I just installed Cosmic (Pop_OS! 22.04) into my second laptop, Thinkpad X270. Using it with bluetooth headphones is a bit annoying. It gives audio only on right side when using the high quality option. In hands-free mode audio comes out of both sides.

Is there a fix which I could apply by myself? Cosmic doesn’t offer (yet) a built-in balance adjustment so I don’t know if it’s just the balance.

Still it’s the best desktop and especially cosmic app store is best I’ve ever tried, including mobile.

  • CM400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    I have a similar problem with my system (not on cosmic yet) where no matter how I connect them, I only get mono, but in both sides…

    • ownsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Try installing blueman or another bluetooth utility

      Run blueman and select a different, high quality codec after you connect (you’ll probably have to do this every time you connect)

      • CM400@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I think blueman is what I’m using now, I’ll try a different codec. Thanks!

  • ownsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    I’ve given up on bluetooth and linux, I had trouble getting the high quality codecs to work consistently on either COSMIC or Gnome PopOS. Keeps defaulting to the low quality codecs.

    Now I just use my DAC and wired headphones with a 3 meter cord

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      21·
      1 month ago

      had issue for year connecting controllers via bluetooth, then tried irt randomly and now it just works lol

      black magic or updates i guess

  • Quack Doc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    I use pavucontrol-qt for managing this stuff. It works great. It gives you a selection of the available codecs in the configuration tab.