Re: bluetooth speakers

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 08/18/2015 04:30 AM, François Patte wrote:
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> Le 16/08/2015 18:51, briand@aracnet.com a écrit :
> > On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:16:44 +0200 François Patte
> > <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote:
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> > > Bonjour,
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> > > I try to have speakers connected through bluetooth. Everything
> > > seems ok: bluetooth connection succeeded, I can see the speakers
> > > in pavu-control and choose this option as playback but.... no
> > > sound from the speakers if I disconnect the wire connection!
> > >
> > > What did I miss?
> >
> > probably you have to tell pulse-audio what the sink is.
> >
> > try "pacmd list-sinks", and make sure AFTER you disconnect the wire
> > the sink is still there.
> >
> > you'll still have to tell pulse-audio which sink to use though.
> >
> > pacmd --help
> >
> > for example if i do pacmd list-sinks
> >
> > * index: 2 name:
> > <alsa_output.usb-Audioengine_Audioengine_2_-00-A2.analog-stereo>
> >
> > then in my /etc/pulse/default.pa file:
> >
> > set-default-sink
> > alsa_output.usb-Audioengine_Audioengine_2_-00-A2.analog-stereo
> >
> > you should be able to do the same thing with pacmd, e.g.
> >
> > pacmd set-sink [name of your sink]
> >
> > Brian
>
> Thank you for answering. I succeeded to connect to speakers through
> bluetooth *but* only once! Today connection no more works and I am
> unable to connect even repeating the same commands as yesterday!
>
> Why sound stuff is so difficult under linux?


Run alsamixer first, See if you have stguff muted or volume turned way 
down. Ric


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