Can WiiM help as a Bluetooth passthrough to various BT speakers?

[Karl]

I've been reading through the docs and I think WiiM Pro or mini *might* solve the problem I've got. I've ended up with an assortment of Bluetooth speakers scattered around the house, including two bathroom fans with them built in, but I can't really reliably use them with my phone because the minute one of them turns on it pairs to my phone and takes over as primary output. So I just don't have the bathroom fans paired because they take over any time that switch flicks, and leave the speakers for my record player on all the time (because if I flip them on suddenly my phone audio is pushing through them over a record).

I've been looking for some kind of middle-man and wonder if WiiM is a workable solution. I *don't* need multiple speakers to sync and play at the same time, I just need a moderator or receiver to pair to all the speakers that I can then pair to with my phone and route audio to the speaker I want at the moment.

Does that sound like it's in WiiM's wheelhouse?

 

[Wiimer]

I've been reading through the docs and I think WiiM Pro or mini *might* solve the problem I've got. I've ended up with an assortment of Bluetooth speakers scattered around the house, including two bathroom fans with them built in, but I can't really reliably use them with my phone because the minute one of them turns on it pairs to my phone and takes over as primary output. So I just don't have the bathroom fans paired because they take over any time that switch flicks, and leave the speakers for my record player on all the time (because if I flip them on suddenly my phone audio is pushing through them over a record).

I've been looking for some kind of middle-man and wonder if WiiM is a workable solution. I *don't* need multiple speakers to sync and play at the same time, I just need a moderator or receiver to pair to all the speakers that I can then pair to with my phone and route audio to the speaker I want at the moment.

Does that sound like it's in WiiM's wheelhouse?

Sorry, I may not have understood your question. WiiM can't transmit and receive Bluetooth at the same time. It works only for receiving or only sending.

 

[jfbuk]

Bluetooth for the most part does not support multicasting to multiple receiving devices from a single transmitter.
There is a technology . Auracast, that will do this over Bluetooth but its still in its infancy.

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Some manufacturers e.g. Bose, do have ways of sending content to multiple instance of their own speakers/headphones over Bluetooth but its a customised approach that may not work with OEM speakers .

 

[Karl]

Yeah Wiimer that's what I would need, something to relay so it would need to simultaneously receive and send.

I'll look into Auracast. I don't really need simultaneous multi-cast, would just want whatever intermediary appliance to remember multiple devices but only output to one at a time.

 

[Wiimer]

Yeah Wiimer that's what I would need, something to relay so it would need to simultaneously receive and send.

I'll look into Auracast. I don't really need simultaneous multi-cast, would just want whatever intermediary appliance to remember multiple devices but only output to one at a time.

You may be able to do it by using two WiiM and relaying it with an optical cable. One WiiM is used as a transmitter and the other as a receiver. However, if you only need Bluetooth, you can use a cheaper Bluetooth transmitter to achieve your goal.

 

[Karl]

I'm starting to talk myself into seeing what I can put together on my own with a Raspberry Pi. Been a while since I've had a little project

 

[jfbuk]

Hi Karl,

if you decide to go RPi route then you may want to take a look at Home assistant that has some Bluetooth integration smarts.

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