Re: [Bluez-devel] Plugz with Dell inbuilt-BT

[Fabien Chevalier <fabchevalier@free.fr>]

Hi,

Mark Hellman wrote:
> Jon Barnett wrote:
> 
>> The only problem is that skype can't use the plugz device as it doesn't
>> recognize it  - since it doesn't do detection of available pcm devices.
> 
>>>From a user's perspective that is, in my opinion, the main problem with
> using plugz instead of btsco. Skype and Ekiga are the reasons why 90% of
> users want to install plugz.
> 
> Is this an ALSA limitation, or isn't Skype using the right functions from
> the ALSA's API to enumerate all available devices? Who must be fixes: Skype
> of ALSA?

Thing is : sadly, there is no ALSA function to enumerate available PCMs 
on the system. There are only features to enumerate hardware cards. 
That's a known ALSA weakness, but this is how things are as of to today 
in Linux world :-(

> Could some developer enlighten us on this issue?

Just use Skype in OSS mode, and use skype_bt_hijacker available in 
contrib directory to redirect sound to ALSA headset. I haven't tested it 
myself recently, but theorically this should work.

Cheers,

Fabien


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