I've added a new error report that goes beyond this issue, but is related to it, #1917358. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1917358
There are other interactions with Bluetooth and PulseAudio, making quite a mess of things. I tried the suggestion in Comment #74 without any success. I've tried a lot of combinations of things, discovering a number of misbehaviors documented there. My concern is, since this problem has been floating around for 11 years+ now, it may be that no one is ever going to fix it. It should at least be made explicit and clear that headset and earphone such microphones do not work with Ubuntu; I've wasted a couple of days fighting this, and now probably need to fall back to a Windows system to use for Zoom with headset. Of course, that means Zoom, and phones through the computer for Customer Relations, and Tech Support, and thousands of other usages. But at least they should not waste their time as I have, trying to set it up under Linux/Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508522 Title: Add automatic switching to HSP/HFP from A2DP when a mic is needed Status in PulseAudio: New Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio I'm testing a Nokia BH-905i headset (see http://www.wissel.net/blog/d6plinks/SHWL-8AZGGF ) on Ubuntu 10.10. The Bluetooth module correctly identifies the headset and the both audio profiles "HSP/ HFP Telephony duplex" and "A2DP High Fidelity Playback". For music playback only A2DP is suitable (HSP/HFP sounds like listening to music played through an old telephone). A2DP does not have an INPUT mode, so use of the headset for VoiP isn't possible. What would be needed is a separate selection to allow to select A2DP for output and HSP/HFP for input. Smartphones (a lot of them *nix based) phones do that (or they switch on the fly?). Formal structure: 1) Ubuntu 10.10 2) Pulse-Audio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1 consisting og pluseaudio, pulseaudio-esound-compat, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, pulseaudio-module-gconf, pulseaudio-module-x11, pulseaudio-utils 3) Select high quality audio output and still use the Bluetooth microphone 4) Had to choose: either high quality audio or "telephone quality" with microphone I can change the profile without the Bluetooth connection dropping, but that's ridiculous. E.g. listening to music, a call comes in. Then I would need to switch the profile before answering. Please note that in Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile it's done automatically. Check out attached screencast. ProblemType: Bug AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: oivasyuv 2309 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd8500000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A' Components : 'HDA:11d4194a,103c30e8,00100400' Controls : 22 Simple ctrls : 14 Date: Sat Jan 16 22:31:41 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic-pae SourcePackage: pulseaudio Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic-pae i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/508522/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
