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RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 21st May, 2016 12:30 AM
What I was doing is looking at other distro that have the BT audio working and seeing what the difference was between them.
Raspbian was the closest to our setup and the only obvious thing was pi-bluetooth. Didn't work either way.
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - schiway - 21st May, 2016 02:10 AM
(21st May, 2016 12:30 AM)IriDium Wrote: What I was doing is looking at other distro that have the BT audio working and seeing what the difference was between them.
Raspbian was the closest to our setup and the only obvious thing was pi-bluetooth. Didn't work either way.
I succeed in RetroPie's kodi, But I could only get it work at the first time, after reboot, back to zero;
RetroPie is based-on Raspbian, isn't that the closest distro?
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - f1vefour - 21st May, 2016 06:26 AM
I'm going to follow this and see what happens.
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 1st Jun, 2016 10:53 PM
Well I THINK I have got this working reliably. Three times in succession
.However, the quality is appalling. Stuttering and glitches, so not something you'd really use.
(This might be a configuration issue or worse kernel issue.) If so, a new thread is required.
These are the steps I took.
Terminal
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
(Thanks to @abdulmueid for the next steps)
Terminal
sudo gpasswd -a xbian pulse
sudo gpasswd -a xbian lp
sudo gpasswd -a pulse lp
sudo gpasswd -a xbian audio
sudo gpasswd -a pulse audio
sudo reboot
sudo gpasswd -a xbian lp
sudo gpasswd -a pulse lp
sudo gpasswd -a xbian audio
sudo gpasswd -a pulse audio
sudo reboot
Terminal
hcitool scan
hcitool inq
sudo hciconfig hci0 class 0xXXXXXX
hcitool inq
sudo hciconfig hci0 class 0xXXXXXX
<Turn on BT scan mode>
Terminal
sudo bluetoothctl -a
power on
scan on
pair xxxx
trust xxxx
exit
power on
scan on
pair xxxx
trust xxxx
exit
Terminal
killall pulseaudio
Terminal
sudo bluetoothctl -a
connect xxxx
connect xxxx
After a little wait, something should be heard through the speaker.
After a reboot, it sometimes doesn't connect automatically so rerun the connect xxxxxxx
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - Nachteule - 2nd Jun, 2016 02:06 AM
@IriDium
I'm still struggling with my BT Speaker on RPi3
in bluetoothctl I get
Terminal
[bluetooth]# list
Controller B8:27:EB:05:36:CB kmxbilr2 [default]
[bluetooth]# show
Controller B8:27:EB:05:36:CB
Name: kmxbilr2
Alias: kmxbilr2
Class: 0x0c0000
Powered: yes
Discoverable: no
Pairable: yes
UUID: PnP Information (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Generic Access Profile (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: A/V Remote Control (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Audio Source (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Audio Sink (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d0517
Discovering: yes
[bluetooth]# discoverable on
Changing discoverable on succeeded
[CHG] Controller B8:27:EB:05:36:CB Discoverable: yes
[bluetooth]# default-agent
Default agent request successful
[bluetooth]# connect 00:75:58:67:2E:F3
Attempting to connect to 00:75:58:67:2E:F3
[CHG] Device 00:75:58:67:2E:F3 Connected: yes
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed
[CHG] Device 00:75:58:67:2E:F3 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:75:58:67:2E:F3 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 00:75:58:67:2E:F3 Connected: no
[CHG] Controller B8:27:EB:05:36:CB Discoverable: no
[bluetooth]# info 00:75:58:67:2E:F3
Device 00:75:58:67:2E:F3
Name: SBLS 6 A1
Alias: SBLS 6 A1
Class: 0x240404
Icon: audio-card
Paired: yes
Trusted: yes
Blocked: no
Connected: no
LegacyPairing: yes
UUID: Audio Sink (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: A/V Remote Control (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
UUID: Handsfree (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
And in syslog I'm getting those strange messages:
Terminal
Jun 1 17:45:47 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
Jun 1 17:45:47 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 pulseaudio[8483]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Dieses Programm sollte ohne die Option --system nicht als Administrator ausgeführt werden.
