On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 08:50:58AM +0000, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 20 January 2014 17:59, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
I've done Android Tablet -> Bluetooth -> Speakers which seems to work OK, does using the HDMI offer any advantages over using Bluetooth (e.g. better quality)?
The only advantages I'm working with at the moment are: the stick has an HDMI port that would be more "tidy" if used than not used, and it doesn't have bluetooth so that means sticking a bluetooth USB adapter in. Neither are big reasons (I'm pretty sure the bluetooth USB adapters you can easily pick up from Poundland and similar stores will work fine so it's not a cost issue!)
OK, makes sense. In my case I'm looking for the simplest way to provide sound and a tablet (all Android tablets seem to have Bluetooth) plus some powered speakers and a Bluetooth receiver is what I'm using.
Also, in some rooms I already have stereo equipment so the idea would be to bring audio into the AUX input on that, rather than directly to speakers. (If a stereo has the ability to take audio via bluetooth from a mobile phone, I assume that would allow me to send it from the Linux box that way instead?)
You could use a little Bluetooth receiver like I have just bought, it cost £5.99 from a eBay seller.
On the other hand if I want to put something into a room which currently has nothing maybe bluetooth makes more sense in that instance. However I assume that bluetooth would add some latency? The whole idea is that the audio between rooms would be synchronised. (I am of-course assuming that the HDMI output wouldn't add any latency which may well be a faulty assumption.)
Hmm, not sure about the latency issue. In our case we nearly always want *different* things in different rooms, e.g. someone is cooking in the kitchen listening to cricket on 5-live sports extra, I'm in my study listening to Cajun music and there's someone in the lounge listening to orchestral music. Each needs a 'local' way of selecting what they're listening to.