This is a little howto for getting a2play to work with beep-media-player. You need Breezy Badger, it will not work Hoary. a2play is a package from bluetooth-alsa (http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/) I'm sorry for my bad english but I will do my best.
First of all, make sure you have a bluetooth STEREO headset that supports the advanced audio distribution profile (bluetooth:a2dp)
For installing bluetooth-alsa, use this tutorial FIRST. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=52296&highlight=bluetooth-alsa It will not work without.
After this is done , install this: sudo apt-get install mpg123
You should now have the following syntax working: mpg123 --au - file.mp3 | ./a2play 00:0D:3C:30:32:AD You should remember from the tutorial above that you can find your mac address of your headset by "hcitool scan".
I suppose you all have beep-media-player installed If not do so.
Now you have to install sox like this: sudo apt-get install sox
You should make a "asoundrc" file. It may not exist. Create it in your home directory like this: gedit .asoundrc
put the following text in it:
pcm.stdout { type file slave.pcm null file /dev/stdout }
It 's best to reboot the system now. I don't know if that is exacly nessesary.
Now start beep-media-player and select within preferences the alsa sound driver. Chose plugin and the output tab. Choose preferences again of the alsa-driver and with selected audio device, type the following:
pcm.stdout
If you start now your beep-media-player from the command-line it should throug stdout.
Make sure you have a2play installed in the /usr/bin
Now you can use beep-media-player like this:
beep-media-player | sox -c 2 -t raw -r 44100 -w -s - -t au - | a2play -p 00:08:E0:09:75:6F
This should work. You should now hear sound through your bluetooth headset from beep-media-player
Now make a liitle script and call it like this "play.sh" put the following inside the script
#!/bin/sh beep-media-player -p "$1$2$3$4$5$6$7" | sox -c 2 -t raw -r 44100 -w -s - -t au - | a2play -p 00:08:E0:09:75:6F done
Make the file executable "chmod a+x". And put it in your home directory
Now from nautilus, right click an mp3 file, choose properties, choose "open with" tab, choose "add" and locate play.sh Select it as favorite to open mp3
now if you click an mp3 it should work.
Good luck
Redman