AirPods get stuck in low-quality 16 kHz audio mode when starting a VM

Post by voltagex_ » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:13 AM UTC

ddingus wrote: post #91

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I prefer wires in almost every situation (just upgraded to a 16 port switch because I have enough wired devices in the house for it now), especially for audio... but in this case I’m in meetings a lot, I listen to songs sometimes in between, and I move around my office quite a bit. I struggled with a decent USB headset for a while, but after five or so times almost breaking my computer from moving my arm and catching…

Yeah. I have some bluetooth gear. I so very rarely use it, but like you, there are times, right? I just do not expect much. If it pairs and does anything, cool. Get it done, ditch it quick. When it works well? Total fucking bonus! I have that gear due to a couple well meant gifts. Like most things, it goes in my road bag. I have a very wide variety of bits in there accumulated over 20 some years. Can handle a ton of…

Post by epistasis » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:20 AM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #96

cptskippy wrote: post #92

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> I'm constantly surprised by how terrible it is even in high price ranges. Car makers don't really care. They want features on a list to check off and don't care how well they work. You can't return. The car easily after a month of frustration and realization that the car is the problem not you or your phone trying to interface with them.

Two things: * It's probably not anyone's job to make it better [1] * They're probably just buying the IVI module from someone else and slapping some logos on it. [2] 1: I'm misremembering or can't find a talk by Seth Godin along the lines of "everything sucks because it's no one's specific job to make it better" 2: https://www.genivi.org/compliant-products

Post by dexterdog » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:22 AM UTC

wildmusings wrote: post #76

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I wouldn't be surprised, but my frustration is a poor implementation or unintuitive implementation. Quite a few cars go into USB-mode as soon as you attach a phone--almost 100% of the time they just want to charge their phone and already have things set up via Bluetooth or the radio. iPhones won't let you play through the phone if you have an attached audio device. Some cars seem to be able to do album art and track…

I have a 2017 Mini and I have all these problems. The audio clips and has other issues when played over USB, but not Bluetooth. So I have to choose between good audio and charging my phone. I’m about to buy a USB adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter just to fix this problem. Just as you describe, the entertainment system UI is god awful too.

Post by ianlevesque » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:25 AM UTC

Post by dexterdog » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #88

DiabloD3 wrote: post #35

I will also repeat what has been said about twelve times thus far: Enabling microphone makes Bluetooth headsets turn into pure shit. Guess what 5.0 finally allows as per spec? You can use any codec you want for telephony mode, including 44.1 stereo + 44.1 mono SBC. Guess what Apple does not implement, and guess what every 5.0 headset I've seen so far also does not implement? Sigh. Bluetooth is 20 years old this year,…

I will pay upwards of $1000AUD for a headset that correctly implements the 5.0 spec with a reasonable (read: more than SBC) set of codecs. Then I've just got to find a source that can drive it... Edit: removed incorrect stuff about the Note 9 - it's listed as Bluetooth v5.0 (LE up to 2 Mbps).