] Change HSP/HSF to A2DP
And... it works! Strange and bit confusing.

Also, DO NOT ADD Enable=Socket in you /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf.

thanks for your advice... I also had to set

HFP=false
...
[A2DP]
SBCSources=1
MPEG12Sources=0

in the /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf.

I'm very glad it works now, because without a2dp BT sound was very distorted.

thx & regards,
gnux

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#5 2013-04-12 16:50:59

Gringo
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From: The Netherlands
Registered: 2008-07-31
Posts: 37

Re: Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

gnux83 wrote:

Hi,

I had the problem that a2dp suddenly stopped working and disconnects audio device on activation since weeks.

dzhon wrote:

I have same issue as you, to workaround that problem I follow these steps (using blueman-manager):
[+] Add device as usual
[+] Connect to headset profile, NOT audio sink
[+] Change HSP/HSF to A2DP
And... it works! Strange and bit confusing.

Also, DO NOT ADD Enable=Socket in you /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf.

thanks for your advice... I also had to set

HFP=false
...
[A2DP]
SBCSources=1
MPEG12Sources=0

in the /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf.

I'm very glad it works now, because without a2dp BT sound was very distorted.

thx & regards,
gnux

Thanks gnux and dzhon, this worked!

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#6 2014-08-17 20:11:22

cshenkan
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From: Bucks County, PA
Registered: 2013-11-05
Posts: 28
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Re: Pulseaudio upgrade to 3.0 breaks bluetooth headset a2dp

Had this problem myself recently on Ubuntu and Arch.  After changing the config file to look like that I was still having issues as long as I paired through gnome's bluetooth interface.  But when pairing by using bluez-simple-agent it worked and a2dp was the profile selected from the beginning rather than being unable to select anything other than HFP/HSP.  The commands I ran were hcitool scan, and then sudo bluez-simple-agent hci0 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX and it paired quickly and was set to a2dp audio profile.

Just in case anyone else runs into the same issue, perhaps this will help.

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