Dne, 27. 02. 2011 22:21:05 je Celejar napisal(a):
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:55:42 -0500
John <nesredep@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have used pulseaudio in the past, and it was horrible to install
> and understand. But for a while, I had it working on some machine
or
> other, with Etch or Lenny (I think). Sinks, sources, wonderful.
That
> machine is long gone.
>
> I recently installed Squeeze/KDE 4.45, and I wanted to use a
bluetooth
> headset. My Googling led me to believe that it CAN NOT be done
> without pulseaudio.
I wish I knew. I've wasted hours trying to get a bluetooth headset
working, without success. Documentation is horrible, and everything
you find is incomplete and / or outdated. Never really had the
patience to install the whole pulseaudio shebang just to do something
really simple that absolutely shouldn't require it.
Celejar
FWIW I had my bluetooth headset working under Lenny. It required no
pulse audio. Wait a minute, let me check...
OK. I copied the old Lenny ~/.asoundrc to my Squeeze home dir and it
works in Squeeze too. This is the contents of my ~/.asoundrc:
<snip>
pcm.bt_audioraw {
type bluetooth
device 00:0B:E4:38:F8:F7
profile "auto"
}
pcm.bt_audio {
type plug
slave.pcm "bt_audioraw"
hint {
show on
description "Zvočna naprava bluetooth"
}
}
<pins>
Of course you must first pair your bluetooth headset with your
machine, which is a no-brainer with the GNOME bluetooth applet.
Once you have it paired, you should use hcitool and/or other
utilities to find out your headset's hardware address and replace the
"device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" line in your .asoundrc accordingly.
Once you have the right~/.asoundrc in place, you can easily switch
between the external speakers and the bluetooth headset by running
some script such as this:
<snip>
#!/bin/bash
state=`gconftool --get /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink
| cut -d\ -f1`
if [ $state == "autoaudiosink" ]; then
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink "alsasink device=bt_audio"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink "alsasink
device=bt_audio"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/chataudiosink "alsasink
device=bt_audio"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink "alsasink device=bt_audio"
zenity --info --title="GStreamer" --text="Zvočni izhod preklopljen
na bluetooth slušalke."
else
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink "autoaudiosink"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink "autoaudiosink"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/chataudiosink "autoaudiosink"
gconftool --type string --set
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink "autovideosink"
zenity --info --title="GStreamer" --text="Zvočni izhod preklopljen
na zvočnike."
fi
echo Audiosink preklopljen na `gconftool --get
/system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink`.
<pins>
The above procedure only works for gstreamer (for example, system
sounds and Totem movies will still be heard through the external
speakers). It's great for listening to Rhythmbox though.
I've left a couple of strings in my language, which is Slovenian, but
you should have no trouble adapting them to your needs. They don't
affect functionality anyway.
--
Good luck,
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