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 pulseaudio[8486]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 pulseaudio[8486]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 pulseaudio[8486]: [pulseaudio] bluez4-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.GetProperties() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "GetProperties" with signature "" on interface "org.bluez.Manager" doesn't exist
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.35 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
Jun 1 17:45:55 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.35 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
Jun 1 17:46:08 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Jun 1 17:46:14 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Jun 1 17:47:09 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Jun 1 17:47:15 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Jun 1 17:50:23 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Jun 1 17:50:31 kmxbilr2 bluetoothd[1698]: connect error: Invalid exchange (52)
Did you ever seen this behavior?
Btw, at my openSUSE 13.1 running notebook the BT speaker is running perfectly (using same command sequence)
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 2nd Jun, 2016 03:43 AM
Never seen most of those errors. The bluez.error.Failed seems to be related to permissions or not rebooting after installing.
I remember seeing something about X11 in one of the config file, but can't remember where.
All mine was done on a fresh RPI2/3 install on a RPi3 and Amazon BT speaker.
Have you selected Pulseaudio in Kodi and seen that it is running.
Sometimes killall pulseaudio and reconnecting sometimes works.
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - Nachteule - 2nd Jun, 2016 04:03 AM
Are you using RPi3's onboard BT?
After disabling that crappy onboard BT and using my 12 (!!!) year old BlueFritz! BT usb stick I got it working
Sound is ok and do not have any glitches, only using sound over BT and WLAN at the same time is not possible, playing video is extremely stuttering
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 2nd Jun, 2016 04:10 AM
@Nachteule
Yes onboard!! I have a USB BT dongle, I'll give that a try and see I get the same problems.
I haven't tried BT and Wifi together.
If that works, I'll create a new thread for onboard BT chip problems.
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 4th Jun, 2016 07:36 PM
I've just done some testing on Libreelec (Couldn't get any sound output on XBian
) and the quality of the music is terrible on the RPI3 onboard BT controller, whereas using a BT dongle as the controller, the sound quality was acceptable.So bottom line, the RPi3 BT controller should not be used for audio (Unless you have perforated eardrums or deaf).
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - Nachteule - 4th Jun, 2016 09:52 PM
(4th Jun, 2016 07:36 PM)IriDium Wrote: I've just done some testing on Libreelec (Couldn't get any sound output on XBian
Can you tell me what your problem with XBian was/is?
Quote:terrible on the RPI3 onboard BT controller, whereas using a BT dongle as the controller, the sound quality was acceptable.
So bottom line, the RPi3 BT controller should not be used for audio (Unless you have perforated eardrums or deaf).
Yeah, Broadcom WLAN and BT chips are really crap. I have a Hummingboard for testing (has Broadcom WLAN and probably Broadcom BT chip onboard) and never was able to play 720p LiveTV stream over that Broadcom WLAN chip
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 4th Jun, 2016 10:16 PM
(4th Jun, 2016 09:52 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Can you tell me what your problem with XBian was/is?
No idea. I've installed everything, added the permissions and rebooted. I can pair, trust and connect successfully, but no output to the speaker.
I'll reflash and start again. (nope same problem - no sound output).
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - Nachteule - 5th Jun, 2016 01:28 AM
(4th Jun, 2016 10:16 PM)IriDium Wrote:(4th Jun, 2016 09:52 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Can you tell me what your problem with XBian was/is?
No idea. I've installed everything, added the permissions and rebooted. I can pair, trust and connect successfully, but no output to the speaker.
I'll reflash and start again. (nope same problem - no sound output).
Do you have dtparam=audio=on enabled in /boot/config.txt?
I had to disable this because PA uses onboard sound as default sink
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 5th Jun, 2016 03:24 AM
I'll give dtparam=audio=on a try but I also tried it on a cubox-i using the onboard BT with the same result - no sound to the speaker.
BTW: Bluetooth is not enabled by default on the IMX6 image.
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - Nachteule - 5th Jun, 2016 03:29 AM
(5th Jun, 2016 03:24 AM)IriDium Wrote: I'll give dtparam=audio=on a try but I also tried it on a cubox-i using the onboard BT with the same result - no sound to the speaker.
Oh sorry, my fault. I had to disable it and not uncomment
Quote:BTW: Bluetooth is not enabled by default on the IMX6 image.
Really? Mine is enabled. Hmmm
RE: Bluetooth Audio output (Transmitter) - IriDium - 5th Jun, 2016 03:38 AM
Is dtparam=audio=on set as default? If not, then I was running a vanilla RPi3 newly flashed image.
IMX6
/etc/default/bluetooth
BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=0
Not something I have set