[SOLVED] bluetooth can pair but how to play music now?

Raymond Day · 01-30-2021, 04:52 AM

Wow took so long to pair this and then got a ding from the bluetooth speaker that it's connected.

This is a server Ubuntu Linux 20.04 Linux 5.4.0-65-generic on x86_64

Used bluetoothctl

Code:

bluetoothctl -- power on
bluetoothctl -- scan on
bluetoothctl -- pair E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8
bluetoothctl -- connect E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8

A little sound came from the speaker and the bluetooth fashing LED went off.

I can see it like this:

Code:

root@rayday0:~# bluetoothctl info E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8
Device E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8 (public)
        Name: JBL Pulse 4 two
        Alias: JBL Pulse 4 two
        Class: 0x00240414
        Icon: audio-card
        Paired: yes
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: yes
        LegacyPairing: no
        UUID: Serial Port               (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
root@rayday0:~#

Now how do I play a sound though it?

Can look on Google and all say how to pair them but none I can find that say how to play sound though them. I did but it was on the desktop. Not server.

Hope some one can help.

-Raymond day

Raymond Day · 01-30-2021, 06:18 AM

Here is what I did on the command line and thought it would list it as JBL Pulse4 two but don't see that when I do a squeezelite -l to pick it to play music with.

Here is my command line:

Code:

root@rayday0:~# bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[CHG] Controller A4:34:D9:0D:C7:E3 Pairable: yes
[JBL Pulse 4 two]# help
Menu main:
Available commands:
-------------------
advertise                                         Advertise Options Submenu
scan                                              Scan Options Submenu
gatt                                              Generic Attribute Submenu
list                                              List available controllers
show [ctrl]                                       Controller information
select <ctrl>                                     Select default controller
devices                                           List available devices
paired-devices                                    List paired devices
system-alias <name>                               Set controller alias
reset-alias                                       Reset controller alias
power <on/off>                                    Set controller power
pairable <on/off>                                 Set controller pairable mode
discoverable <on/off>                             Set controller discoverable mode
discoverable-timeout [value]                      Set discoverable timeout
agent <on/off/capability>                         Enable/disable agent with given capability
default-agent                                     Set agent as the default one
advertise <on/off/type>                           Enable/disable advertising with given type
set-alias <alias>                                 Set device alias
scan <on/off>                                     Scan for devices
info [dev]                                        Device information
pair [dev]                                        Pair with device
trust [dev]                                       Trust device
untrust [dev]                                     Untrust device
block [dev]                                       Block device
unblock [dev]                                     Unblock device
remove <dev>                                      Remove device
connect <dev>                                     Connect device
disconnect [dev]                                  Disconnect device
menu <name>                                       Select submenu
version                                           Display version
quit                                              Quit program
exit                                              Quit program
help                                              Display help about this program
export                                            Print environment variables
[JBL Pulse 4 two]# trust E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8
Changing E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8 trust succeeded
[JBL Pulse 4 two]# connect E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8
Attempting to connect to E8:D0:3C:3D:07:C8
Connection successful
[JBL Pulse 4 two]# exit
root@rayday0:~# squeezelite -l
Output devices:
  default                        - Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
  surround21                     - 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
  surround40                     - 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
  surround41                     - 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
  surround50                     - 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
  surround51                     - 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
  surround71                     - 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
  null                           - Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
  samplerate                     - Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
  speexrate                      - Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
  jack                           - JACK Audio Connection Kit
  oss                            - Open Sound System
  pulse                          - PulseAudio Sound Server
  upmix                          - Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
  vdownmix                       - Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
  bluetoothspeaker               - Max2Play bluetooth speaker
  btheadset
  hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 - HDMI Audio Output
  hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 - HDMI Audio Output
  hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=2            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2 - HDMI Audio Output
  hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=3            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3 - HDMI Audio Output
  hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=4            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4 - HDMI Audio Output
  dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 - Direct sample mixing device
  dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=7            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 - Direct sample mixing device
  dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=8            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2 - Direct sample mixing device
  dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=9            - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3 - Direct sample mixing device
  dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=10           - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4 - Direct sample mixing device
  dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 - Direct sample snooping device
  dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=7          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 - Direct sample snooping device
  dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=8          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2 - Direct sample snooping device
  dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=9          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3 - Direct sample snooping device
  dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=10         - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4 - Direct sample snooping device
  hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3              - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7              - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=8              - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2 - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=9              - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3 - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=10             - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4 - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 - Hardware device with all software conversions
  plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 - Hardware device with all software conversions
  plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=8          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2 - Hardware device with all software conversions
  plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=9          - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3 - Hardware device with all software conversions
  plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=10         - HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4 - Hardware device with all software conversions
  usbstream:CARD=PCH             - HDA Intel PCH - USB Stream Output
  sysdefault:CARD=LAPDOCK        - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Default Audio Device
  front:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0       - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Front speakers
  surround21:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
  surround40:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
  surround41:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
  surround50:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
  surround51:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
  surround71:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0  - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
  iec958:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0      - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
  dmix:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0        - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Direct sample mixing device
  dsnoop:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0      - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Direct sample snooping device
  hw:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0          - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Direct hardware device without any conversions
  plughw:CARD=LAPDOCK,DEV=0      - LAPDOCK, USB Audio - Hardware device with all software conversions
  usbstream:CARD=LAPDOCK         - LAPDOCK - USB Stream Output

root@rayday0:~#

The:

Code:

  bluetoothspeaker               - Max2Play bluetooth speaker
  btheadset

Are there because I been working on this for 2 days now and if I do a:

Code:

squeezelite -o bluetoothspeaker > /dev/null 2>&1 &

or the btheadset it still don't play music through it.

I though after I did connect and how it shows the name when you go in to bluetoothctl the prompt shows [JBL Pulse 4 two] so I thought that would show up in the devices list. squeezelite -l but it can't be that easy.

-Raymond Day

Raymond Day · 01-30-2021, 06:32 AM

Wow I got it working!

Just had to do this:

Code:

root@rayday0:~# squeezelite -o pulse > /dev/null 2>&1 &
[1] 92015
root@rayday0:~#

On the "Logitech Media Server" can pick rayday0 and play music now though it.

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Just need to put a bluetooth antenna on it now I guess. Sometimes the music can cut out. But still testing just got it working.

This is on a Intel compute stick Ubuntu server.

-Raymond Day

Raymond Day · 01-31-2021, 05:20 AM

Guess if someone else does this. I think some were before this I set a pulse file up with the mac address of the Bluetooth speaker. I guess that is why it works though bluetooth now. Not sure where this file is.