Bluetooth/WiFi conflict

[sagarpi]

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

[Douglas6]

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+.

[sagarpi]

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.

[Douglas6]

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?

[HawaiianPi]

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.

[Douglas6]

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.

[HawaiianPi]

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.

[sagarpi]

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

[Douglas6]

More power, Bro.

[LTolledo]

At the moment my policy on this is:

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