# Ubuntu -\> Running Service -\> Pulseaudio Bluetooth no Sound

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800>\
**Category:** Help and support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800 "2021-03-10T07:46:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![HansWerner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@HansWerner](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/HansWerner)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800/1 "2021-03-10T07:46:33Z")

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Hi Community,

I need some assistance.

Mopidy runs as a Service on an Ubuntu machine.

I am looking to stream the mopidy sound over bluetooth to an hifi receiver.

Bluetooth speaker is connected and I get sound from Ubuntu on the speaker.

But mopidy isn’t able to play sound to the speaker.

Following configs i have made:

set etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf

[audio]  
output = pulseaudio server:127.0.0.1

set etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1

In Ubuntu

set user mopidy to the bluetooth group

If I try to play tunein internet radio the stream breaks after 4 sec and there is no sound.

Has anyone an idea for my problem?

Regards

HansWerner

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**Author:** ![bsaund](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/bsaund/32/1934_2.png) [@bsaund](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/bsaund)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800/2 "2021-03-16T18:02:38Z")

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I ran into an issue getting sound using mopidy over bluetooth on a raspberry pi, but this link resolved it (which it seems you have already tried): [Running as a service — Mopidy 3.1.1 documentation](https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/running/service/?highlight=pulseaudio#system-service-and-pulseaudio)

From your description, the mopidy as a service does play sound over bluetooth for ~4 seconds. Does the tunein stream work for longer when playing using a audio jack? Does the sound also cut out when playing a local music file? Is the bluetooth speaker still connected after the tunein stream drops?

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**Author:** ![HansWerner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@HansWerner](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/HansWerner)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800/3 "2021-03-17T08:39:21Z")

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Hi bsaund

I had an test with a mp3 file. Unfortunately i don’t get sound either.

With the “iris” extension there is no sound output for selecting.

I am confused. It seems that Mopidy can’t get access to the sound server…

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/ubuntu-running-service-pulseaudio-bluetooth-no-sound/4800/4 "2021-09-15T20:40:05Z")

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