I want to "cut the cable" and stream audio from my JAMin to a set of lightweight BT headphones while I workout.
I have a JAMin but I have not bought any BT headphones yet.
Primarily I use the Mobile Slingplayer and TCPMP to watch videos (mostly with mono audio).
I have seen the hacks for A2DP but I worry that the processing overhead required for A2DP will kill video performance and also that the Slingplayer and TCPMP don't stream over this profile (from the postings only WMP seems to work?).
Would I at least be able to get mono audio working wirelessly while watching video? Which BT headphones would you recommend for this?
Thanks in advance.
A2DP hack available at this site accept audio stream from any programs. Windows Media Player mentioned as only one program which support remote control functions like Play/Pause, Fwd, Bwd. Prophet performance good enough to watch video with stereo over A2DP. I don’t know about Slingplayer and TCPMP my preference are different, but my experiences with SmartMovie are successful to watch video with stereo audio.
Hi,
i recently installed the o2 mini bluetooth stack for using the jam with i.Tech R35. It works perfectly with stereo mp3 (with mort player and wmplayer trick). But I can't listen to mono mp3. Does anybody have a solution for this?
Thanks in advance
Sassoz
Those who tried it before, give this another chance.
I have made a modified .cab file (Go to the BOTTOM)
- No 30 seconds limit
- Remote control works ( AVRCP)
- No skipping (Convert all MP3 to 192kbps or less)
NOW ONTO SERIOUS BUSINESS
Normal A2DP causes some hissing, sound deterioration (depending of your bitpool capacity) and hogs the phone's resources making it nearly unusable without having to pause the playback to be able to accomplish something like send a SMS.
Blueplayer has NO DETERIORATION – It uses it’s own special codec / technology
###I wish to know WHAT codec/technology is used by Blueplayer?! :O###
PROOF that Blueplayer uses a “SPECIAL” technology instead of normal A2DP
- INDEPENDENT from WM5 / WM6 A2DP drivers.
#To use Blueplayer, you need to DISCONNECT /UNCHECK the “Wireless stereo” from the phone’s Bluetooth settings (paired devices).
- NOT ALL STEREO HEADSETS CAN BE USED! ( i.Tech R35 for headphones)
WM6 A2DP stream to Laptop PC : WORKS
WM6 A2DP stream to Stereo BT Headphones : WORKS
Blueplayer stream to Laptop PC : DOES NOT WORK
Blueplayer stream to Stereo BT Headphones : WORKS
So, only special hardwares can decode whatever is the technology used by Blueplayer. It's not normal A2DP.
- AUDIO QUALITY TEST
WM6 A2DP stream to Laptop PC : Hissing
(Insanely high BitPool has no effect, and wont do skipping)
Laptop Widcomm BT A2DP to Stereo BT Headphones : Same Hissing
(BitPool can't be changed)
Blueplayer stream to Stereo BT Headphones : AWESOME!!
(skips if above 192kbps, so quality has an impact)
Blueplayer stream to Laptop : DOESNT WORK
BACK TO THE POINT !!!
I wish to know what's that technology.
Why?
Blueplayer is a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE MP3 player. All I care for is the CODEC.
The Blueplayer ITSELF is very difficult to manage.
- To pick a NEW track, you cant just click/tap it. You got to press STOP, then select the track, then press PLAY. (Or use NEXT/PREVIOUS over and over to navigate to it)
- The buttons can only be TAPPED, not clicked, and they are SO TINY that you cant just press them while walking around. You literally got to AIM your fingernail on the button, or use the stylus.
- You cant browse folders by clicking, you got to tap on a TINY TINY (+) to expand folders
- Cant select all subfolders, you got to add each folders individually to the playlist.
- No ID3 support, only a raw file list
etc etc, it's an ugly GUI.
But I want the sweet codec that makes the music sound so great.
OK HERE'S THE FILE!!!
Follow these steps to Pair your BT Headphones with Blueplayer
1 - Delete BT Headphones from your paired devices list in Bluetooth settings
2 - Set your BT headphones in discoverable/pairing mode.
3 - Launch Blueplayer
4 - Tap on "SelectDevice" at the bottom left of the screen
5 - Click on "Refresh" at the bottom middle of the screen
6 - Select your device and press the "ok"
7 - It will ask you to Pair/Add the device (WM6 Bluetooth settings does that)
8 - Once paired, UNCHECK "Wireless Stereo" from the services
9 - In Blueplaye, click on the folder icon near the top/right
10 - Browse for a folder containing directly some MP3 (it will show in the bottom list if it sees the MP3, no sub-folders allowed)
11 - Got to click the "ok" at the bottom left.
12 - Press the tiny tiny tiny "play" button and enjoy.
If you get driver errors, or the music doesnt play in your headphones and the software crashes, you dont have the hardware required to use Blueplayer.
Othewise, ENJOY THE FABULOUS QUALITY STREAMING and the CRAPPY GUI
A2DP supports several CODECs that can be used to transfer the audio over the Bluetooth link.
There is only ONE mandatory codec to support -SBC.
For SBC, normally the sound processing goes like this:
MP3 (source) --WMPlayer--> "decoded WAV" --A2DP--> SBC --wireless--> WAV (Headset)(earphones)
There is another commonly supported codec - MP3. MP3 is a much better codec for sound quality than SBC, but its much more CPU intensive to encode and decode MP3. Most A2DP headsets dont support the MP3 codec, but some (like the i.Tech) do.
My guess is Blueplayer is able to use the MP3 codec for A2DP, if your A2DP headset supports it.
Blueplayer probably does this:
MP3 (source) --Blueplayer A2DP--> MP3 without re-encoding --wireless--> WAV (Headset)
(Sorry to post in a new post - the edit post doesnt work for me using Firefox 3.)
One thing about using the MP3 codec in A2DP is that the player probably cannot do changes to the sound (no volume control, equalizer/bass boost, etc.) without having a huge impact on CPU load.
So essentially what you get is almost the raw MP3 file being streamed wirelessly using A2DP to the headset to decode. Which is a very good way to preserve the sound quality of the MP3 file.
Good find though, I'm glad to see a WM MP3 player that actually supports the MP3 codec for A2DP.
My issue is that blueplayer has a horrible GUI. While it is a great concept to stream the MP3 without reencoding, it's just... horrible.
I've always wondered why a lot of A2DP headsets can decode MP3 directly, yet there are NO software players that take advantage of it other than blueplayer.
does it work on wm smartphone
Hi,
I have an HTC 8525 and use Jabra 620s bluetooth stereo headset with it.
when i play avi videos using TCPMP the sound is fine in the headset, as it is when iam playing mp3 files using windows media 10 mobile.
but for some reason when i play mp4 video files using WM 10 the sound comes from the builtin 8525 speaker instead of the headset.
pls. let me know if someone else has this problem?
is there a way around it?
why is the sound of the video mp4 files coming in the main speaker instead of the headset??
Thank u for answering.
Regards.
Tried various music players on my Htc HD2 Leo (mort, Pocket player etc) But keep coming back to the stock HTC player as it tends to use less resourses. I tend to use it bluetooth streaming with my car stereo. But just can't seem to get the quality of sound I want. when I use it with aux jack plugged in to my car stereo and Audio booster can get it perfect. So question is has anyone found a hack yet so I can use audio booster with out headphone jack being plugged in then I can use it streaming bluetooth.
Thanks in advance
Dave (UK Vodaphone)
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