Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

[Pierre F. <pie...@gm...>]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote:


> I don't know how Skype works.
   here are some informations I got from experience:
    - if I link .asoundrc.asoundconf to .asoundrc.headset
      my headset is available is the skype sound devices (and works)
    - if remove this link, the headset is no more seen in skype
    - all the other devices, which are listed in /proc/asound/cards,
      are seen by skype, independently of any .asounrc file
    That means that skype is more clever than all other programs
    (including alsamixer),  as it is able to use /proc/asound AND .asoundrc

> The bluetooth audio device is not an ALSA kernel driver; it's created
> by an alsa-lib plugin that goes through the kernel's generic bluetooth
> device support.
   that seems in contradiction with the above findings, isn't i?
>
> To get mixer controls, add a definition like this:
>
> ctl.bluetooth {
> 	type bluetooth
> }
>
> and select it manually in alsamixer.
    that didn't work, i.e. I still don't see the headset in alsamixer (via F6)

best regards,
-- 
Pierre Frenkiel