Archival

This project is now archived. Thanks to all the users - I hope that you had as much fun using it as I had making it :)

I was very happy to see that this program, originally created out of my own need, turned out to be useful to so many people.

The app will, of course, continue to work indefinitely for the devices it supports.

There are some forks that add support for other devices, like WF-1000XM5 or WH-1000XM4 - they might work, but I haven't tested or reviewed them myself. You're welcome to try those if your device is unsupported.

Archived Page

Sony Headphones Client

This project features a PC alternative for the mobile-only Sony Headphones app.

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Download
• Motivation
• Features
• Supported Platforms
• For Developers
• Contributors
• License

Disclaimer

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

Download

You can download compiled versions of the client from the releases page.

Note: If you're getting an error like VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found, you need to install the Microsoft VC++ Redistributable.

Motivation

I recently bought the WH-1000-XM3s, and I was annoyed by the fact that I couldn't change their settings while using my PC. So I reverse-engineered the application (for intercompatibility purposes, of course), defined the protocol, and created with an alternative application with Mr-M33533K5.

Features

• Ambient Sound Control
• Disabling noise cancelling
• Virtual Sound - VPT and Sound Position
• Display battery life and fetch existing settings from device
• Equalizer

Supported Platforms And Headsets

• WH-1000-XM3: Fully works and supported
• WH-1000-XM4: Partially works, more work is needed
• MDR-XB950BT: Fully works
• And more! Check out Headset Reports

Please report about your experiences using other Sony headsets in the Headset Reports issue.

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS
• TempleOS

For Developers

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

Issue this incantation to fix submodule issues:

git submodule sync
git submodule update

Protocol Information

Some enums and data are present in the code. The rest has to be obtained either statically or dynamically.

Sniffing messages - See this helpful comment by @guilhermealbm.

Compiling

Windows

Install cmake (3.29.3 works) and install Visual Studio Community 2022 the C++ components:

• MSVC - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools
• Windows SDK

From within Visual Studio Run the Tools --> Command Line --> Developer Command Prompt and then:

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

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.