Stream Music from PC to Audio System via Bluetooth
Stream Music from PC to Audio System via Bluetooth
Hello,
I want to stream my extensive audio on my PC to an audio system. The audio system uses a USB Bluetooth to receive the audio. It works with my mobile phone, but I want to use my laptop.
Is there some software available that can do this. I am not really interested in streaming radio from the internet which most audio applications can do.
Thank you.
I want to stream my extensive audio on my PC to an audio system. The audio system uses a USB Bluetooth to receive the audio. It works with my mobile phone, but I want to use my laptop.
Is there some software available that can do this. I am not really interested in streaming radio from the internet which most audio applications can do.
Thank you.
Last edited by 847563 on Sat 10 Jan 2015, 01:37, edited 1 time in total.
[color=darkred]Linux Tahrpup 6 kernel Linux 3.14.20 Installed on USB 64 GB
Computer Toshiba i5 C850 Laptop 4GB Ram[/color]
Computer Toshiba i5 C850 Laptop 4GB Ram[/color]
Kodi should be able to do this for you. http://kodi.tv/
I have created a SFS file for tahrpup that can be downloaded here:
http://www.smokey01.com/software/tahr-6 ... 0-tahr.sfs
I have created a SFS file for tahrpup that can be downloaded here:
http://www.smokey01.com/software/tahr-6 ... 0-tahr.sfs
smokey01 wrote:Kodi should be able to do this for you. http://kodi.tv/
I have created a SFS file for tahrpup that can be downloaded here:
http://www.smokey01.com/software/tahr-6 ... 0-tahr.sfs
Sadly, I can't find any mention of selecting a Bluetooth device to pair to, for music output using this software. There's HDMI and all that sort of stuff.
Having installed it, how do you remove it please.
Currently, the audio system has a usb port which powers the Bluetooth dongle. The dongle then feeds an input jack through a seperate wire, to provide music after pairing. I don't think this audio device is internet friendly, which is why I'm pursuing the bluetooth option. I have paired it with my phone and it works fine, just can't get the laptop to do the same thing.
I found the above ppm
The instructions below to install do not work for me, they are
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blueman
the file is a deb file if that means anything.
I thought ppm's were supposed to install themselves,
I can see myself abandoning Linux, yet again. All this just to get some music.
I appreciate your help and patience with me, smokey01.
The instructions below to install do not work for me, they are
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blueman
the file is a deb file if that means anything.
I thought ppm's were supposed to install themselves,
I can see myself abandoning Linux, yet again. All this just to get some music.
I appreciate your help and patience with me, smokey01.
When you select the ppm search for the file I mentioned. Click on the multiple sites button. All you do then is click on the file in ppm and it will be installed. Click on the check dependencies button to make sure you include everything. No apt-get mallarky required.
Are you really using the Puppy Package Manager?
Are you really using the Puppy Package Manager?
I had a pair of bluetooth headphones...was fun and games but I did need to add this file called /root/.asoundrc with the code below to make things work...it should add a bluetooth option to the list of sound devices...you need to change the mac to the device one not the interface but don;t quote me...was about 3 years ago I tried this.
By the way audio on bluetooth is harder to get working than file transfers.
Can't remember if I manually paired or it happened automatically...I was using bluez at the time.
mike
By the way audio on bluetooth is harder to get working than file transfers.
Can't remember if I manually paired or it happened automatically...I was using bluez at the time.
mike
Code: Select all
pcm.bluetooth {
type bluetooth
device 00:12:C8:90:7A:03
}
I'm afraid I've exhausted the limit of my knowledge regarding bluetooth. Unless someone chimes in with more knowledge you may well be at the end of this adventure.
I remember there were a few puppy linux distributions that came with bluetooth installed. I think fluppy was one of those.
http://www.smokey01.com/jemimah/fluppy13/Fluppy-013.iso
Is it an option to run an output from a puppy computer to the input of your sound system?
I remember there were a few puppy linux distributions that came with bluetooth installed. I think fluppy was one of those.
http://www.smokey01.com/jemimah/fluppy13/Fluppy-013.iso
Is it an option to run an output from a puppy computer to the input of your sound system?
-
- Posts: 5464
- Joined: Fri 10 Jun 2005, 05:12
- Location: Australia
Advance warning; I'm jumping into this discussion at smokey01's request, only half-knowing the answers.
I did some pioneering work getting bluetooth working with Puppy back in 2008, when Puppy was at version 3.x -
"Bluetooth & D-Bus, January 08"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25009
I would expect the fundamental principles to remain true to this day:
the Bluetooth Host Controller Interface daemon (hcid) must be running, which you must install as part of the "bluez" utilities. Fortunately Puppy now contains dbus, which the bluetooth utilities require.
Now for one-way bluetooth audio streaming you need to install the bluetooth-alsa driver, from -
http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/index.html
then you set up your ALSA configuration file (/etc/asound.conf) to create a bluetooth ALSA device.
After a reboot, with all utilities running and Puppy paired to your audio system's bluetooth receiver, you now need to play your audio files with a suitable audio player application, specifying the "btheadset" output, instead of the normal alsa output.
I think that the mplayer gui will offer this option in its preferences, but if not, you can specify the correct output on the commandline as such -
Further instructions here -
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset
I did some pioneering work getting bluetooth working with Puppy back in 2008, when Puppy was at version 3.x -
"Bluetooth & D-Bus, January 08"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25009
I would expect the fundamental principles to remain true to this day:
the Bluetooth Host Controller Interface daemon (hcid) must be running, which you must install as part of the "bluez" utilities. Fortunately Puppy now contains dbus, which the bluetooth utilities require.
Now for one-way bluetooth audio streaming you need to install the bluetooth-alsa driver, from -
http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/index.html
then you set up your ALSA configuration file (/etc/asound.conf) to create a bluetooth ALSA device.
After a reboot, with all utilities running and Puppy paired to your audio system's bluetooth receiver, you now need to play your audio files with a suitable audio player application, specifying the "btheadset" output, instead of the normal alsa output.
I think that the mplayer gui will offer this option in its preferences, but if not, you can specify the correct output on the commandline as such -
Code: Select all
mplayer -ao alsa:device=btheadset /path/to/audio/or/video/file
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset
the reason the PPM aborts is that you need to update the repos..... look in the PPM settings.
i made a package of blueman and all the deps, and have now updated it to include the bluetooth-alsa module. (there may still be stuff missing)
grab it here
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... 3_tahr.pet
i made a package of blueman and all the deps, and have now updated it to include the bluetooth-alsa module. (there may still be stuff missing)
grab it here
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... 3_tahr.pet
Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331