https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409658
Bug ID: 409658
Summary: Stream sound through KDE-Connect
Product: kdeconnect
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: common
Assignee: albertv...@gmail.com
Reporter: raphael....@jakse.fr
Target Milestone: ---
Hello,
I often want to stream music to the phone from the computer, or from the
computer to the phone.
Streaming sound from the phone to the computer is somewhat possible using
Bluetooth, if the computer happens to be a laptop or a tablet or has a
bluetooth adapter, by making the computer advertise itself as a sound device
using PulseAudio. The biggest problems here is requiring Bluetooth support on
the computer and having to fiddle with settings, and distance between the phone
and the computer.
The reverse is also possible, by using Simple Protocol Player
(https://kaytat.com/blog/?page_id=301), but this is hard to setup, or by using
the PulseAudio server built in XServer XSDL, but I found it does not work
reliably and requires leaving the app at the foreground and the screen on. It
also requires running apps using the PULSE_SERVER environment on the computer,
since XServer XSDL does not advertise its PulseAudio Server using Avahi.
It would be great if KDEConnect could add a PulseAudio sink that would stream
audio to the phone.
What do you think about this?
The reverse (playing sound from the phone on the computer) is probably harder /
impossible to do (I don't know if Android APIs allow to hijack sound playing on
the device), but it would be a nice feature.
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