Transclusion: Debian: iMX7: Bluez5 PulseAudio
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Bluez5 & PulseAudio
Debian stretch/sid is using BlueZ 5 and PluseAudio 5, which are fairly new.
BlueZ 5 dropped support for alsa, so the solution for now is to use PulseAudio.
PulseAudio 5 only supports the A2DP profile and not HSP/HFP.
- Software to install pulseaudio, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
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debian-image.tar.bz2 has all these packages pre-installed. Continue to the Start PulseAudio section if you use this root filesystem. |
Install and configure PulseAudio
root@cl-rootfs:~# apt-get install --no-install-recommends pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
- Create a systemd service for running pulseaudio as the pulse user.
root@cl-rootfs:~# cat << eof > /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service [Unit] Description=Pulse Audio [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --disable-shm [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target eof root@cl-rootfs:~# chown pulse:pulse /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service
- Create a dbus configuration file for running pulseaudio. Give the pulse user permission to use Bluetooth.
root@cl-rootfs:~# cat << eof > /etc/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-bluetooth.conf
<busconfig>
<policy user="pulse">
<allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
</policy>
</busconfig>
eof
root@cl-rootfs:~# chmod 0666 /etc/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-bluetooth.conf
- Paste the following lines to the end of /etc/pulse/system.pa:
root@cl-rootfs:~# cat << eof >> /etc/pulse/system.pa ### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware .ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so load-module module-bluetooth-policy .endif .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif eof
- Create /var/run/pulse/.config/pulse directory. Change its ownership.
root@cl-rootfs:~# mkdir -p /var/run/pulse/.config/pulse root@cl-rootfs:~# chown -R pulse:pulse /var/run/pulse
- Make the root belong to the pulse-access,audio groups
root@cl-rootfs:~# usermod -a -G pulse-access,audio root
Start PulseAudio
- Start PulseAudio service
root@cl-rootfs:~# systemctl daemon-reload root@cl-rootfs:~# systemctl start pulseaudio.service
- Make sure that the service is active, running and reports on no errors.
root@cl-rootfs:~# systemctl status pulseaudio.service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service; disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2015-07-20 12:00:13 UTC; 1min 34s ago
Main PID: 805 (pulseaudio)
CGroup: /system.slice/pulseaudio.service
└─805 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --disable-shm
Bluez5 pairing
PulseAudio 5.x supports A2DP per default.
Make sure the following packages are installed:
pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-utils, bluez, bluez-tools.
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Without pulseaudio-module-bluetooth you won't be able to connect after the next pairing and you won't get any usable error messages. |
- Start the Bluetooth system:
root@cl-rootfs:~# systemctl start bluetooth
Now we can use the bluetoothctl command line utility to pair and connect. Run
root@cl-rootfs:~# bluetoothctl [bluetooth]#
to be greeted by its internal command prompt.Then enter:
[bluetooth]# power on [bluetooth]# agent on [bluetooth]# default-agent [bluetooth]# scan on
Now make sure that your headset is in pairing mode. It should be discovered shortly. For example,
[NEW] Device 00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB Motorola HT820
shows a device that calls itself "Motorola HT820" and has MAC address 00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB. We will now use that MAC address to initiate the pairing:
[bluetooth]# pair 00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB
After pairing, you also need to explicitly connect the device:
[bluetooth]# connect 00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB
If everything works correctly, you now have a separate output device in PulseAudio.
You can now disable scanning again and exit the program:
[bluetooth]# scan off [bluetooth]# exit
Playback using PulseAudio
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Next examples assume that the device mac address is 00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB |
- Show the PulseAudio device
root@cl-rootfs:~# pactl list cards | awk '/00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB/' RS=""
Card #1
Name: bluez_card.00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB
Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
Owner Module: 13
Properties:
device.description = "Motorola HT820"
device.string = "00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB"
device.api = "bluez"
device.class = "sound"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headset"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB"
bluez.class = "0x240404"
bluez.alias = "Motorola HT820"
device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
device.intended_roles = "phone"
Profiles:
headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: no)
a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 10, available: yes)
off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
Active Profile: a2dp_sink
Ports:
headset-output: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec)
Part of profile(s): headset_head_unit, a2dp_sink
headset-input: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
Part of profile(s): headset_head_unit
- Make sure the active card profile is a2dp_sink. Otherwise switch to it:
# pactl set-card-profile 1 a2dp_sink
- Show the PulseAudio sink
root@cl-rootfs:~# pactl list sinks | awk '/00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB/' RS=""
Sink #2
State: SUSPENDED
Name: bluez_sink.00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB.a2dp_sink
Description: Motorola HT820
Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 13
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
Monitor Source: bluez_sink.00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB.a2dp_sink.monitor
Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
Properties:
bluetooth.protocol = "a2dp_sink"
device.description = "Motorola HT820"
device.string = "00:07:A4:F2:B3:CB"
device.api = "bluez"
device.class = "sound"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headset"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB"
bluez.class = "0x240404"
bluez.alias = "Motorola HT820"
device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
device.intended_roles = "phone"
Ports:
headset-output: Headset (priority: 0)
Active Port: headset-output
Formats:
pcm
- Play sound using paplay. Example:
root@cl-rootfs:~# paplay -d bluez_sink.00_07_A4_F2_B3_CB.a2dp_sink /path/to/<audio-file.wav>
