SSSSLy·Sep 12, 2021
Probably EHfive for their pioneering work on integrating those into PA/bluez https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
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pulseaudio-modules-bt
[Deprecated, see https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt/issues/154] Adds Sony LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, AAC codecs (A2DP Audio) support to PulseAudio on Linux
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[Deprecated, see https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt/issues/154] Adds Sony LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, AAC codecs (A2DP Audio) support to PulseAudio on Linux
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8 sourcesThis repo [1] contains all you need for getting PA to work with non-SBC codecs. I believe it ain't included cause of patent reasons but the developer of this repo is from China.
[1] https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
In How to Improve Bluetooth Audio Quality on LinuxI agree that Bluetooth audio tends to be a pain on Linux by default. However things have been flawless ever since I installed the extended pulseaudio bt codecs found here: https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt/ (pulseaudio-modules-bt on arch (AUR)). As an added bonus it now even supports LDAC!
In How to Improve Bluetooth Audio Quality on LinuxI think it's great. It may seem weird to some, but for me it's a timesaver. The most painful thing is the installation. I don't particularly enjoy doing things following some guide, I figure it'd be best done by some automated script. However, I find it's an investment which yields a ton of dividends. Once it's installed, everything is pretty much painless and I don't usually install it that often (only when I get a new PC).
I usually enjoy having fairly up-to-date software and doing this is often a pain on Ubuntu. You have to chase down alternative ppas, which may or may not work well with other ppas. Sometimes there's nothing available and you have to build your own – I've had this issue when I was trying Ubuntu 20.04 right after it came out and wanted to have my BT LDAC headphones working [0]. Some guy came up with a custom build after
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a while, not sure what the situation currently is.
I use i3 and wanted to experiment with a compositor. At the time Ubuntu had an old version of compton. I would have had to mainain my own install of picom. I don't much enjoy doing things manually when they can be automated. Ditto for alacritty. They used to provide .deb packages, but not anylonger. Sure, installing alacritty is fairly simple, but again, it would have to be maintained up to date separately from the main packages. I don't enjoy that.
In the end, Arch just gets out of my way. I only have to run a full system update every so often (once a week works for me) and I have the latest and greateast of everything. And in case something's missing from the official repo, there's the AUR (a sort of "user-managed ppa" with packages built from source) and if using a helper, this is kept up to date automatically.
I understand some people don't really care about what they're using as long as whatever applications they run work fine, so I get the appeal of something as stable as Ubuntu, especially if not running brand new hardware requiring the absolute latest kernel for support.
[0] https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
Yes, but you need a different repo [1] for that. The default one supports only SBC, this one adds support for AAC, AptX, AptX-HD, and LDAC. There's third party packages for a myriad of OSes.
[1] https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
In How to stream audio from your phone to your laptop with PulseAudioI have those headphones too, and they work very well with Linux. Actually, they work even better than Windows since Linux can be convinced to send LDAC instead of aptX. I do that using pulseaudio-modules-bt [0].
If you're into listening to music, you may be interested in AutoEQ [1]. Those guys have done some measurements and provide info on how to equalize the sound. For this particular headset, it's somewhat less boomy. You can use PulseEffects [2] to control equalization.
[0] pa-modules-bt: https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt/wiki/Package...
[1] AutoEQ: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq
[2] PulseEffects: https://github.com/wwmm/pulseeffects
In Wireless Is a TrapFair enough! For other people coming across the thread, the repo for the modules is here (sorry for not posting this in the original post: https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt)
Good news is that there's some more activity towards upstreaming them; at least in my experience, they Just Worked(TM) as far as the system automatically selecting LDAP or AAC as needed.
In My 2020 desk setupThere is support for better codecs on Linux, it's just not shipped by default on most distros unfortunately. https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
In Jabra: we know our Bluetooth headsets don’t work with laptops