Can't get audio after bluetooth speakers pair (RPi2)

  • I have a Raspberry PI 2 B and a set of speakers which connect through bluetooth. Video goes through HDMI to a projector.

    I enabled bluetooth service and paired the speakers through the GUI. I get no audio when I play video.

    The wiki says it should just work: Pulseaudio - LibreELEC

    I verified that Audio Output is set to "PULSE Default, Bluetooth Audio (PULSEAUDIO)" in the GUI.

    Debugging output after ssh-ing in:


    The bluetooth adapter is the 3rd device listed below:

    Code
    LibreELEC:~ # lsusb
    Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
    Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0930:6544 Toshiba Corp. TransMemory-Mini / Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (2GB)
    Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c245 Logitech, Inc. G400 Optical Mouse
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Anything else I can look at?

    eta: the speakers are turned up and I confirmed they are working. I don't think it's a layer 1 issue. ;)

    Edited once, last by david_a (February 12, 2017 at 2:17 AM).

  • That all looks pretty good to me.

    can you post the output of the following command?

    Code
    pactl list short sinks | pastebinit

    Also can you make sure the volume in kodi isn't muted (dumb question but you never know).

    Also a kodi debug log while playing something through the bluetooth speakers would be great

    Code
    pastebinit /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

  • That all looks pretty good to me.

    can you post the output of the following command?

    Code
    pactl list short sinks | pastebinit

    Also can you make sure the volume in kodi isn't muted (dumb question but you never know).

    Also a kodi debug log while playing something through the bluetooth speakers would be great

    Code
    pastebinit /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

    Having same issue with new Rasp Pi wireless zero. Pacts list short sinks says suspended.

    Since root folder is squashfs, cannot try this:
    pulseaudio sink always suspended - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange