No Audio Played on Bluetooth Devices when Output is Set to Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP)

[Ang Bongsong]

This is currently occurring with pavucontrol 2.0-2, and pulseaudio 1:4.0, under Xubuntu 14.04.2 and Xfce 4.12.

Simply, the only way I can get audio playing on Bluetooth devices is by setting it to A2DP (High Fidelity Playback). If I switch it to HSP/HFP, I hear the sound for less than a second, then it goes completely mute. Strangely PulseAudio Volume Control will show it as streaming to the device. I've checked the volume and it doesn't matter whether it's at 1% or 100%. No sound after a few milliseconds.

[Jeremy (wa113y3s)]

post result of

usb-devices

[Ang Bongsong (notinsideofhereiamnotinside)]

it's not connected through usb, and the only devices i have connected through usb are a hard drive, and the logitech unifier for my wireless mouse.

[Jeremy (wa113y3s)]

Your bluetooth device will likely register as a USB device and you could also post the result of
dmesg | grep firmware

[Jeremy (wa113y3s)]

I would also like you to
sudo update-usbids

and look at

lsusb

I would bet that you have a broadcom wifi card by the bug report symptoms

[Ang Bongsong (notinsideofhereiamnotinside)]

all while the Jam Rewind is paired

usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 2
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.13
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.13.0-500-generic ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1a.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 6
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=8087 ProdID=8008 Rev=00.05
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 2
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.13
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.13.0-500-generic ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 8
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=8087 ProdID=8000 Rev=00.05
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh=14
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.13
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.13.0-500-generic xhci_hcd
S: Product=xHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:14.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#= 5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=14cd ProdID=6116 Rev=02.20
S: Manufacturer=Generic
S: Product=USB Mass Storage Device
S: SerialNumber=116AC2101219
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=05 Cnt=02 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=046d ProdID=c52b Rev=12.01
S: Manufacturer=Logitech
S: Product=USB Receiver
C: #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=98mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid
I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=06 Cnt=03 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=8087 ProdID=07da Rev=78.69
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb

T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=07 Cnt=04 Dev#= 4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=5986 ProdID=0400 Rev=06.10
S: Manufacturer=Bison
S: Product=BisonCam, NB Pro
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0e(vi...