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[Troubleshooting] No audio over Bluetooth in Gnome (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by winterstillness@beehaw.org to c/operating_systems@beehaw.org
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  • Debian 12
  • AirPods Pro (2nd generation)

I have audio in KDE, but not in Gnome, so I'm convinced there's something about the DE.

In Gnome's output configuration I see these options:

  • High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink)
  • High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink, codec SBC-XQ)
  • High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink, codec SBC)
  • Handsfree head unit

I can't select the first option (defaults to whatever I had selected before). BUT, if I have a video playing and switch between the options I get audio for ~0.1 seconds.

The Handsfree head unit options has sound, but very poor quality.

In KDE I just have the "High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink)" option.

If I had to take a guess, then "High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink)" should work in Gnome, but it's not selecting for some reason.

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[–] Jables@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Installing PipeWire is what made it work for me. It has much better bluetooth codec support than PulseAudio.

[–] winterstillness@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Looking over synaptic, I have PipeWire already installed. The OS is essentially untouched/out of the box.

[–] aedyr@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconded on PipeWire if not already installed. Also, I'm not sure what the built-in Gnome audio mixer is, but you might check installing/running pavucontrol from the command line and seeing if it allows you to select different output devices.

[–] winterstillness@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I installed pavucontrol, but there were no differences in options. I also made sure the Pods were set as the output and not muted.