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class=md-ellipsis> System Mode with Bluetooth support </span> </a> <nav class=md-nav aria-label="System Mode with Bluetooth support"> <ul class=md-nav__list> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-1-setting-up-pulseaudio class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 1: Setting up PulseAudio </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-2-setting-up-the-server class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 2: Setting up the server </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-3-adding-a-bluetooth-device class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 3: Adding a Bluetooth device </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#user-mode-with-network-access class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> User Mode with Network Access </span> </a> <nav class=md-nav aria-label="User Mode with Network Access"> <ul class=md-nav__list> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-1-copy-system-pulseaudio-configuration-to-the-users-home-directory 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href=#step-1-setting-up-pulseaudio class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 1: Setting up PulseAudio </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-2-setting-up-the-server class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 2: Setting up the server </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-3-adding-a-bluetooth-device class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 3: Adding a Bluetooth device </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#user-mode-with-network-access class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> User Mode with Network Access </span> </a> <nav class=md-nav aria-label="User Mode with Network Access"> <ul class=md-nav__list> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-1-copy-system-pulseaudio-configuration-to-the-users-home-directory class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 1: Copy system pulseaudio configuration to the users home directory </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-2-enable-tcp-access-from-localhost-only class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 2: Enable TCP access from localhost only </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-3-restart-the-pulseaudio-daemon class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 3: Restart the PulseAudio daemon </span> </a> </li> <li class=md-nav__item> <a href=#step-4-adjust-the-configuration-file class=md-nav__link> <span class=md-ellipsis> Step 4: Adjust the Configuration File </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class=md-content data-md-component=content> <article class="md-content__inner md-typeset"> <h1 id=pulseaudio>PulseAudio<a class=headerlink href=#pulseaudio title="Permanent link">¶</a></h1> <p>You have the choice of running PulseAudio either in system mode or user mode. For headless servers, i.e. systems without desktop users, system mode is recommended.</p> <p>If there is a desktop user logged in most of the time, a setup with network access via localhost only for daemons is a more appropriate solution, since the normal user administration (with, e.g., <code>pulseaudio -k</code>) works as advertised. Also, the user specific configuration for PulseAudio is preserved across sessions as expected.</p> <ul> <li><a href=#system-mode-with-bluetooth-support>System mode</a></li> <li><a href=#user-mode-with-network-access>User mode</a></li> </ul> <h2 id=system-mode-with-bluetooth-support>System Mode with Bluetooth support<a class=headerlink href=#system-mode-with-bluetooth-support title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p>Credit: <a href=http://robpope.co.uk/blog/post/setting-up-forked-daapd-with-bluetooth>Rob Pope</a></p> <p>This guide was written based on headless Debian Jessie platforms. Most of the instructions will require that you are root.</p> <h3 id=step-1-setting-up-pulseaudio>Step 1: Setting up PulseAudio<a class=headerlink href=#step-1-setting-up-pulseaudio title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>If you see a "Connection refused" error when starting the server, then you will probably need to setup PulseAudio to run in system mode [1]. This means that the PulseAudio daemon will be started during boot and be available to all users.</p> <p>How to start PulseAudio depends on your distribution, but in many cases you will need to add a <code>pulseaudio.service</code> file to <code>/etc/systemd/system</code> with the following content:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-0-1 name=__codelineno-0-1 href=#__codelineno-0-1></a># systemd service file for PulseAudio running in system mode
