Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:48:06 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: headset support Message-ID: <20080410164806.0bef7f75@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <bb4a86c70804101049t64f862f5g2391b101a95b984e@mail.gmail.com> References: <92abd3ae0804101010m1535c06bm89ba9002a662f26@mail.gmail.com> <bb4a86c70804101049t64f862f5g2391b101a95b984e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:49:09 -0700
"Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jon,
>
> > I have searched back through the archives here and there is discussion about
> > FreeBSD and headset/handsfree profile support. I have seen several comments
> > that "the code is about the be committed" so I am wondering what the status
> > really is. If any help is needed I would be willing to test and/or work on
> > code so that this feature can be brought to the FreeBSD platform.
>
> first of all what exactly do you need to support? do you have any
> specific usage scenario in mind? i have had code to support isoc
> transfers in ng_ubt(4) (a must to support bluetooth audio) and
> bluetooth sco sockets for quite a while. i was planning to commit it,
> but then i changed my mind. with the code i have, i can transfer raw
> audio data, but what to do with the raw data is the next big question.
> do we need to somehow plug into sound subsystem? something else?
Well, I'm not the OP, but I've been trying to free time to work on
this. So my answer is...
I want to use my FreeBSD box'es audio system as a BT headset. The
headset protocol should do the trick, but handsfree might be fun to
play with. The BT code doesn't need to hook into the sound system, but
the UI will need to let the user pick audio devices to hook to the
streams from BT.
Another - less firm - thing would be playing "BT audio
switchbox". Simple devices can only pair with one other device,
including some I'd like to be able to use it with more than one
device. Having a box that could pair with all of those and route
audio between them might be useful. But that's just brainstorming.
Thanks,
<mike
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