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TheGasolineWillBeOurs

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Registered: 2015-02-06

Posts: 65

Sound via bluetooth

Hello everyone

I try to connect to a bluetooth device. This was working a while ago, but somewhere along the route, it broke. Not sure what (or how I) broke it.

I connect to an external speaker via bluetooth. For this I use bluetoothctl. The connection seems to work fine, at least bluetoothctl reports it is connected by changing its prompt, and the bluetooth device also reports that I am "connected successfully" in a beautiful English with Chinese dialect. However, no sound is heard through the speakers. In pavucontrol, I can only select "Speakers" (which are the ones from my laptop), "Line Out (unplugged)" and "Headphones (unplugged)".

I'm afraid I don't know how to debug this any further. How can I get sound on my bluetooth speakers?

Every help is much appreciated! Thanks!

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,785

Re: Sound via bluetooth

In pavucontrol, does it appear under output devices?
In bluetoothctl, that is the output of info <the mac address of your device that does not work>  ?

Last edited by ewaller (2018-07-30 20:34:24)

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TheGasolineWillBeOurs

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Re: Sound via bluetooth

Thanks for your help!

Here's the output in bluetoothctl:

[S-608]# info FC:58:FA:55:BA:2F
Device FC:58:FA:55:BA:2F (public)
	Name: S-608
	Alias: S-608
	Class: 0x00260404
	Icon: audio-card
	Paired: yes
	Trusted: no
	Blocked: no
	Connected: yes
	LegacyPairing: no
	UUID: Headset                   (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	RSSI: -50

I don't see the device in pavucontrol.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,785

Re: Sound via bluetooth

That all looks good.  (except maybe the trusted field) Have you installed pulseaudio-bluetooth package?

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TheGasolineWillBeOurs

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Re: Sound via bluetooth

Yes, it's installed. I just reinstalled it, but it didn't help.