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Bluetooth Audio

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:19 pm
by Pete Halloumi
I would very much like to have my bluetooth headphones hooked up to the Gameboy Zero I'm about to build.

Does anyone know if that will work with a bt dongle hooked up to one of the usb ports on the rpi? Or will it be difficult to achieve in the rpi/linux/retropie environment? :?

Re: Bluetooth Audio

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:35 am
by Fleder
That should be pretty easy. You would have to specify the BT "Soundcard" as the main one in alsamixer and/or retropie, though.

Re: Bluetooth Audio

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:11 am
by Pete Halloumi
Ok! So, in order to change between speaker and bt headphones, it sounds to me like I will probably have to do some configuration that is not available through the menus in retropie? So although fully doable, it will probably be too much mess for just a short gaming session with headphones on the way home from work for example :)

Or would it be possible to control this in a smoother way?

Sorry for all the newbie questions. Not yet familiar with linux/retropie...

Re: Bluetooth Audio

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:16 am
by Zero
Maybe this is worth trying:

http://blog.whatgeek.com.pt/2014/04/ras ... s-speaker/

After that perhaps it shows up as a device in the retropie setup that you can select, in the audio settings section.

Re: Bluetooth Audio

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:20 am
by Pete Halloumi
Thank you both for your help! I'll try it once the build is closer to finished!!