Pi Zero Bluetooth Audio Receiver

This video will show you how to do it step by step and introduce you to some of the key bluetooth concepts.

Pi zero bluetooth audio receiver. When a bluetooth device connects the pi routes the connection through to pulse audio and bluetooth discoverability is turned off. Bluetooth connection automatically pairs and connects without needing to input a pin on either side. Much of the articles and configurations on the web are for older version of debian 7 x which worked correctly with older versions of pulseaudio. Raspberry pi3 b with raspbian stretch 2019 04 08 raspberry pi4 b with raspbian buster 2019 09 26 3 5 mm plug speaker rumfo mini speaker smartphone iphone.

If you ve got an amplifier or receiver that has an hdmi input you can also use the hdmi output of the raspberry pi to transfer a digital audio signal. This essentially enables the i2s sound interface on the raspberry pi gpio pins enabling the external dac to receive and process the audio output. Bluetooth audio sink a2dp sink enables raspberry pi to receive audio from other bluetooth devices e g. Devices like phones tablets and computers can play audio via this receiver.

Plenty of people have attempted to get a bluetooth receiver working some less. I have tried to make the easiest installation process as possible. Raspberry pi bluetooth airplay audio receiver combo. Pi zero w as a bluetooth audio receiver.

Airplay works just as any other airplay speaker. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Smartphone and play it through the connected speaker. Bluetooth audio receiver a2dp sink with raspberry pi after much trial and error i have managed to configure raspberry pi to function as a bluetooth audio receiver also known as a2dp sink mode.

Raspberry pi with bluetooth support tested wth raspberry pi 3 4 and zero w or usb dongle. Turn your raspberry pi into a high quality bluetooth audio receiver. A simple light weight audio receiver with bluetooth a2dp airplay spotify connect and upnp. Let s make a bluetooth audio receiver allowing you hook up your r pi to your stereo and use your phone as the sound source to be honest this is not a unique project.

Posted by 1 year ago. For the hardware i decided to use raspberry pi zero w accompanied with phat dac for the audio output. This thread is archived. Below are my setup.

Any bluetooth enabled device with the a2dp advanced audio distribution profile support will be able to push audio to the pi through its analog default or hdmi speaker output. Pi zero w as a bluetooth audio receiver. The project essentially is an audio receiver which allows audio streaming via bluetooth and airplay.