Broadcomm WIDCOMM A2DP Quality Adjustment

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Published on 2009-09-22T18:17:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 9:01 UTC
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So I got a sweet pair of bluetooth A2DP headphones for a sweet, sweet price (Motorola A805, if you were wondering). They sound great paired with an iPhone.

However, when I pair with a computer using the latest and greatest WIDCOMM drivers, the quality is quite poor, almost un-listenable... clicking, popping, scratching. The remedy on one machine was using BlueSoleil, another bluetooth stack, as there is an adjustment for the Bitpool settings that allow you to jack the quality up. Sounds great. However, the bluetooth chipset in my other machine is not supported by BlueSoleil... so I'm stuck with the WIDCOMM stack.

So the question is... Is there an undocumented way to turn up the quality for A2DP in the WIDCOMM drivers?

first question on SU, usually lurking on SO.. =]

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