Hi there folks!
Hope someone can tell me ANYTHING to keep me from losing it completely...
I upgraded to an X10 mini pro from my Nokia 5530 a few weeks ago, and aside from a minor issue where the hardware keyboard appeared to be dying (It 'lost' the symbol button, acting like I had disabled the Default Input - regardless of how the default input checkbox was set. Turns out it was a hair or something inside the keyboard itself, who knew?!)
Anyway. The BIG feature the Nokia had that I REALLY liked was it's ability to play music on a bluetooth headset.
Now, the headset I use is one glommed from a Playstation 3 kit - It's high bandwidth, if a little bulky compared to the true phone ones, but handles audio as well as a wired headset, up to around 15 feet after which is starts to fade a bit.
I had it working well on the Nokia, it behaves relativly well on the PC, despite the chassis blocking the dongle back there, but I cannot, CANNOT for the life of me, make it work on the X10 Mini Pro.
It works with VOICE just dandy, with all it's superb range and definition.
But music stubbornly refuses to play through it.
Is this an X10 thing? Is it an Android thing?
I searched a fair bit before posting this, but while people have discussed several bluetooth issues, none of them really seem to address exactly this problem.
Am i missing some awesome (But overlooked by me) app? Am I weird for not wanting to have wires wrapped around me while cycling?
Please help a hopeless n00b!
Dude........
I have the X10 mini and my DELL BH200 headset works great with it.
No problems...
Check if you have kept the headset in discovery mode or not...
tejagamer said:
Dude........
I have the X10 mini and my DELL BH200 headset works great with it.
No problems...
Check if you have kept the headset in discovery mode or not...
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It allows you to listen to music through it then? Because thats what I need. Aside from that, mine already works perfectly...
The headset itself syncsby holding the power button for a few seconds, and drops out of sync mode once its linked to the host.
Like I said, the headset works perfectly aside from not playing music. Een while connected, it ONLY plays music from the phone speaker.
Yes you can play music thru bluetooth with any android device. Android is fully A2DP and AVRC compatible.
It must be your headset.
I use three different bluetooth headsets with absolutely no problems. Music, movies you name it. No lag (as I had in my ipod)
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Okay, thanks for the replies! I will start trying out other headsets come payday! Being tightfisted I wanted to avoid the necessity but if you guys are having not trouble then it looks like I must bite the bullet.
Cheers!
- SIDER
I just recently purchased my Vibrant from bell and then i updated to 2.2 software through the Kies software. My issue is that on either my Samsung WEP420 or my Jawbone bluetooth it wont play music to either. I have tried a few different players such as Power Amp and WinAmp with no luck of it working. Is there a setting im missing or something i am doing wrong?
Oh and BTW i did not try the bluetooth till after i had allready updated to 2.2, because i didn't really think about it, but it would be nice to listen to music while bored at work.
Thanks for any help.
(I forgot to add that i have used both bluetooth devices on my old iPhone 3gs and they worked fine.)
I have still been trying everything i can think of and nothing. Anyone have any ideas, cuz this small issues is starting to become a big hassle.
Are both devices a2dp compatible if not that's why. I can't play music throjgh my jawbone either but can through my a2dp headphones hope I helped ya out
I'm experiencing a problem with headphones. When plugged, they sound ok, but audio continues playing through external speakers.
I'm on FolioMod v 1.3d. Tried downgrading to 1.3c, but the same result.
Anyone experiencing the same or it's a hardware problem on my folio?
Thanks in advance.
EulerVen said:
I'm experiencing a problem with headphones. When plugged, they sound ok, but audio continues playing through external speakers.
I'm on FolioMod v 1.3d. Tried downgrading to 1.3c, but the same result.
Anyone experiencing the same or it's a hardware problem on my folio?
Thanks in advance.
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It is another craziness of our Folio My personal work around is pairing Folio with a stereo BT headset - Nokia BT-214 works fine - but you have some limitations: you can't play lossless audio like .flac & .ape ( it's an Android issue) and audio/video sync problem playing .mkv movie with Rockplayer.
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It is another craziness of our Folio My personal work around is pairing Folio with a stereo BT headset - Nokia BT-214 works fine - but you have some limitations: you can't play lossless audio like .flac & .ape ( it's an Android issue) and audio/video sync problem playing .mkv movie with Rockplayer.
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So is not my folio's fault but a general issue... Now the cuestion is... it can be software corrected?
Thanks dpaganello!
EulerVen said:
So is not my folio's fault but a general issue... Now the cuestion is... it can be software corrected?
Thanks dpaganello!
