On 03/19/2013 02:57 PM, Len Ovens wrote: > > On Tue, March 19, 2013 2:46 am, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > >>> outputs after skype connects. This can be done from pavucontrol. If you >>> want skype to be able to directly use the BT HP, turn that device OFF in >>> pulse and set skype to use ALSA. >> >> A small correction: Bluetooth support on Linux is implemented by BlueZ, >> not ALSA. I'm pretty sure Skype hasn't implemented BlueZ support itself, >> so the only way Skype is able to use the Bluetooth headset is through >> PulseAudio (there might be an ALSA plugin for accessing the Bluetooth >> device through ALSA, but I don't recommend messing with that). > > Ah, thank you for the correction. Like FW audio then, not in alsa. There was an alsa-bluez bridge, but IIRC it is not even supported in the latest version of bluez. Skype -> PulseAudio -> BlueZ is indeed the recommended path. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic
