Raspberry Pi 4 Kodi Bluetooth speaker disconnection problem

[suqin-haha]

Hi @popcornmix ,

Here is new problem that I cannot use Bluetooth speaker with Kodi, the Bluetooth speaker is good for others.

My observation: the Bluetooth speaker will loss connection when I open Kodi... then there is no sound. However, my Bluetooth mouse doesn't loss connection (Or it reconnects too fast to notice). And after I quit Kodi, if I click the volume button, the tray area will refresh and reconnect the Bluetooth device.

Log file: kodi.log

Environment is same, still raspberry pi 4 with 64bit Pi OS, and as I remember it works no problem on 32bit. one of test file I use is: jellyfish-55-mbps-hd-h264.mkv

Thanks!

[suqin-haha]

More info: tried to reconnect my Bluetooth speaker by terminal while Kodi opening. just cannot connect:

[bluetooth]# pair FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Attempting to pair with FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AlreadyExists
[bluetooth]# connect FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Attempting to connect to FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

even remove and pair again didn't work, just connected for a second and lost again

[bluetooth]# pair FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Attempting to pair with FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A Connected: yes
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A Modalias: bluetooth:v0039p1582d2212
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A ServicesResolved: yes
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A ServicesResolved: no
[CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A Connected: no

my speaker info

[bluetooth]# info FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A
Device FC:A8:9A:27:8D:3A (public)
        Name: SRS-XB2
        Alias: SRS-XB2
        Class: 0x00240414
        Icon: audio-card
        Paired: yes
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: no
        LegacyPairing: no
        UUID: Headset                   (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        Modalias: bluetooth:v0039p1582d2212
        ManufacturerData Key: 0x5349
        ManufacturerData Value:
  53 43                                            SC

[Gex-devs]

Did you find solution on other forums?

[popcornmix]

Does launching kodi --pulse help?

[suqin-haha]

Does launching kodi --pulse help?

yes! that works! Thank you! BTW, Why is that happens, Is there any config or settings I can do?

[Gex-devs]

Does launching kodi --pulse help?

Bless.

[popcornmix]

BTW, Why is that happens, Is there any config or settings I can do?

pulse prevents advanced alsa features like passthough audio which can be important for kodi users, so the launcher script disables pulse unless --pulse is present as a command line option, or WANT_PULSE is defined as an env variable.

If you want to pass this option from desktop launcher you can edit file shown here

[suqin-haha]

BTW, Why is that happens, Is there any config or settings I can do?

pulse prevents advanced alsa features like passthough audio which can be important for kodi users, so the launcher script disables pulse unless --pulse is present as a command line option, or WANT_PULSE is defined as an env variable.

If you want to pass this option from desktop launcher you can edit file shown here

Great! Thanks!