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I am not completely sure it's not a hardware issue. On the forum many peoples says they don't have this problem and others have it rarely. My choice is to follow the Foliomod development hoping that the issue is solved. I have two years of time ( italian manufacturer´s warranty) to send Folio back to Toshiba technical assistance.
Very strange issue. I'm testing right now TuneIn Radio and Toshiba media player (playing an mp3 and an .avi video) and no headphones + speakers issue.
(Using Foliomod 1.3d)
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Very strange issue. I'm testing right now TuneIn Radio and Toshiba media player (playing an mp3 and an .avi video) and no headphones + speakers issue.
(Using Foliomod 1.3d)
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It's a software issue, confirmed. And it's a "mod" software issue. I restored FolioStock to try changing my folio today and tried with stock firm. Headphones worked fine without sound through speakers.
It's a difficult issue to catch because headphones work fine at a very low volume, so external speakers are almost silent in normal use.
Please "Saint" Dexter, we know that you are very busy trying to adapt Honeycomb on Folio, but we beg you a little attention on this or a Honeycomb definitive solution. Thank you, without your mods, Folio would be almost unusable.
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the folio stops playing the sound on speaker if you unplug and plug the headset again.after that you've got sound only at you'r headset.
It don't solve the sofware issue but it helps you to watch a porn and your wife don't hear it.lol
Anyone else have a Sony DR-BT50?
I've got several headsets, and all of them work great with the gtab...some have more issues with sound being in sync with video than others, but they all work.
I just got a set of the BT50's today, and I can't seem to get them to work with video well at all. They don't seem to work with Playon at all.
Video from the web, like hulu or fox, you get sound, but it is severely broken.
I would think that maybe the headset is just bad, but music playback is perfect, crystal clear with no loss at all. I listened tunes for about an hour today and didn't drop once.
I'm running vegantab ginger rc1. I was on the kernel that came with the ROM, so I reflashed and loaded up the new pershoot kernel to try....no change.
Anyone else have that headset and have that issue? It's too bad, because they are some great sounding headphones.
My Motorola S9 bluetooth skips like a machine gun as well on the VEGAn-7.0.0-RC!-Harmony Mod. May try another newer Headset soon.
I am running the desensed honeycomb ROM and have no issues with the audio when using plug in headphones or the devices speakers. But using Bluetooth headphones with Netflix, I get a five to ten second lag on the audio. Is anyone else having this issue? If so, is there a fix. It seems that the tablet is working rarely hard trying to keep up. Maybe its underpowered?
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I am also experiencing the same problem, i called netflix to let them know of the issue. I am on a Galaxy Note. you should call them at 1-800-585-7265 so they can be aware of the issue
I think this issue isn't related to Netflix. I experienced the same delay (~3sec.) thru bluetooth on all my Android devices (Liquid E, i9000, xperia play, atrix, ideapad k1)
Try watching a video on the stock video player... I noticed a delay in that too (on the Atrix)
My car bluetooth is really annoying seeing that I press the skip button and have to wait before it actually skips to the next track...
Here are some threads showcasing the same issue:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683073
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347508
I haven't had any issues until this device. I have a transformer, galaxy tab 10.1, razr, thunderbolt, incredible, og droid. I thought that perhaps the CPU isnt strong enough. It struggles just trying to play it without Bluetooth. Does this tablet support hardware acceleration?
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I've had similar issues with Netflix on a Galaxy 8.9, Galaxy 7.0, and an Acer Iconia A100. The BT headphones I have work great with my iPhone and iPad -- no lag whatsoever. It hasn't been just the Netflix, but virtually all video apps.
When I did pair my BT headphones there were 2 ways to pair it (headset or headphones). After I found that setting, it dropped the lag from about 5 secs down to about 1 second. Still too disconcerting to watch a video though.
The Acer Iconia A100 has been the best so far. It actually played YouTube vids without a lag (the through the app and the browser).
I thought the issue was 3.0/3.1, but Iconia is 3.2. I'm going to see if ICS makes any difference.
(Side Note: I found that at least one of the Galaxy tabs uses the same BT chip as the iPad so that's probably not the culprit.)
its not the CPU or the ROM, or the app and it won't be fixed in ICS. Its a artifact of the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) Bluetooth protocol. It buffers a couple of seconds of audio before it starts transmitting because when it was specd. they intended it only for music playback. Now it is pressed into service for video audio and there is no way to sync the playback. Perhaps more advanced players will arrive on the scene someday and allow for adjusting the timing. something like VLC maybe, but for now, you can't fix it.
To me it only affects crackle and netflix. By the way other devices like galaxy nexus does not have this problem along with other phones. What ever it is it must be our bt drivers of our Notes
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The built in codecs "attempt" to compensate for those formats that they support. Since Netflix is propitiatory, that does not work for Netflix, its an application problem.
