I just got a Sonos Line-In Adapter which I want to use to attach between the analog line out of a small radio and a laptop. I then want to pass the signal through the laptop to a bluetooth amp.
I started out first just trying to get the signal to the laptop and selecting the audio capture device with VLC. I had just one option on the drop down list, hw,0,0.
I selected that and could hear the signal with earphones and it sounded OK.
I later ran into some issues making the bluetooth connection and it looks to be an issue with a missing dependency. I tried a number of suggestions and uninstalled and reinstalled some drivers, etc. It still doesn’t connect to the amp via bluetooth.
I went back to VLC and the signal from the radio through the Sonos adapter. I noticed two things. First there was lots of static and noise and I could hear the signal, but it was very weak. I also noticed in the drop down box there were two options listed, hw,0,0 and hw1,0. The first one had all the noise and if I selected the second one there was no noise or signal.
I think the new option was probably due to the changes I made.
I also later noticed that if I listed with earphones plugged into the radio with the line out while the cable, Sonos adapter while it was plugged into the laptop that I would hear a lot of noise. If I unplugged it from the laptop the noise went away.
I’m posting here not for help with the bluetooth side of things, but more to get thoughts on if maybe the inline adapter itself may have an issue. The line out is from a radio with just a very small speaker to begin with. It isn’t from a speaker out of an amp. It seems like just the sort of signal the adapter is meant for, but maybe these things fail sometimes. When I first plugged it in things sounded fine. It was the next day that I noticed the noise. it was connected to both devices the whole time so it was processing the signal for 24 hours or so. But that is hours, not weeks, months or years.
I have an android phone with VLC but that version of VLC doesn’t have the option to select a capture source to test it.
Thought I’d get some input on this end of my issue while I try to sort out the other side of things
