a2dp bluetooth problem on 14.04

Question

I have a pair of Bose AE2w headphones that initially connect fine with Bluetooth on 14.04. I can select the headphones and choose A2DP output, and everything works.

If the connection times out due to inactivity or from hibernation, and I reactivate the headphones, the Bluetooth connection is re-established, but A2DP does not work only HSP.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Solution

I found this in other tread... it worked for me:

Had the same problem fixed it with:

pactl list cards short

to get the device id. Then I did

pactl set-card-profile x a2dp

where X is your device id.

found it by reading No A2DP streaming audio from 12.04 to Bluetooth headset

Comments

[John Croft]

Missed the email that alerted me to this answer, but followed the recommendations in the link provided and also checked a couple of other answers under that question, but still no success. There is improvement in that if I disable the bluetooth connection to the headset in system settings, I can re-enable it later and have it work. But if it times out the connection or the connection is lost due to hibernation or suspension, then I still have to remove and re-pair the headset to get A2DP sound.

[Nigini]

This solution didn't work for me. =/ I get a "Failure: Input/Output error".

[Ciprian Tomoiagă]

@Nigini have you found a solution ?