Hat makes sense. I called netflix and tried to tell them of the issue
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DigitalMD said:
its not the CPU or the ROM, or the app and it won't be fixed in ICS. Its a artifact of the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) Bluetooth protocol. It buffers a couple of seconds of audio before it starts transmitting because when it was specd. they intended it only for music playback. Now it is pressed into service for video audio and there is no way to sync the playback. Perhaps more advanced players will arrive on the scene someday and allow for adjusting the timing. something like VLC maybe, but for now, you can't fix it.
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By the way your explanation is bunk.bunk.bunk.
I upgraded to ICS and the out of sync is no longer there. Netflix is same exact version. sorry dr. quack. I knew your explanation was fishy
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Regardless if his explanation is accurate or not, what's true is that it's a common problem for Bluetooth to lag and not sync the audio with different video applications.
It doesn't just happen on the HTC View, and it doesn't just happen with netflix.
I haven't researched why it happens, nor do I have any suggestions on how to fix it. I just know it's a common issue.
While I'm not sure if DigitalMD's explanation is 100% accurate, I'm inclined to take his word for it. It was the way Bluetooth was designed, and it truly wasn't intended to be used for videos. The reason it might appear more obviously in our devices is due to the use of Bluetooth 3.0? I really have no clue though, but it's a thought!
Its the Bluetooth stack or drivers in our device. what else would it be? After upgrading to ics, all.of the sudden it works. other phones i had didn't have this issues before.
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Its the Bluetooth stack or drivers in our device. what else would it be? After upgrading to ics, all.of the sudden it works. other phones i had didn't have this issues before.
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That's probably exactly what it is. Other devices may have drivers or software that can compensate for the lag. I have had the problem on other devices but not *every* device. I'll actually be able to test my thunderbolt tonight to see if it has the same issue just because I'm curious
EDIT: yup, lag exists on thunderbolt too
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Its the Bluetooth stack or drivers in our device. what else would it be? After upgrading to ics, all.of the sudden it works. other phones i had didn't have this issues before.
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One more reason for ICS!
Im not using HTC, but I got delayed... And I'm on ICS 4.03... T_T
supac said:
By the way your explanation is bunk.bunk.bunk.
I upgraded to ICS and the out of sync is no longer there. Netflix is same exact version. sorry dr. quack. I knew your explanation was fishy
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From what I have gathered he is correct about the problem being in the BT stack. Even if he is wrong there is not reason to attack him and be so insulting. That makes you way more wrong than he may be.
Here are my own experiences with Android and Bluetooth audio.
Some video material itself has an inherent lip-sync issue that will show up no matter what you play it back with, so you have to rule that out. However, there is also a known lip-sync delay bug with the Android Netflix client and Bluetooth audio devices. I have tried the following Android devices:
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.4.2)
Nexus 7 2013 (rev2) (Android 5.0.2)
Hisense Sero 7 Pro (Android 4.2.1)
with the following Bluetooth audio devices:
Monoprice 11947 On-The-Ear Headphones
Monoprice 10585 Premium On-The-Ear Headphones
Creative D80 Portable Speaker
There is a significant lip-sync delay (anywhere from 1/4s to 1/2s) with the Android Netflix client with all combinations of these that I have tried. With these same Android devices and Bluetooth audio devices, the following apps play back perfectly with no lip-sync issues:
Amazon Video
Hulu
TiVo Roamio Streaming
YouTube
Native Android video player
Other Android apps (games, etc.)
The only combination with a lip-sync delay is the Android Netflix client with a Bluetooth audio device. Wired headphones are fine. I also tried the iPhone Netflix app with the Bluetooth audio devices and that plays back fine, so this is a problem only with their Android client.
Bluetooth itself has a 3ms latency; the delay is not a Bluetooth problem. In games with sound effects, they happen immediately through Bluetooth audio.
I called into the Netflix customer service department so many times. Every time, the same script - clear the app cache, restart the Android device, charge the battery in the Bluetooth device, power-cycle the router and cablemodem, unpair and repair the devices, etc. Some customer service reps told me it was normal Bluetooth behavior (it is not - the latency is 3ms), most told me it was the Bluetooth interfering with the Wifi connection (wat?). I repeatedly explained my testing results (long) and how it entirely points to a software issue. After many calls, I begged the rep to contact the next-level support to report this as a bug, and finally got confirmation that their Android client "has some issues" with Bluetooth audio, but no mention of a fix.
So there you have it. Call into Netflix customer support, repeatedly! Maybe we can get them to fix the problem.