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pipewire package

No AAC codec for Pipewire on Ubuntu Kinetic

Bug #1991936 reported by Sarath Kumar
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pipewire (Debian)
New
Unknown
pipewire (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

The AAC codec is not showing up in the sound settings when a device that is capable of that codec is connected, but other supported codecs do work.Tested using the Sony WH1000XM4 and other bluetooth devices that support the codec.

See original description
Tags: kinetic a2dp
Sarath Kumar (sarath1807)
summary: - No AAC codec for Pipewie on Ubuntu Kinetic
+ No AAC codec for Pipewire on Ubuntu Kinetic
description: updated
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

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apport-collect 1991936

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Aaron Rainbolt (arraybolt3) wrote :

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When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

affects: linux (Ubuntu) → pipewire (Ubuntu)
Changed in pipewire (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Dylan Aïssi (daissi) wrote :

See related issues:
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fdk-aac/+bug/1977614
- https://bugs.debian.org/981285

Changed in pipewire (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: a2dp kinetic
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pipewire (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Nikita Koval (nikodll) wrote :

The problem was solved when I added the upstream repo:

add-apt-repository ppa:pipewire-debian/pipewire-upstream

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Stephan Roth (nanobonk) wrote :

libspa-codec-bluez5-aac.so is not part of libspa-0.2-bluetooth, see https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/amd64/libspa-0.2-bluetooth/filelist

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Anton Alexandrenok (the-spyke) wrote :

As I understand both AAC and aptX are not "free" codecs and so are disabled during the build. Miltiverse has libraries required for these codes, but PipeWire is in Universe and can't depend on Multiverse.

AAC and aptX are the main codecs for Bluetooth headsets nowadays. It is not convenient without them. Maybe Ubuntu could add these codecs to Universe and install them with the "3-rd party software and media formats" checkbox selected?

There is also a PPA rebuilding PipeWire from Universe with support of AAC/aptX:

https://launchpad.net/~aglasgall/+archive/ubuntu/pipewire-extra-bt-codecs

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