Re: [Bluez-users] Audio & Bluetooth

Marcel Holtmann
2004-11-08T19:57:37Z

Hi Daniel,

> I have a question: for my mobile I use an HAMA Bluetooth headset. If I
> buy a bluetooth PCMCIA card for my notebook, will I be able to use this
> headset with this card? recognized as a second soundcard? as a normal
> headset for my integrate soundcard? recognized by my software phone
> clients? If I buy an USB bluetooth device, would it be the same? better?

actually this is not an easy to answer question. First thing is that you
should get a Bluetooth device with a CSR chip and at least HCI 16.x
firmware on it. The second is that it must route the SCO traffic through
the HCI and via a PCM. Then it should be possible.

I would prefer a USB dongle, but there are problems with the driver that
are not finally solved yet. PCMCIA cards may have the problem that the
bandwith is not high enough or you may get bit errors.

Look at bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net and the mailing list archives for
more details.

Regards

Marcel