Bluetooth headphone bug

[HavoK]

I have WH-100XM4 Bluetooth headphones. These headphone announce each time it connects to a Bluetooth device.

Anytime go from desktop mode to gaming mode the headphones spams …Bluetooth connected.. Bluetooth disconnected.. connected.. disconnected. Happens about three or four times.

Reproduction steps are go from desktop mode to game mode when headphones are on and paired but not connected. Final result will be headphones are connected when they shouldn’t be.

Same issue will occur even if you go from game mode to desktop mode, just without the spam

[Marlock]

Valve did something a bit unusual when they created Gaming mode... they created a separate user login for it that calls for the use of those separate components (mostly Gamescope) that make it great...

Unfortunately that means when switching modes you're effectively doing a logout from one user then a login to the other user, which causes some discontinuities like the one you described

Maybe they can work this out, but I wouldn't keep my hopes high... in any case it doesn't hurt to ask, and you've explained your issue pretty thoroughly

[HavoK]

Originally posted by Marlock:

Valve did something a bit unusual when they created Gaming mode... they created a separate user login for it that calls for the use of those separate components (mostly Gamescope) that make it great...

I’m not sure what they are using under the hood but say for connman you can sync the current state and settings to another user by copying the files over. I imagine they could do the same every time before the switch. Or even better have every user refer to a common set of state or setting files.

It would just lead to more seamless experience

[Marlock]

yeah, makes sense...

it would still spam "connected" and "disconnected" a few times in each mode switch, but at least would end up on the correct state afterwards

[shadowsc133]

Unrelated question with the same headphone. My wh-1000xm4 Bluetooth headset works fine for 10-15 minutes in Horizon Zero Dawn (game mode), until it "clicks" like it momentarily disconnected (less than 1s) and the audio stays 2-3s out of sync.

Have you encountered audio sync issues with yours?

[HavoK]

Originally posted by shadowsc133:

Unrelated question with the same headphone. My wh-1000xm4 Bluetooth headset works fine for 10-15 minutes in Horizon Zero Dawn (game mode), until it "clicks" like it momentarily disconnected (less than 1s) and the audio stays 2-3s out of sync.

Have you encountered audio sync issues with yours?

I haven't played HZD on the deck but for other games in my personal experience once connected it stays connected, I haven't had drop issues. Maybe play around with headphone settings in the app on your phone, Try disabling DSEE extreme or turning off Adaptive sound control.

[shadowsc133]

Originally posted by HavoK:

Originally posted by shadowsc133:

Unrelated question with the same headphone. My wh-1000xm4 Bluetooth headset works fine for 10-15 minutes in Horizon Zero Dawn (game mode), until it "clicks" like it momentarily disconnected (less than 1s) and the audio stays 2-3s out of sync.

Have you encountered audio sync issues with yours?

I haven't played HZD on the deck but for other games in my personal experience once connected it stays connected, I haven't had drop issues. Maybe play around with headphone settings in the app on your phone, Try disabling DSEE extreme or turning off Adaptive sound control.

Disabling DSEE didn't fix, but led me to try something else: the "Connect to 2 devices simultaneously" option.

As soon as I turned that off the desynchronization stopped.

Weird that I have been using for over a month and this is the only game where this happens. It wasn't happy to be connected to my SD and phone at the same time.

Thanks for pointing the way!