Installing `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` also fixed the issue on my Raspberry Pi. This `pipewire` app is a godsend... I run the Lite version of the RasPi OS, and what they include for bluetooth is pathetic! After wasting half-a-day trying to get bluez & ALSA to play sound through my BT speaker, I decided to try pipewire. It was a huge install, and then still no sound... but `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` fixed things right away.
Someone needs to drop a hint to the people who put these packages together that `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` should be included with all the other packages. I wondered, "What does this `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` package **do** anyway?" So, I investigated (see code section below). For me there were 2 very interesting items:
1. The maintainer is listed as a Raspberry Pi employee! (so why does my Lite distro stink so bad David?)
2. The Description: This package contains a plugin to make Bluetooth audio devices such as speakers and headsets [work]
Yes - indeed it does. And can you imagine **not** including such a package in pipewire?
Someone needs to drop a hint to the people who put these packages together that `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` should be included with all the other packages. I wondered, "What does this `libspa-0.2-bluetooth` package **do** anyway?" So, I investigated (see code section below). For me there were 2 very interesting items:
1. The maintainer is listed as a Raspberry Pi employee! (so why does my Lite distro stink so bad David?)
2. The Description: This package contains a plugin to make Bluetooth audio devices such as speakers and headsets [work]
Yes - indeed it does. And can you imagine **not** including such a package in pipewire?
Code:
$ apt-cache show libspa-0.2-bluetoothPackage: libspa-0.2-bluetoothSource: pipewireVersion: 0.3.65-3+rpt6+deb12u1Architecture: armhfMaintainer: David Turner <david.turner@raspberrypi.com>Installed-Size: 1101Depends: libspa-0.2-modules (= 0.3.65-3+rpt6+deb12u1), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfreeaptx0 (>= 0.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), liblc3-0 (>= 1.0.1), libldacbt-abr2 (>= 2.0.2), libldacbt-enc2 (>= 2.0.2), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libsbc1 (>= 2.0), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16)Multi-Arch: sameHomepage: https://pipewire.org/Priority: optionalSection: libsFilename: pool/main/p/pipewire/libspa-0.2-bluetooth_0.3.65-3+rpt6+deb12u1_armhf.debSize: 283620SHA256: 5a1fe837497c6619b130d77b4549dc52ad96ac034f971716bec6149b25cbb484SHA1: 14fc59426bfbf8d88271cbdb46fd5578f327ce1fMD5sum: e5ea21d88c119b888d7faf99c8f6092fDescription: libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - bluetooth plugins PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes: . - Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients. - Accessing sources of video for consumption. - Generating graphs for audio and video processing. . This package contains a plugin to make Bluetooth audio devices such as speakers and headsets available to the PipeWire server.Description-md5: 75fb04ae0379cca0dccc99a487a14ebdOriginal-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team <pkg-utopia-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>Original-Uploaders: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>, Dylan Aïssi <daissi@debian.org>Statistics: Posted by seamusdemora — 2024-04-11 07:32 — Replies 7 — Views 20390