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<a id=__codelineno-0-3 name=__codelineno-0-3 href=#__codelineno-0-3></a>Description=PulseAudio sound server
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<a id=__codelineno-0-7 name=__codelineno-0-7 href=#__codelineno-0-7></a>ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit
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<a id=__codelineno-0-10 name=__codelineno-0-10 href=#__codelineno-0-10></a>WantedBy=multi-user.target
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</code></pre></div> <p>If you want Bluetooth support, you must also configure PulseAudio to load the Bluetooth module. First install it (Debian: <code>apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth</code>) and then add the following to /etc/pulse/system.pa:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-1-1 name=__codelineno-1-1 href=#__codelineno-1-1></a>#### Enable Bluetooth
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<a id=__codelineno-1-2 name=__codelineno-1-2 href=#__codelineno-1-2></a>.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
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</code></pre></div> <p>Now you need to make sure that PulseAudio can communicate with the Bluetooth daemon through D-Bus. On Raspbian this is already enabled, and you can skip this step. Otherwise do one of the following:</p> <ol> <li>Add the pulse user to the bluetooth group: <code>adduser pulse bluetooth</code></li> <li>Edit /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf and change the policy for <code><policy context="default"\></code> to "allow"</li> </ol> <p>Phew, almost done with PulseAudio! Now you should:</p> <ol> <li>enable system mode on boot with <code>systemctl enable pulseaudio</code></li> <li>reboot (or at least restart dbus and pulseaudio)</li> <li>check that the Bluetooth module is loaded with <code>pactl list modules short</code></li> </ol> <h3 id=step-2-setting-up-the-server>Step 2: Setting up the server<a class=headerlink href=#step-2-setting-up-the-server title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>Add the user the server is running as (typically "owntone") to the "pulse-access" group:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-2-1 name=__codelineno-2-1 href=#__codelineno-2-1></a>adduser<span class=w> </span>owntone<span class=w> </span>pulse-access
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</code></pre></div> <p>Now (re)start the server.</p> <h3 id=step-3-adding-a-bluetooth-device>Step 3: Adding a Bluetooth device<a class=headerlink href=#step-3-adding-a-bluetooth-device title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>To connect with the device, run <code>bluetoothctl</code> and then:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-3-1 name=__codelineno-3-1 href=#__codelineno-3-1></a>power on
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<a id=__codelineno-3-5 name=__codelineno-3-5 href=#__codelineno-3-5></a>pair [MAC address]
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</code></pre></div> <p>Now the speaker should appear. You can also verify that PulseAudio has detected the speaker with <code>pactl list sinks short</code>.</p> <h2 id=user-mode-with-network-access>User Mode with Network Access<a class=headerlink href=#user-mode-with-network-access title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p>Credit: wolfmanx and <a href=http://billauer.co.il/blog/2014/01/pa-multiple-users/ >this blog</a></p> <h3 id=step-1-copy-system-pulseaudio-configuration-to-the-users-home-directory>Step 1: Copy system pulseaudio configuration to the users home directory<a class=headerlink href=#step-1-copy-system-pulseaudio-configuration-to-the-users-home-directory title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-4-1 name=__codelineno-4-1 href=#__codelineno-4-1></a>mkdir<span class=w> </span>-p<span class=w> </span>~/.pulse
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<a id=__codelineno-4-2 name=__codelineno-4-2 href=#__codelineno-4-2></a>cp<span class=w> </span>/etc/pulse/default.pa<span class=w> </span>~/.pulse/
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</code></pre></div> <h3 id=step-2-enable-tcp-access-from-localhost-only>Step 2: Enable TCP access from localhost only<a class=headerlink href=#step-2-enable-tcp-access-from-localhost-only title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>Edit the file <code>~/.pulse/default.pa</code> , adding the following line at the end:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-5-1 name=__codelineno-5-1 href=#__codelineno-5-1></a>load-module<span class=w> </span>module-native-protocol-tcp<span class=w> </span>auth-ip-acl<span class=o>=</span><span class=m>127</span>.0.0.1
