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I have turned my raspberry pi into a bluetooth audio receiver following this thread.

• Audio Receiver

Got it working after awhile, only problem is that the audio skips/stutters every 5 seconds. I found out that its caused by the WiFi and Bluetooth running at the same time.

• Bluetooth/WiFi issue thread on github

When I manually switch off WiFi whenever I play music it the audio plays fluently, however its just tiring having to do that every time and then having to power-reboot my pi to get WiFi up again.
A simple solution for me would be to listen to the bluetooth interface and having a script run that disables WiFi when a device connects via bluetooth with my pi and enables WiFi again once the device disconnects. Its a little ironic that I call this solution simple since I actually have no idea how to go about it. I am currently working off the thread below to code my own program.

• Bluetooth Script

Douglas6 suggests monitoring the the dbus system for bluez messages, and reacting to them. However I don't have any knowledge about that stuff. Could you guys tell if i am on the right path, or maybe someone even knows a better and/or already existing solution?

Thanks in advance

If you want to determine when a Bluetooth device connects or disconnects, listening to the D-Bus signals is probably your best bet.

What model Pi are you using? I was hoping they solved the Bluetooth/WiFi issues with the 3B+.

just checked, I am using Model B, should have considered that when i bought it, how sure are you the B+ resolves the issue? might just buy it again. From the github thread this guy says the b+ doesnt work for him, where as this guy says b+ works.

Not at all sure, to be honest. I have not tried it on my Pi3B+ (actually, I might have, briefly, and didn't see a problem; no promises, though) . There seem to be fewer complaints on this forum, is all. A cheaper solution would be to purchase a USB Bluetooth dongle, and disable the onboard one. On the other hand, what could be the possible downsides of owning an extra Pi?

I have used both a Pi3B and 3B+ on my Bluetooth speakers and never got satisfactory results. I don't recall issues with music playback, but videos were always out of sync with the sound. No such problems with my Windows 10 laptop or Android phone.

I've experienced the same kind of out-of-sync with video. And not only on the Pi. My advice: don't expect video and audio synchronization ever, using Bluetooth. Just don't.

Douglas6 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:50 am

I've experienced the same kind of out-of-sync with video. And not only on the Pi. My advice: don't expect video and audio synchronization ever, using Bluetooth. Just don't.

As I said above, it works fine with my Android phone and Win10 laptop. No audio/video sync issues with either.

Douglas6 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:29 pm

A cheaper solution would be to purchase a USB Bluetooth dongle, and disable the onboard one

Wheres the fun it that lol. Id rather code a solution
cheers

More power, Bro.

At the moment my policy on this is:

"If you WiFi... don't Bluetooth! If you Bluetooth.... don't WiFi!"