I can confirm that pulseaudio-dlna works, however:
it downsamples your audio to 192 bps mp3 (at least with default settings i see `parec --format=s16le -d wiim_dlna.monitor | lame -b 192 -r -`)
the lag is significant and prevents you from watching movies.
Bluetooth problem is still there and...
Thank you for the ideas, @bowsandarrows!
> out of interest - have you tried any of the external bluetooth dongles? like USB or something??
Today I've tried with USB Bluetooth dongle "TP-Link UB400" with the same result.
swyh-rs looks promising - it discovers WiiM, but something is wrong on...
> have you made any progress on this, OP?
No. Updated bluetooth stack, tried live-booting other distros, checking WiiM firmware upgrades weekly.
The best I can do from the linux laptop is Spotify streaming.
I've accepted the fact that linux users are not the target audience of this product.
Dear community,
Does any of you use linux clients with WiiM Mini?
I do not see Linux as a supported platform on a website, but I expected at least normal bluetooth to work.
Opened a support ticket, lets see what happens.
Bluetooth
Put my WiiM into bluetooth input via mobile app, made it...
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