mos9527 / SonyHeadphonesClient

[For WF-1000-XM5] A {Windows, Linux} client recreating the functionality of the Sony Headphones app

Sony Headphones Client

A continuation of the work done by Plutoberth/SonyHeadphonesClient ,supporting newer devices,like Sony's WF-1000XM5. (and hopefully others as well...)

DISCLAIMER

• THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH SONY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR WHILE USING THIS PROGRAM.

• This fork has only been confirmed to work with WF-1000XM5 on Windows. Newer / contemporary devices may work as well, but their support is not guaranteed. Older devies (i.e. XM4,XM3) won't work due to protocol differences.

• For older / incompatible devices, please refer to the original repo:Plutoberth/SonyHeadphonesClient

Screenshot

NOTE: May not be up-to-date. See Features for all available functionalities!

Download

Binaries for Windows and Linux are available here: releases page.

Features

• Live update of the following device stats
  • Track information (i.e. title, album, artist)
  • Sound Pressure
  • Battery Life
• Direct control of the following parameters
  • Volume
  • Ambient Sound / Noise Cancelling toggle
  • Voice Passthrough toggle
  • Ambient Sound strength
  • Voice Guidance Volume (useful! for debugging...)
  • Track controls (i.e. play/pause, prev/next)
  • Multipoint Device selection
  • Speak-to-Chat
  • Equalizer
  • Headphone touch sensor gesture funtion remapping
  • Power Off
  • Adaptive Sound Control
• Utilities, such as
  • Mapping headphone gestures to Shell Commands

Supported Platforms And Headsets

Headsets

• WF-1000-XM5: Fully tested with all implemented features
• ...hopefully some more devices can be listed here

Platforms

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS
• TempleOS

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Most of the following is copy-pasted from the original repo...

For Developers

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mos9527/SonyHeadphonesClient.git

Compiling

Windows

cd Client
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Linux

Debian / Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libbluetooth-dev libglew-dev libglfw3-dev libdbus-1-dev

Fedora:

sudo dnf install bluez-libs-devel glew-devel glfw-devel dbus-devel

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S bluez glew dbus glfw

macOS

Use the provided xcodeproj file.

Contributors

• Plutoberth - Initial Work and Windows Version
• Mr-M33533K5 - BT Interface and Other Help
• semvis123 - macOS Version
• jimzrt - Linux Version
• guilhermealbm - Noise Cancelling Switch

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.