Hi All
I have a JB PW4 on 5.10.1.3 (thx @ilovejedd).
I'd like to know if there is a way to play non-amazon audiobooks using a bluetooth connected headset?
I've searched but cant find anything recent on this. I'd really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.
can't be done
there is no mp3 decoder in kindle PW
the only format it can decode is audible
perhaps another application exists for playing m4b/mp3/etc?
the unit happily displays epubs if i use koreader after all - not audio decoding, i know.
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Any idea if mplayer would function on the pw4 as with older pw's?
A legit MP3 decoder needs a llcence.
Old kindles had one, newer ones do not
If you are all in on software piracy, you may find something, but I doubt you will find it here
Though MP3 is now out of copyright.
Likely Amazon only want Audible on a PW4.
The PW3 does text to speech via USB audio, no idea if it does MP3s. Ghastly interface and you need to install two official Amazon downloads.
The Keyboard and DXG have a 3.5mm jack and do play MP3s, but terrible interface, useless except for text to speech.
Use your phone.
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perhaps another application exists for playing m4b/mp3/etc?
the unit happily displays epubs if i use koreader after all - not audio decoding, i know.
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Any idea if mplayer would function on the pw4 as with older pw's?
Don't know, but as I have used it on my K3 I might be able to check it out. Using kterm when I have a bluetooth device detected shows the following possibly related processes running:
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root 2319 1 0 12:14 ? 00:00:00 audiomgrd
root 2331 1 0 12:14 ? 00:00:00 btd -f
root 2342 1 0 12:14 ? 00:00:00 bsa_server -d /dev/ttymxc2 -u /var/local/zbluetooth/ -p /opt/brcm_4343w/bluetooth/firmware/BCM4343A1_001.002.009.0083.0380.hcd -lpm
root 2359 2 0 12:14 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/u2:0]
I am making this guess due to the start time and presence of "audio" or "blue" in the text of the process. The question is if mplayer can work with whichever of these handles audio.
Dave
PS: copied the mplayer binary onto the PW4 and it will run from kterm, so need to try the various options and see what happens.
I have now installed usbnet to my pw4 and successfully configured so that I can ssh via WiFi to it. I copied some mp3 files over, connected my bluetooth headset and attempted to play one with mplayer. It acts as if it is playing, but no sound. Here is what I see in ssh:
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[root@kindle root]# /mnt/us/extensions/mplayer/mplayer /mnt/us/music/01-Diamond_Star.mp3
MPlayer 1.0rc4-4.4.5 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
Playing /mnt/us/music/01-Diamond_Star.mp3.
Audio only file format detected.
Clip info: Title: Diamond Star Artist: Point Valid with Catherine A.. Album: Diamond Star Year: 2009 Comment: Track 1 Track: 1 Genre: Alternative Rock
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4154:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4154:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4154:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4633:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
[AO_ALSA] Playback open error: No such file or directory
DVB card number must be between 1 and 4
AO: [null] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A: 19.7 (19.6) of 310.0 (05:10.0) 19.6%
MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: play_audio
A: 19.7 (19.6) of 310.0 (05:10.0) 19.6%
Exiting... (Quit)
[root@kindle root]#
So either I need to add some options to mplayer or perhaps some additional drivers need to be added or the bluetooth configuration must be tweaked.
Anyone familiar with bluetooth audio support on linux? I would appreciate some guidance before I go further.
Dave
Just did a bit more searching and looking over my pw4. It appears that ALSA is part of the pw4 linux support. Unfortunately aplay -l shows no soundcards found even with bluetooth enabled and my headset attached.
A web search appears to indicate that I need to install the Bluez package and the bluez-alsa package to get this working.
Has anyone installed these to a pw4? Where can I get the proper packages for the pw4, which uname indicates is an armv7l based system? How can it be installed? I don't see apt-get or dpkg-deb present, so I don't know what tools are used for the installation.
Any further help would be appreciated.
Dave
I had yet another thought and it might provide the missing support.
I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi zero W and am using it with my audio/visual system to overcome the limitations of my "Smart" HDTV and my "Smart" Blu-Ray player. The 0w uses a derivative of Debian Buster and uname -a shows:
Linux raspberrypi 4.19.97+ #1294 Thu Jan 30 13:10:54 GMT 2020 armv6l GNU/Linux
My pw4 shows:
Linux kindle 4.1.15-lab126 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 27 03:27:44 PST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
Both systems are ARM processors. Both provide ALSA and neither provide pulseaudio. The repositories for the RPi include the missing Bluez packages. This suggested to me that I might find what I need in the Debian repositories.
As it happens this linux kernel coresponds to Debian Stretch and the Bluez packages are indeed there. Would these be compatible with the pw4? How can I install them if they are?
Dave
Nope, Kindle is softfloat, while the Pi will be hardfloat. It's also using a recent kernel (which is less of an issue with Rex/Zelda), and a much newer glibc (which is most likely going to be an an issue).
I don't recall which ancient arm softfloat Debian release people were pulling binaries from.
