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Welcome to the bluez-alsa project wiki!
[!WARNING] BlueALSA release 5.0.0 uses new names for some core components:
- The
bluealsadaemon is now calledbluealsad- The
bluealsa-cliutility is now calledbluealsactlThis wiki has been updated for use with release 5.0.0 and later. See the wiki guide Migrating from release 4.3.1 or earlier for more information.
Building and Installing BlueALSA
- Patents and copyright relating to Bluetooth codecs
- Installation from source
- Migrating from release 4.3.1 or earlier
System Integration
- Bluetooth pairing and connecting
- Systemd integration
- JACK integration
- PipeWire or PulseAudio integration ( experimental )
Manual Pages
The manual pages not are part of the wiki, they are included in the project sources. However, for convenience we include links to the latest versions here.
To see the manual page for an earlier release, click the link to the latest release above, then click on the branch selector button near the top of the page, click on the "Tags" tab and select the required release tag.
The D-Bus API documentation is also in manual page format:
BlueALSA ALSA Plugins
- Using BlueALSA with other ALSA plugins
- Using BlueALSA as default ALSA PCM
- Using BlueALSA with HFP and HSP devices
bluealsa-aplay
BLE MIDI
D-Bus API
Specific Use Case Descriptions
Articles contributed by users describing their own use of BlueALSA. Some of these articles may be outdated as the original authors might not always continue to maintain them.
- Setting up a USB audio device as a Bluetooth speaker under Ubuntu
- Using BlueALSA with dmix
- Using bluealsa-aplay with dsnoop
Archived Pages
These pages apply to older releases of BlueALSA
- Using the BlueALSA ALSA pcm plugin (for release 3.1.0 and earlier)
- Systemd integration (outdated version)