Earphone control volume?

[Aly1]

Hi,

Is it possible to control the volume of my headphone from OSMC/Rpi 3B+ ? Through the remote control of my tv ?

I also disabled the BT, as the reactivate ?

Thx !

[fzinken]

@Aly1

Through the remote control of my tv ?

Only if you have some keys on the TV remote that are transmitted via CEC that you can reassign as the volume keys will only control the TV.
Alternatively use an App like Yatse or get the OSMC remote

[Aly1]

Sure ? I want the sound to be on my headphones and not my TV, it’s possible I think, with headphones that I had tested, when he connect with him he took over.

And how can I activate the BT ?

[fzinken]

@Aly1

Sure ? I want the sound to be on my headphones and not my TV, it’s possible I think, with headphones that I had tested, when he connect with him he took over.

I really doubt your TV remote transmits the Volume keys via CEC therefore I suggest to use other spare ones (but by my guest to check if the volume keys are transmitted.

@Aly1

And how can I activate the BT ?

Do you mean how to connect BT Headphones?

[Aly1]

Yes that’s what I forgot to say, how to add on other keys the volume ?

I disable the BT via the command “echo” dtoverlay = pi3-disable-bt “| sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt”

how to put it back ?

[fzinken]

@Aly1

how to add on other keys the volume ?

You would depend on which keys a transmitted via CEC (can’t manually add them) to check that activate debug logging and run tail -f .kodi/temp/kodi.log then press all buttons and check which ones create a log entry.
When you identified two keys you want to use you can then reconfigure using keymap addon.

@Aly1

I disable the BT via the command “echo” dtoverlay = pi3-disable-bt “| sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt”

sudo nano /boot/config.txt and then remove the line

[Aly1]

@fzinken

You would depend on which keys a transmitted via CEC (can’t manually add them) to check that activate debug logging and run tail -f .kodi/temp/kodi.log then press all buttons and check which ones create a log entry.
When you identified two keys you want to use you can then reconfigure using keymap addon.

What I want is how to direct the volume to the headphones when I turn them on and not the speakers of the TV.

@fzinken

sudo nano /boot/config.txt and then remove the line

She is not there, but no matter I put my backup.

Now I have another problem, I can not pair my earphones, “pairing is failed”

I need to install packages or other manip ?

Thx

[bmillham]

@Aly1

What I want is how to direct the volume to the headphones when I turn them on and not the speakers of the TV.

You could just connect the headphones directly to the TV. Or do you need to have separate controls for the headphones and the TV?

[Aly1]

Yes I use a transmitter, this :
https://www.amazon.fr/Adaptateur-Bluetooth-Transmetteur-Récepteur-Ordinateur/dp/B075STXX7B

Now I have the RPi3B + with bluetooth and I would like to try whether it is more advantageous to go through it or not ?

[fzinken]

@Aly1

What I want is how to direct the volume to the headphones when I turn them on and not the speakers of the TV.

You would need to switch that manually (or use an add-on to do that.
If you connect Bluetooth Headset (as explained below) it will switch automatically.

@Aly1

Now I have another problem, I can not pair my earphones, “pairing is failed”

I need to install packages or other manip ?

You need to install a2dp package, see

[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…

and also depending if it is a proper headphone or a headset set the sink respectively, see

Bluetooth headset, A2DP possible workaround

Hi, friend of mine looked into it and got Marhshall Monitor Bluetooth headphones working with Vero4K (2018.4-2) Update you system apt update apt dist-upgrade and install apt install a2dp-app-osmc After that pair you headphones via OSMC GUI. Or from console with bluetoothctl and now: osmc@osmc:~$ pactl list cards <— list of audio cards on vero shared memfd open() failed: Function not implemented Card #0 <---- default Vero4K card Name: alsa_card.platform-aml_m8_snd.46 Driver: mo…

[Aly1]

it’s complicated. I can not update bluez

When I try to pair bluetoothctl > org.bluez.Error.ConnectionAttemptFailed

[fzinken]

@Aly1

it’s complicated. I can not update bluez

Did you install bluez manually?

[Aly1]

@fzinken

Did you install bluez manually?

I followed this tutorial Updating BlueZ on Raspberry Pi (from 5.43 to 5.50)

But I have errors :

[fzinken]

@Aly1

I followed this tutorial https://scribles.net/updating-bluez-on-raspberry-pi-from-5-43-to-5-50/

But I have errors :

You would have to reverse everything you did from that tutorial and install the a2dp as I linked above.
Maybe easiest is to start with a fresh install

[Aly1]

@fzinken

You would have to reverse everything you did from that tutorial and install the a2dp as I linked above.
Maybe easiest is to start with a fresh install

Same thing, start with a fresh install, OSMC ?

[ActionA]

@Aly1

start with a fresh install, OSMC ?

Yes, they both cannot exist without conflicting.

[Aly1]

@ActionA

Yes, they both cannot exist without conflicting.

Which one do I install ?

[ActionA]

@fzinken

You would have to reverse everything you did from that tutorial and install the a2dp as I linked above.
Maybe easiest is to start with a fresh install

You were already advised…

[Aly1]

but a new installation of what ? OSMC or packages ?

[bmillham]

Both. And the correct a2db this time, not bluez