Re: [SLUG] Adjusting volume on bluetooth headset

[Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Luke" == Luke Yelavich <themuso@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Luke> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 04:52:12PM EST, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> Hi folks, I've recently acquired a bluetooth headset capable of
>> a2dp streaming.  After a lot of mucking around I've managed to get
>> it sort-of working with mplayer.  But I can't wwork out how to
>> adjust the volume.
>> 
>> I do mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth file.ogg and I get sound
>> from the headset.  But alsamixer doesn't see the mixer, and it's
>> too loud.  Mplayer's volume control says it has changed the volume,
>> but it doesn't seem to make a difference --- even when mplayer
>> reports 0% there's still lots of volume.

Luke> Probably the ALSA interface to bluetooth is not working very
Luke> well. What alsa-lib and bluez versions are you using?

Latest from Debian unstable:

bluez 4.60-1
libasound2 1.0.22-1


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