Bluetoothīluetooth support for PulseAudio is enabled out of the box.
#Audio blocks install#
You can install it with npm install balena-audio see for usage and examples. On this note, we built a companion javascript library that exposes the most common use cases with an easy to use interface, these include changing the volume, listening to play/stop events, etc. Libraries that manipulate PA over dbus won't work because we don't run the pulse dbus daemon. You should be able to use any existing library that implements the PA client protocol over TCP/UNIX sockets (some examples: Python, Rust, JavaScript), or you could even write your own.
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If you need to manipulate the block's behavior at runtime you can connect to the PulseAudio server, send commands and receive data or events from it. Initial volume level for the default audio output device. If you plug both the HDMI and the 3.5mm audio jack it will use the latter. NUCs have automatic output detection and switching. RPI_HDMI1: Secondary HDMI port (only Raspberry Pi 4) Deprecated for devices running Linux kernel 5.4 or newer. RPI_AUTO: BCM2835 automatic audio switching as described here. Note that you can't use this to set custom sinks as default, in that case use set-default-sink on your custom pa script. : If you know the sink name you can force set it too. DAC: Force default output to be an attached GPIO based DAC Priority is USB > DAC > HEADPHONES > HDMI The following environment variables allow some degree of configuration: Environment variableĬan also be changed at runtime by using the companion library An easy way to do so is by including the following instruction in your Dockerfile:ĬMD Environment variables Setting up the ALSA bridge requires extra configuration steps on your containers so we created a few bash scripts to simplify the process:īefore making use of audio capabilities you should run this script. audio-app -> ALSA -> PulseAudio -> ALSA -> Audio Hardware
#Audio blocks free#
Here is a non-exhaustive list of applications with PulseAudio backend that have been tested to work, feel free to PR more: audio-app -> PulseAudio -> ALSA -> Audio Hardware We've also included some examples in the examples folder (along with the docker-compose.yml file) so be sure to check that as well for implementation details.įor applications with PulseAudio support, the audio is routed as follows: Read on for details on both alternatives. If your application does not have native support for the PulseAudio backend you'll need to use your container's ALSA backend to bridge over to PulseAudio. Most applications do, though some might require installing or configuring additional packages.
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For this to work your application must have built-in support for PulseAudio as an audio backend. Setting these environment variables will instruct your application to route audio to the PulseAudio server on the audio container. Optional The PulseAudio source your application will get audio from. If you want to select which output to use, for example HDMI or audio jack for a Raspberry Pi use the AUDIO_OUTPUT env var on the block to select the output device. Unless you are building a complex audio application we don't recommend setting this variable. If not set, the block will use the PulseAudio default sink. Optional The PulseAudio sink your application will send audio to. TCP socket: PULSE_SERVER=tcp:audio:4317 UNIX socket: PULSE_SERVER=unix:/run/pulse/pulseaudio.socket Depending on the communication protocol you want to use it can be: Required Address of the PulseAudio server which you want to connect to. We recommend setting them in the Dockerfile. Note that they must be set on your client container, where your audio application is running and not on the block itself. In order to route audio through the audio block there are a few environment variables you'll need to set. 'pulse:/run/pulse ' # Only required if using PA over UNIX socket Send/receive audio
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'pulse:/run/pulse ' # Only required if using PA over UNIX socket my-audio-app: 4317:4317 # Only required if using PA over TCP socket volumes:
#Audio blocks Bluetooth#
Io.: 1 # Only required for bluetooth support ports: Image: bh.cr/balenablocks/audio- # where is one of rpi, armv7hf, aarch64 or amd64 privileged: true labels: Pulse: # Only required if using PA over UNIX socket services: