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emacsomancer

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Registered: 2014-09-20

Posts: 211

switching to bluetooth audio freezes any sound-outputting apps

When I connect to a bluetooth audio device  and switch to that device I don't get any audio output and any programs that were outputting audio freeze until I switch the audio back to the non-bluetooth device. I'm using pulseaudio.

I've used the bluetooth device without problem with my Android phone, and, in fact, at one point in time I had it working with my desktop as well.

(I'm not sure if this is actually a bluetooth issue, or if the audio device being bluetooth is incidental, and it's something about pulseaudio.)

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Re: switching to bluetooth audio freezes any sound-outputting apps

And which Desktop Environment do you happen to be using? Also, which bluetooth device are you using?

emacsomancer

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Registered: 2014-09-20

Posts: 211

Re: switching to bluetooth audio freezes any sound-outputting apps

I'm using AwesomeWM with no DE.

The bluetooth device is a Taotronics headset ( http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01763QHA0 ).

I had managed to get it to work with my Arch desktop before. And again, I can get it to pair, but if I have audio directed to it then all applications whose audio is directed to this device stop/freeze until I re-direct the audio.

I've tried both Audio Sink and Headset, but it doesn't seem to want to act as a Audio Sink.