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#1 2009-08-22 00:49:23
- Greenstuff
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My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Hi,
I have this Linux related problem: I got myself am MP3 player I'm very happy with. Unfortunatly I have to boot into Windows to load it with songs as only Windows Media player can sync it. I was wondering if anyone knows if there's a linux workaround for that?
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#2 2009-08-22 00:54:28
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Which MP3 player is it?
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#3 2009-08-22 01:53:29
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Sorry about that. It's a Memorex MMP8590/MMP8595.
Update: I found out about a program called gnomad2 for that. Tried it but apperantly my USB doesn't detect the player.
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#4 2009-08-22 01:55:06
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Sorry about that. It's a Memorex MMP8590/MMP8595.
Update: I found out about a program called gnomad2 for that. Tried it but apperantly my USB doesn't detect the player.
Plug in the device and then try 'lsusb'.
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#5 2009-08-22 02:01:54
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Yea I just realized that sorry about it. Apperantly lsusb does show it. However I seem to get the following error:
No jukeboxes found on USB bus
EDIT: Running gnomad2 with root privelages seems to correct the problem. Is there a way to give it the nessesery premisions without having to trust it with root?
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#6 2009-08-22 02:37:06
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
I needed to edit /lib/udev/rules.d/52-libmtp.rules to get it to correctly detect things. The formats for all the players is pretty much the same, just different vendor and device numbers. There's already a memorex player listed, so you'd just need to find the device ID. I managed to figure this out from googling for my player and libmtp, but there might be a way to get that info directly from the player as well.
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#7 2009-08-22 18:59:42
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Why does it have to be with windows media player? I'm just wondering if there is another way, as my mp3 player is also like this.
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#8 2009-08-22 19:35:41
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Sorry about that. It's a Memorex MMP8590/MMP8595.
Update: I found out about a program called gnomad2 for that. Tried it but apperantly my USB doesn't detect the player.
Your player probably supports MTP (comparable to PTP). Support on Linux is provided by the libmtp project, Gnomad2 uses it, as does Amarok (and VLC btw). There are probably other projects out there too that use it.
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#9 2009-08-22 20:03:20
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
My cell phone uses MTP to transfer music. Honestly, all I do is mount it like you would any external drive and start copying music over. That's worked for me... always. I don't have libmtp installed, either.
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#10 2009-08-22 23:46:42
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Rhythmbox has an MTP plugin you have to enable which seems to work with my mp3, no other stuff required! Probably worth checking out.
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#12 2009-08-23 01:39:25
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Re: My MP3 player requires Widnows Media Player.
Run gnomad2 as root. It should work then.
EDIT: Running gnomad2 with root privelages seems to correct the problem. Is there a way to give it the nessesery premisions without having to trust it with root?
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