Beware that some more recent MP3 players are not in fact USB mass storage devices but instead use a hideousity called "Media Transfer Protocol" ("MTP") ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol</a> ). This is essentially a Windows Media protocol which is designed to facilitate the use of DRM. It's possible to get your linux box to work with this stuff ( see for example <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man1/mtpfs.html">http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man1/mtpfs.html</a> ), but it's a PITA and my recourse was to return the gizmo to the store and buy a working one. Unfortunately the box often doesn't tell you this level of information about the player.<br>
<br>-- CHS<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/28 Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have found most mp3 players can be seen as just a usb thumb drive. Then I can drop song files into the folder usually labeled music and it just works. <br><br>BTW: found a nice little player at Microcenter. 1GB styled like the ipod shuffle for a whopping $15. The 4G model is only $30. Both can also record using a built-in microphone.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Tim Watts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timtw@earthlink.net" target="_blank">timtw@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I've inherited an MP3 player and I'd like to be able to interact with it from<br>
my SuSE 10.2 laptop. It's a ZEN Vision:M from Creative. It has a USB<br>
interface. Of course, the CD that comes with it has this clunky Windows<br>
software as the only means of interacting with it.<br>
<br>
Basically, I'd like to edit the playlists and use it as a source for playing<br>
MP3s thru my laptop. So either mounting it as a device and/or finding some<br>
software to allow me to interact with it is what I'm looking for. Nothing<br>
included on the SuSE distro that I can see.<br>
<br>
Tried connecting to it via Amarok to no avail but it wanted a pre-configured<br>
device to start with. Not sure how to bring that about.<br>
<br>
I know I could probably do some vmware thing to boot windows but that's a hell<br>
of a lot of software to load just to listen to music.<br>
<br>
Anyone else deal with this or something similar?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human<br>
race.<br>
-- H. G. Wells<br>
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