Hi Michael, On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Michael Maddern <michael.maddern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure I'm supposed to be posting here, but on bluez.org both > the development and user mailings lists point here. > > I'm having problems getting bluetooth audio (a2dp) to work without > stuttering, skipping, speeding up etc. I'm using bluetooth speakers > (Creative D100). It works okay if it is right next to my laptop, but > when I touch the speaker or move it more than about 1 meter, it starts > stuttering. I have the D100 and haven't noticed such a problem. > The bluetooth adapter is a Broadcom BCM2070 (which is a class 1 > adapter). I'm using kernel 3.1.5-1. > > I've tested it with the Bluez 4.96, and I've also compiled 4.97 but > it's no better. I've tried using Alsa and PulseAudio, the problem is > the same with both. I've tried adjusting the link mode > (accept,master) and link policies (hold,park) as recommended but it > makes no difference. What version of PulseAudio are you using? This problems with audio skips are usually related to high bitpool, but there already exist a fix upstream which reduces the bitpool in such cases. > When I dual boot my laptop into Windows 7 and connect the speaker it > works flawlessly. I'm able to take the speaker through 2 rooms (about > 10 minutes), and it's still playing smoothly. Not sure what bitpool Win 7 uses, but I suspect it is not as high as the default in PA which allows up to 64 if the remote device supports. -- Luiz Augusto von Dentz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html