Headphone with microphone

[Peter Flynn]

On 29/08/2024 12:51, Sorin Srbu via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On tor, 2024-08-29 at 12:17 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:
[Vidonn headset built-in microphone fails to be recognised]

> The only headsets I've managed to get working with Zoom and Teams are
> corded USB and regular jacked headsets, and the Logitech Pro X wireless
> Gaming Headset.

This seems to accord with the idea that decent BT support is fatally 
broken under most Linux.

 > Using Kubuntu 22.04

I shall try it!

> I tried a known-to-work (according to several reports on the
> internets) Asus USB-BT400 USB-to-Bluetooth dongle with my Sony XM3
> and Bose QC35- II headsets.

Alas my desktop is a Dell XPS with some ghastly built-in BT which fails 
to connect almost everything, including Dell's own keyboards and mice. 
At next major upgrade I shall have to see if it can be disabled in the BIOS.

> At work I have a "HP ProBook 440 14 inch G9 Notebook PC" running
> Kubuntu 24.04 with which I use a wireless Logitech G930 headset 

I have a HP Envy 17" but it's running an old Mint. Definitely try the 
Kubuntu 20.04 from USB if I can.

> Forgive my comment, but bluetooth with anything Ubuntu-based seems
> to be a hot mess for me. I don't know if other linux distros are
> better.

Nope. I tried Arch, Fedora, and a couple of others. It's not the Linux 
per se, I think, but the almost completely useless BT and sound 
management packages which are just years behind.

The key seems to be that even if BT recognised the microphone, it is 
failing to pass that information to the Sound app, so it never appears. 
I did find someone saying that supporting bidirectional dual devices on 
the same BT pairing was a new feature several years ago, so perhaps I 
just wait.

Fortunately MOC plays all my music (through external speakers) without 
breaking sweat :-)

Thank you for all the valuable information.

> Forgot! Got a Bose Ultra replacement just the other day at work for
> the QC35-II headset.

Let us know!

Peter