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Anyone have a Bluetooth earbuds that works flawlessly with Ubuntu? I recently got a pair of Funcl AI buds, works great with my phone but I connect on computer

by ikeboy 8y ago

Anyone have a Bluetooth earbuds that works flawlessly with Ubuntu? I recently got a pair of Funcl AI buds, works great with my phone but I connect on computer and there's constant skipping. I gather this is a common problem.

PascLeRasc 8y ago
MEE Audio MB6 work fine for me on Elementary 5.0 Juno. They're also great for the gym and I'm pretty happy with the sound.
sexyrouter 8y ago
There are good ones on sale for AliExpress for $13, very good ones! I just gifted these to my girlfriend for Valentines. https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/M8BY17K https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/M8BY17K There are airpod clones there too
martin_a 8y ago
I'm experiencing the same issues with an IKEA speaker set which has also Bluetooth connectivity. Works fine with my One+ 3, but Ubuntu will always skip pieces of sound, when I do something else on the system. Now that I think about it, I will give it a try with Windows 10 on the second SSD to check whether it's a problem with the BT module of my Lenovo W520.
m348e912 8y ago
My apple airpods work well with my dell latitude. (skype conversations, music, etc) Frankly I was surprised it worked at all.
- halbritt 8y ago
  Likewise, mine work pretty well.
yaantc 8y ago
Unless I missed something, if it works it'll be with the SBC codec and it's not very good. For music the BT profile is the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). But this is just a transport, and on top of it there can be many codecs. The only mandatory codec is SBC [1], which is BT specific and not very good. YMMV, but I prefer using a wired headphone than BT SBC. There are other options, but then you need support on both ends. The best are AAC (Apple world), LDAC (Sony, all recent Android) and AptX HD (Android, Win10 I believe but TBC...). Those are supposed to be transparent, and for LDAC at least (the only one I have personal experience with) it is to my ears. Unfortunately last time I checked only SBC was supported on Linux... So I stick to wired on my Linux laptop, and use BT with LDAC on my smartphone only. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec)
- delroth 8y ago
  There 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 https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
  - bubblethink 8y ago
    Why are these not upstream ? Are there patent issues ?
  - yaantc 8y ago
    Thanks a lot! I did miss something new ;)
- ikeboy 8y ago
  Funcl supports AptX but requires an app on Android to use it, so not sure if they'd work on linux even if it was supported
- deleted 8y ago
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cbsmith 8y ago
Yup. Ironically, they're Jabra earbuds. ;-)
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Anker SoundBuds. I've had them coming up to a year now and use them daily with my Ubuntu laptop with zero issues whatsoever. Sound quality isn't the greatest but they cost next to nothing so I'm not complaining.

by ikeboy 8y ago

PascLeRasc 8y ago

MEE Audio MB6 work fine for me on Elementary 5.0 Juno. They're also great for the gym and I'm pretty happy with the sound.

sexyrouter 8y ago

There are good ones on sale for AliExpress for $13, very good ones! I just gifted these to my girlfriend for Valentines. https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/M8BY17K https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/M8BY17K There are airpod clones there too

martin_a 8y ago

I'm experiencing the same issues with an IKEA speaker set which has also Bluetooth connectivity. Works fine with my One+ 3, but Ubuntu will always skip pieces of sound, when I do something else on the system. Now that I think about it, I will give it a try with Windows 10 on the second SSD to check whether it's a problem with the BT module of my Lenovo W520.

m348e912 8y ago

My apple airpods work well with my dell latitude. (skype conversations, music, etc) Frankly I was surprised it worked at all.

halbritt 8y ago
Likewise, mine work pretty well.

yaantc 8y ago

Unless I missed something, if it works it'll be with the SBC codec and it's not very good. For music the BT profile is the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). But this is just a transport, and on top of it there can be many codecs. The only mandatory codec is SBC [1], which is BT specific and not very good. YMMV, but I prefer using a wired headphone than BT SBC. There are other options, but then you need support on both ends. The best are AAC (Apple world), LDAC (Sony, all recent Android) and AptX HD (Android, Win10 I believe but TBC...). Those are supposed to be transparent, and for LDAC at least (the only one I have personal experience with) it is to my ears. Unfortunately last time I checked only SBC was supported on Linux... So I stick to wired on my Linux laptop, and use BT with LDAC on my smartphone only. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC_(codec)

delroth 8y ago
There 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 https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
- bubblethink 8y ago
  Why are these not upstream ? Are there patent issues ?
- yaantc 8y ago
  Thanks a lot! I did miss something new ;)
ikeboy 8y ago
Funcl supports AptX but requires an app on Android to use it, so not sure if they'd work on linux even if it was supported
deleted 8y ago
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cbsmith 8y ago

Yup. Ironically, they're Jabra earbuds. ;-)

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

Anker SoundBuds. I've had them coming up to a year now and use them daily with my Ubuntu laptop with zero issues whatsoever. Sound quality isn't the greatest but they cost next to nothing so I'm not complaining.