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</code></pre></div> <h3 id=step-3-restart-the-pulseaudio-daemon>Step 3: Restart the PulseAudio daemon<a class=headerlink href=#step-3-restart-the-pulseaudio-daemon title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-6-1 name=__codelineno-6-1 href=#__codelineno-6-1></a>pulseaudio<span class=w> </span>-k
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</code></pre></div> <h3 id=step-4-adjust-the-configuration-file>Step 4: Adjust the Configuration File<a class=headerlink href=#step-4-adjust-the-configuration-file title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>In the <code>audio</code> section of <code>/etc/owntone.conf</code>, set <code>server</code> to <code>localhost</code>:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-7-1 name=__codelineno-7-1 href=#__codelineno-7-1></a>server = "localhost"
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</code></pre></div> <hr> <p>[1] Note that PulseAudio will warn against system mode. However, in this use case it is actually the solution recommended by the <a href=https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2016-August/026823.html>PulseAudio folks themselves</a>.</p> </article> </div> <script>var target=document.getElementById(location.hash.slice(1));target&&target.name&&(target.checked=target.name.startsWith("__tabbed_"))</script> </div> <button type=button class="md-top md-icon" data-md-component=top hidden> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M13 20h-2V8l-5.5 5.5-1.42-1.42L12 4.16l7.92 7.92-1.42 1.42L13 8z"/></svg> Back to top </button> </main> <footer class=md-footer> <div class="md-footer-meta md-typeset"> <div class="md-footer-meta__inner md-grid"> <div class=md-copyright> Made with <a href=https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ target=_blank rel=noopener> Material for MkDocs </a> </div> <div class=md-social> <a href=https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server target=_blank rel=noopener title=github.com class=md-social__link> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 496 512"><!-- Font Awesome Free 6.7.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M165.9 397.4c0 2-2.3 3.6-5.2 3.6-3.3.3-5.6-1.3-5.6-3.6 0-2 2.3-3.6 5.2-3.6 3-.3 5.6 1.3 5.6 3.6m-31.1-4.5c-.7 2 1.3 4.3 4.3 4.9 2.6 1 5.6 0 6.2-2s-1.3-4.3-4.3-5.2c-2.6-.7-5.5.3-6.2 2.3m44.2-1.7c-2.9.7-4.9 2.6-4.6 4.9.3 2 2.9 3.3 5.9 2.6 2.9-.7 4.9-2.6 4.6-4.6-.3-1.9-3-3.2-5.9-2.9M244.8 8C106.1 8 0 113.3 0 252c0 110.9 69.8 205.8 169.5 239.2 12.8 2.3 17.3-5.6 17.3-12.1 0-6.2-.3-40.4-.3-61.4 0 0-70 15-84.7-29.8 0 0-11.4-29.1-27.8-36.6 0 0-22.9-15.7 1.6-15.4 0 0 24.9 2 38.6 25.8 21.9 38.6 58.6 27.5 72.9 20.9 2.3-16 8.8-27.1 16-33.7-55.9-6.2-112.3-14.3-112.3-110.5 0-27.5 7.6-41.3 23.6-58.9-2.6-6.5-11.1-33.3 2.6-67.9 20.9-6.5 69 27 69 27 20-5.6 41.5-8.5 62.8-8.5s42.8 2.9 62.8 8.5c0 0 48.1-33.6 69-27 13.7 34.7 5.2 61.4 2.6 67.9 16 17.7 25.8 31.5 25.8 58.9 0 96.5-58.9 104.2-114.8 110.5 9.2 7.9 17 22.9 17 46.4 0 33.7-.3 75.4-.3 83.6 0 6.5 4.6 14.4 17.3 12.1C428.2 457.8 496 362.9 496 252 496 113.3 383.5 8 244.8 8M97.2 352.9c-1.3 1-1 3.3.7 5.2 1.6 1.6 3.9 2.3 5.2 1 1.3-1 1-3.3-.7-5.2-1.6-1.6-3.9-2.3-5.2-1m-10.8-8.1c-.7 1.3.3 2.9 2.3 3.9 1.6 1 3.6.7 4.3-.7.7-1.3-.3-2.9-2.3-3.9-2-.6-3.6-.3-4.3.7m32.4 35.6c-1.6 1.3-1 4.3 1.3 6.2 2.3 2.3 5.2 2.6 6.5 1 1.3-1.3.7-4.3-1.3-6.2-2.2-2.3-5.2-2.6-6.5-1m-11.4-14.7c-1.6 1-1.6 3.6 0 5.9s4.3 3.3 5.6 2.3c1.6-1.3 1.6-3.9 0-6.2-1.4-2.3-4-3.3-5.6-2"/></svg> </a> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div class=md-dialog data-md-component=dialog> <div class="md-dialog__inner md-typeset"></div> </div> <script id=__config type=application/json>{"base": "../..", "features": ["navigation.tabs", "navigation.top"], "search": "../../assets/javascripts/workers/search.6ce7567c.min.js", "translations": {"clipboard.copied": "Copied to clipboard", "clipboard.copy": "Copy to clipboard", "search.result.more.one": "1 more on this page", "search.result.more.other": "# more on this page", "search.result.none": "No matching documents", "search.result.one": "1 matching document", "search.result.other": "# matching documents", "search.result.placeholder": "Type to start searching", "search.result.term.missing": "Missing", "select.version": "Select version"}}</script> <script src=../../assets/javascripts/bundle.88dd0f4e.min.js></script> <script src=../../assets/extra.js></script> </body> </html> |