On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 13:17 +0200, Bram de Jong wrote: > Hi Tanu, > > > The text that you quoted refers to the functionality provided by > > module-bluetooth-policy. That module loads module-loopback automatically > > when a bluetooth source (a2dp or hfgw) appears. I think PA2 supports the > > hfgw profile, it just doesn't load module-loopback automatically. You > > didn't say what you want to do with the audio from the phone, so I don't > > know if you even need module-loopback, but if you do, you can load it > > manually just fine. > > What I want to do is use the Raspberry as a speaker only using the > low-latency HSP (which you cann HFGW) bluetooth profile. This should > mainly be for making calls from another computer. > > [Computer with e.g. skype]----> [raspberry]---->amp/speaker > > Where the sound input (i.e. microphone) will be the computer's microphone. > > > If you have already successfully streamed audio from your phone to the > > pi using a2dp, then you have already used the pi as a fake headset. The > > only difference with HSP is that instead of the a2dp_source profile, you > > need to set the bluetooth card in pulseaudio to use the hfgw profile. > > Would that be: > > pacmd set-card-profile <cardid> hfgw > > This seems to fail: > > $ pactl set-card-profile 3 hfgw > Failure: Input/Output error > > The same with pacmd reports: Failed to set card profile to 'hfgw'. > (I'm still confused as when to use which) It's simplest if you forget that pacmd exists. Always use pactl. > Syslog: > [pulseaudio] module-bluetooth-device.c: HandsfreeGateway is not > connected, refused to switch profile My guess is that whatever method you use for connecting the headset, it doesn't connect the HFGW profile. I haven't used HFGW myself, so I don't know the command to connect the profile, but I guess you need to call the org.bluez.HandsfreeGateway.Connect() D-Bus method somehow. -- Tanu
