marl_scot
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Use PI as a bluetooth hub / audio multiplexer?

Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:47 pm

Hi,
Has anyone herd of using a raspberry pi to combine several BT audio input/outputs into a single BT connection (eg, BT headset and mic)?
Basically I have a couple of machines, a mobile and a VOIP phone, I would like to have all of them connect to a PI and then have one headset and mic connected via BT to the PI as well.

Idea being that a single headset/mic can be used across all the devices. I have a set of BT headphones that can connect to 2 devices, but no more.

Maybe have a set of switches to pick the source, but some form of automatic switching would be better where i can set the VOIP & phone to override any others, and then PC1 to have a higher priority than PC2 etc.

Thanks

Marl

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Douglas6
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Re: Use PI as a bluetooth hub / audio multiplexer?

Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:13 pm

It would be a challenge, at best. Problem 1 would be to interface a (bidirectional) handset with the Pi. Problem 2 would be transferring audio from one Bluetooth stream to another. I'd be concerned about audio degradation even if I knew how to do it. Then there's the problem of switching between multiple streams, that might be the easiest to overcome with PulseAudio.

Tafary94
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Re: Use PI as a bluetooth hub / audio multiplexer?

Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:56 pm

Hi,
I whant to do exactly the same (voip & phone). Did you start something or found another solution ?

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