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bluetuith - A TUI based bluetooth manager v0.1.7 is released (darkhz.github.io)
submitted 1 year ago by darkhz@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hello Lemmy,

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager for Linux, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls.

This release contains the following new features:

  • Adapter status display, which will dynamically show whether the adapter is in any of the powered/discoverable/pairable/scanning states

  • A HJSON based configuration format, with customizable keybindings and optional config file generation

  • Popup resize and mouse-handling improvements. Each popup can now be closed by pressing the 'X' button

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

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[-] aSingularFemboyHooter@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Coming at this from a very basic level, but I'm wondering if this could help me.

I have such an unnecessarily hard time with Bluetooth. I have all kinds of devices (usually speakers, headphones and such) which I don't use, because switching them between input devices can be like pulling teeth.

For example:

  • at my desk with my wired headphones watching something in tbe background I'm enjoying
  • need to do something at my workbench, which has a chromecast on a monitor
  • I can cast the video there, but I don't want to use the big speakers because it's late
  • my small wireless speaker is paired to my phone, I can't remember how to re-pair, don't want to go through Chromecast settings
  • same with my earbuds
  • end up 'watching' on my phone because it's too much effort to use the actual TV!

I've been thinking about making a physical central BT 'broadcaster' which I pair everything to. It would be able to take multiple aux or bluetooth inputs, and would have a switch or mixer to control the inputs.

Would something like this help with any of those issues without having to build something like that (which also wouldn't be optimal)?

Im on mobile, and some of those features have gone way over my head!

[-] darkhz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You have quite an interesting situation here. You could use a good Bluetooth adapter, pair all your devices to it, and maybe use pulseaudio/pipewire (depending on what your system uses) to manage audio inputs/outputs?

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