[SOLVED] Control Bluetooth Speaker Volume [Solved]
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:25 am
Hello,
just installed MX 17.1 (and updated everything) for the first time and it's my first posting, please be kind :-) So far I love it and things are awesome. Just some minor tweaks needed.
I use a BS-3 Bluetooth speaker. Connecting works fine, sound is good. Now I would like to control the sound and adjust the volume. I have volume keys on my keyboard, and also the scroll wheel on the volume icon should do the job. However, I just adjust the previous volume of the, well, I don't really know.
When I open the mixer, I see "Intern Audio Analog Stereo". This volume I can control with the keyboard and scroll wheel. But the sound goes through the second entry "BS-3". There I can adjust the volume with the mouse pointer.
I mainly use my BS-3 Bluetooth Speaker, thus it would be awesome be be able to control it directly, instead of always open the mixer for every small adjustment.
In the settings of the Volume Icon I can change Channels, under ALSA I see device and channel. But whatever I change, it has no effect.
I don't have the xfce4-mixer, perhaps this could help? I did not try to install it yet.
Thank you for your help!
Here some random code, not sure if it's of any help and if it leads to the solution. I change the active sink to 1, but then I did not hear any sound.
just installed MX 17.1 (and updated everything) for the first time and it's my first posting, please be kind :-) So far I love it and things are awesome. Just some minor tweaks needed.
I use a BS-3 Bluetooth speaker. Connecting works fine, sound is good. Now I would like to control the sound and adjust the volume. I have volume keys on my keyboard, and also the scroll wheel on the volume icon should do the job. However, I just adjust the previous volume of the, well, I don't really know.
When I open the mixer, I see "Intern Audio Analog Stereo". This volume I can control with the keyboard and scroll wheel. But the sound goes through the second entry "BS-3". There I can adjust the volume with the mouse pointer.
I mainly use my BS-3 Bluetooth Speaker, thus it would be awesome be be able to control it directly, instead of always open the mixer for every small adjustment.
In the settings of the Volume Icon I can change Channels, under ALSA I see device and channel. But whatever I change, it has no effect.
I don't have the xfce4-mixer, perhaps this could help? I did not try to install it yet.
Thank you for your help!
Here some random code, not sure if it's of any help and if it leads to the solution. I change the active sink to 1, but then I did not hear any sound.
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$ pacmd
Welcome to PulseAudio 10.0! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> list-sinks
2 sink(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9959
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
balance 0,00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0,00 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms
card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
module: 6
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC269VC Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC269VC Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x2fff020000 irq 130"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "9d71"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Internes Audio Analog Stereo"
alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC269VC"
alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0269,19910269,00100203 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
analog-output-speaker: Lautsprecher (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
analog-output-headphones: Kopfhörer (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
active port: <analog-output-speaker>
index: 1
name: <bluez_sink.17_01_16_19_16_B4.a2dp_sink>
driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9030
volume: front-left: 68813 / 105% / 1,27 dB, front-right: 68813 / 105% / 1,27 dB
balance 0,00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0,00 ms
max request: 2 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 2
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 1
fixed latency: 39,51 ms
card: 1 <bluez_card.17_01_16_19_16_B4>
module: 25
properties:
bluetooth.protocol = "a2dp_sink"
device.description = "BS-3"
device.string = "17:01:16:19:16:B4"
device.api = "bluez"
device.class = "sound"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headset"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_17_01_16_19_16_B4"
bluez.class = "0x240404"
bluez.alias = "BS-3"
device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
device.intended_roles = "phone"
ports:
headset-output: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
active port: <headset-output>
