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Old March 9th 19, 10:21 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default Autio input to a PC from bluetooth (or a phone cable?)

micky wrote:
Is there a program which will take audio bluetooth transmissions and
play them through a PC's speakers? Like from a cell phone?

This is about win7 and win10, so posted both places.

My android phone has a couple radio apps that are better** than any PC
programs

I've paired my phone with my win10 desktop and I've been trying to pair
my phone with my win7 laptop, and I want to take the sound that comes
out of the phone apps and play them through the better, louder speakers
of the PC. (Better and louder than the phone) Just like I do with the
car.

But "everyone" does this with a car and for the most part, people don't
do this with a phone and a PC, laptop or desktop.

Is there a PC program that will accept bluetooth transmission and play
them. Or a program that willl accept bluetooth transmissions and make
them appear to be coming from a CD drive.

For example, VLC has a lot of possible inputs, including Open Media:
File, Disk**, Network, Capture Device.

It has playing, streaming, converting, and queuing. Streaming would
work if I could make it point to the bluetooth (or a usb cable??, but
USB cables don't play audio from phones do they, only files as files.)

**Including Blu-Ray, which for a second I thought was Bluetooth.
**Only marginally better than RadioMaximus but still better in a couple
little ways, and as I'm learnign to how to play exactly what I want in
the car, I'd like to be able to play things the same way at home.


Here is one concept. But, it's a swing-and-a-miss, because it uses
a 15 hour battery. They could have put a Bluetooth Receiver and a
USB audio chip in the same dongle, and had the audio signal show up
as a "second sound card". Or, they could have used a USB connector
just for USB power, to power the Bluetooth secdion while it
makes audio over the 1/8" inch stereo input.

https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/be...phone-adapter/

OK, this comes closest to not being a battery nuisance. It uses
USB for power, and the audio comes out of the jack. Plug the jack
into your LineIn on the PC, and then play through.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9SIAJKD8M95267

Picture as proof it's a good wiring combo.

https://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductI...9999779637.jpg

Here is another. This demonstrates how "bashful" the sellers are,
in that they refuse to show enough pictures to verify the connectors.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9SIAHBU8SA8804

All the sellers are Chinese. I can't find an item which is
"available for delivery tomorrow".

My tuned search term was:

Bluetooth car Music Receiver

as other attempts turned up mostly varied rubbish. You'll still
get the battery powered ones, if you use that as a search term.
As long as the battery only contains one cell, and can "run flat",
I suppose you wouldn't care. It's the battery solutions with
multiple cells, you have to use them frequently to maintain
proper battery state. A state you can't monitor! With a
one cell Li battery, there is no danger and nothing to watch.
But the single-cell battery in my Digital Camera has gone bad,
so they're not all sweetness and light either. That's why I
searched specifically for a solution using USB power.

*******

The chances of finding a "Bluetooth Audio Sink" profile for
Windows are likely to be slim. I wouldn't bet on a software
solution being available. And since the sellers of the above
gubbins are Chinese, you'll have to wait a while for the
item to ship.

If a stereo store had one:

1) It would be bigger.
2) It would cost at least $100.
3) It would be available.

Paul
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