NOT NEEDED WITH 0.3.21 OR GIT VERSION | PipeWire Pulse Server Bluetooth Auto-Switch

btswitch

#!/bin/bash
#
# ~/.local/bin/btswitch
#

# wait a second this is too fast for udev
sleep 1

btdev="$(pactl list sinks|grep Name|grep 'bluez.*.a2dp.sink'|sed 's/Name: //'|sed 's/\s//')"
if [ -n "$btdev" ]; then
  echo "Found bluetooth device: $btdev"
else
  echo "Could not find bluetooth device, exiting..."
  exit 1
fi

echo "Setting default sink to the found bluetooth device..."
echo "Running pactl set-default-sink $btdev"
pactl set-default-sink "$btdev"

echo "Setting default volume of sink to 26%"
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ 26%

echo "Moving all sink inputs to the default sink..."
for i in $(pactl list sink-inputs|grep 'Sink Input'|sed 's/Sink Input #//'); do
  echo "Moving sink input $i to the default sink..."
  pactl move-sink-input $i @DEFAULT_SINK@
done

pipewire-pulse-bt-switch.service

#
# ~/.config/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse-bt-switch.service
#
[Unit]
Description=Pipewire Pulse Server Auto Switch to Bluetooth

[Service]
ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/btswitch

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

pipewire-pulse-bt.rules

#
# /etc/udev/rules.d/pipewire-pulse-bt.rules
#
# phys: bt controller mac
# name: bt device name
SUBSYSTEM=="input",ATTRS{phys}=="0c:54:15:b5:cf:ec",ATTR{name}=="Bose SoundSport (AVRCP)",ACTION=="add",TAG+="systemd",ENV{SYSTEMD_USER_WANTS}+="pipewire-pulse-bt-switch.service"

@Irimi1 Thanks, I appreciate it!

Just now, I noticed that my default sink wasn't set to my USB speaker automatically when connected. The speaker is listed as a sink and I can set it as the default manually using pactl set-default-sink <sink_name>, but I'm wondering whether this is worth mentioning in an official bug report also. I'm running Pipewire v0.3.32 on Fedora 34.

@stutteringsteve you should drop by the #pipewire IRC channel on OFTC and ask.
In general, it should work, but a recent change was introduced for compatibility with some desktop environments, so maybe you hit this edge case and next release, 0.3.33, will fix it.

I'm using Sway, so this patch seems like it could very well resolve this issue. I'll await v0.3.33 on Fedora before jumping on #pipewire. Thank you!

How do I get ATTRS{phys} & ATTR{name} of my bluetooth device ?