two bluetooth speakers, bad stereo
- PipeWire version (
pipewire --version
): 0.3.79 - Distribution and distribution version (
PRETTY_NAME
from/etc/os-release
): openSUSE Tumbleweed - Desktop Environment: KDE 23.08.0
- Kernel version (
uname -r
): 6.4.12 - BlueZ version (
bluetoothctl --version
): 5.69 -
lsusb
:
# paste the output of "lsusb" here
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0321 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB3.0 Card Reader Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04d9:1702 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Keyboard LKS02 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:08e5 Logitech, Inc. C920 PRO HD Webcam Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 8087:0032 Intel Corp. AX210 Bluetooth Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
- Bluetooth devices:
# paste the output of "bluetoothctl devices" here
Device 7C:ED:C6:B8:7C:78 Droite Device 7C:ED:C6:AF:FE:1B Gauche Device 44:3D:54:50:B3:A3 Echo Dot-2K3 Device F0:2F:74:7C:FC:8F La magicienne Device 40:45:DA:55:D4:FA Le prophète Device 0C:E0:E4:9E:7C:C7 PLT_BBTSENSE Device 00:1E:7C:39:7D:25 Philips SHQ7300 Device B4:74:43:FE:CE:78 La légende noire Device 90:06:28:B6:B1:B6 Le surfeur d'argent
Description of Problem:
I get two amazon echo pop connected separately to the PC via Bluetooth.
I create a virtual sound output device with these statements:
create a virtual stereo device named "bluetooth_stereo" pactl load-module module-null-sink media.class=Audio/Sink sink_name=bluetooth_stereo channel_map=stereo link the left channel of the PC to the left channel of the left Echo Pop (named "Gauche" as a bluetooth device) pw-link bluetooth_stereo:monitor_FL bluez_output.<mac_address_1>:playback_FL link the left channel of the PC to the right channel of the left Echo Pop (named "Gauche" as a bluetooth device) pw-link bluetooth_stereo:monitor_FL bluez_output.<mac_address_1>:playback_FR link the right channel of the PC to the right channel of the right Echo Pop (named "Droite" as a bluetooth device) pw-link bluetooth_stereo:monitor_FR bluez_output.<mac_address_2>:playback_FR link the right channel of the PC to the left channel of the right Echo Pop (named "Droite" as a bluetooth device) pw-link bluetooth_stereo:monitor_FR bluez_output.<mac_address_2>:playback_FL
see the helvum diagram
How Reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
- play a video with VLC or Chrome (YouTube)
Actual Results:
you get randomly:
- cracks
- only left channel
- only right channel
- a good stereo
Expected Results:
you get always a good stereo
I will send logs