I'm going to do a SFF build soon and have some questions related to Bluetooth passthrough.
1) Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Bluetooth adapter with the libusb driver installed AND another, Bluetooth adapter with standard Windows drivers so that I can continue to connect standard bluetooth devices but use the other adapter specifically for Dolphin? I know normally if you have two Bluetooth receivers normally in Windows that one will be marked as conflicting and effectively be disabled, but I'm hoping that since the other will have the libusb drivers that this won't occur. The wiki page describes the situation as "WARNING: While a libusb driver is installed, other programs/devices will not be able to use your Bluetooth device" which does make it sound like that only that one adapter will be effected (which makes sense since its driver bound), I just don't know if windows will ignore the one with the libusb drivers and use the other as the normal receiver. My ITX motherboard has built in Bluetooth which is what I'd use for regular connections and would like to have a separate/dedicated adapter that is know to fully work with the passthrough feature for Dolphin.
2) Can anyone recommend any readily available Bluetooth adapter that 100% works with the passthrough feature that they've used? I know that the Wii's original adapter is the best and I have no problem soldering a USB cable to it, but I was hoping for something a lot less clumsy/more sleek. The sides of my case are custom cut acrylic instead of the stock metal ones, so perhaps if I did use the real Wii adapter and put it inside the case it would look clean and work decently since the case wouldn't be acting as a Faraday cage. Regardless, a small USB adapter would be preferring. The issue is that there are only a few "green"/100% compatible adapters that have been reported on the wiki and almost all of them have issues. Most seem to be no longer sold, one is some weird bulky adapter with a lighting connector, one is a WiFI/Bluetooth combo card that I can't and don't want to use since I'll have an ITX board, and one is an unreasonable 40 dollars.
The only one I can find to buy that is on the list and is green is the "Orico BTA-403" adapter. It is on Amazon and quite cheap, but uses some different moniker in the listing (though it clearly is by Orico so that may just be a model name or the like) and doesn't list compatibility with Windows 10. While it will probably still work I obviously won't know until I try. Obviously it would be preferable to get one that someone can vouch for in terms of compatibility and function.
In general I don't mind testing either of these things myself (that specific adapter for the 2nd question), but I figured it wouldn't hurt to see if anyone has experience with these situations here first.
Thanks.
1) Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Bluetooth adapter with the libusb driver installed AND another, Bluetooth adapter with standard Windows drivers so that I can continue to connect standard bluetooth devices but use the other adapter specifically for Dolphin? I know normally if you have two Bluetooth receivers normally in Windows that one will be marked as conflicting and effectively be disabled, but I'm hoping that since the other will have the libusb drivers that this won't occur. The wiki page describes the situation as "WARNING: While a libusb driver is installed, other programs/devices will not be able to use your Bluetooth device" which does make it sound like that only that one adapter will be effected (which makes sense since its driver bound), I just don't know if windows will ignore the one with the libusb drivers and use the other as the normal receiver. My ITX motherboard has built in Bluetooth which is what I'd use for regular connections and would like to have a separate/dedicated adapter that is know to fully work with the passthrough feature for Dolphin.
2) Can anyone recommend any readily available Bluetooth adapter that 100% works with the passthrough feature that they've used? I know that the Wii's original adapter is the best and I have no problem soldering a USB cable to it, but I was hoping for something a lot less clumsy/more sleek. The sides of my case are custom cut acrylic instead of the stock metal ones, so perhaps if I did use the real Wii adapter and put it inside the case it would look clean and work decently since the case wouldn't be acting as a Faraday cage. Regardless, a small USB adapter would be preferring. The issue is that there are only a few "green"/100% compatible adapters that have been reported on the wiki and almost all of them have issues. Most seem to be no longer sold, one is some weird bulky adapter with a lighting connector, one is a WiFI/Bluetooth combo card that I can't and don't want to use since I'll have an ITX board, and one is an unreasonable 40 dollars.
The only one I can find to buy that is on the list and is green is the "Orico BTA-403" adapter. It is on Amazon and quite cheap, but uses some different moniker in the listing (though it clearly is by Orico so that may just be a model name or the like) and doesn't list compatibility with Windows 10. While it will probably still work I obviously won't know until I try. Obviously it would be preferable to get one that someone can vouch for in terms of compatibility and function.
In general I don't mind testing either of these things myself (that specific adapter for the 2nd question), but I figured it wouldn't hurt to see if anyone has experience with these situations here first.
Thanks.
