Connect Bose Mini Soundlink to OSMC using bluetooth

[JonasTheGamer]

Hi there! I would like to connect our Bose Mini Soundlink to my raspberry pi with OSMC installed (The Operating system, not on raspbian.)

When I go to My OSMC > Networking > Bluetooth, I enable bluetooth, connect the Bose Speaker, then it asks me to connect with or without pin. I first tried without. Then nothing happenned. Then, I tried using the option ‘With pin’. I’ve never been able to enter is somewhere.

Yes, I’ve read this:

[Deprecated] [TESTING] Bluetooth audio streaming (A2DP)

Hi, We’d like to add Bluetooth audio streaming to the App Store shortly, but first we’d like to get some feedback and testing done. Make sure your system is fully up to date, and then run the following commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install a2dp-app-osmc Note: Pairing is sometimes problematic. This is being worked on. If you experience stutters or dropouts, it may be your dongle. I personally experienced this with a couple of Bluetooth dongles and had better luck with other one…

Since I’m not using raspbian, those commands do not work on the OMSC console.

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!!
Jonas

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@JonasTheGamer

ince I’m not using raspbian, those commands do not work on the OMSC console.

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!!

I am not sure where you got this wrong.
Those instructions are obviously written for OSMC (this forum is not about raspbian at all) and they work very well.
Anyhow ad2p is in the meantime available on the stable version of OSMC. So just run sudo apt-get install a2dp-app-osmc

[JonasTheGamer]

Hi there!
Wow! That was a fast response! Awesome!
I tried running sudo apt-get-install a2dp-app-osmc.
This is the output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package a2dp-app-osmc

How shall I fix that?
Thanks in advance!
Jonas

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Before running apt-get install of anything, one must always run sudo apt-get update to update/populate the package list.

[JonasTheGamer]

It’s installing! Yay!
Okay, what’s the next step?

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@JonasTheGamer

Okay, what’s the next step?

Pair the speaker and then in settings → system → audio change the audio sink and enjoy

[JonasTheGamer]

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Pair the speaker

How?

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@JonasTheGamer

How?

Via MyOSMC as you did before, should work now (without pin)

[JonasTheGamer]

Okay! I’ll try it soon! I’ll let you know how it turned out!

[JonasTheGamer]

Didn’t work. I still can’t connect.
Any other ideas?

[JonasTheGamer]

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@JonasTheGamer

Bump

Seriously? That’s the best way to make people ignore your thread!

If it is still not working (I assume you removed the Bose from the left side if it showed up there?) I would suggest to go to command line and use bluetoothctl to scan, pair, trust, connect

[JonasTheGamer]

Oh, sorry.
Ok. How shall I do that?
I’m a n00b with those things.

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@JonasTheGamer

Ok. How shall I do that?

Well my above explanation basically sums it up bluetoothctl to scan, pair, trust, connect

1. Go to command line (which I assume you know how as you installed a2dp)
2. Run bluetoothctl
3. Within bluetoothctl run scan (your Bose speaker with MAC Address should be shown), next pair + the MAC of the speaker (you can use TAB for autocompletion)
4. Then run trust + MAC and connect + MAC