Software for moving files to mp3 player?

mariannemarlow · 2012-10-27 08:50:08

Is there some sort of mp3 file managing software?

I have a lot of problems with permissions and moving files around, it makes me log in as root and then still wont cut or copy files over. Can't even delete them!

I want to bulk move over some files from my webbook to mp3 player.

HELP

and thank you smile

sano · 2012-10-27 09:10:36

If you plug in your mp3 player, is it mounted automatically like a usb stick or external hard drive? If not, it is probably using MTP (Media Tranfer Protocol). I don't know if it improved lately, but a couple of years ago MTP implementation in Linux was a nightmare... You could try installing one of the full-featured media players like rhythmbox or amarok and see if it allows you accesssing your mp3 player.

pvsage · 2012-10-27 09:34:10

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … runchbang/

FreewheelinFrank · 2012-10-27 09:48:20

sano wrote:

If you plug in your mp3 player, is it mounted automatically like a usb stick or external hard drive? If not, it is probably using MTP (Media Tranfer Protocol). I don't know if it improved lately, but a couple of years ago MTP implementation in Linux was a nightmare... You could try installing one of the full-featured media players like rhythmbox or amarok and see if it allows you accesssing your mp3 player.

And if it's mounted automatically as a mass storage device, this tip is useful.

http://bigbrovar.wordpress.com/2009/09/ … -in-linux/

It will make Rhythmbox see the device as a media player and give you a sync option. For a simple USB music player (I tried it with a Creative MuVo) this works:

audio_folders=/
folder_depth=1

mariannemarlow · 2012-10-27 09:54:13

@freewheelinfrank

What do I do?

I am sorry but I looked at the link and am unsure.

I installed rythymbox.

It does mount like a usb stick.

FreewheelinFrank · 2012-10-27 10:14:17

mariannemarlow wrote:

@freewheelinfrank
What do I do?
I am sorry but I looked at the link and am unsure.
I installed rythymbox.
It does mount like a usb stick.

You create a new document on the USB drive called .is_audio_player and play around with the configuration until Rhytmbox recognises the device- then you can sync music files.

http://almost-a-technocrat.blogspot.co. … layer.html
https://live.gnome.org/Banshee/CommonQu … PlayerFile

Basically just try it with...

audio_folders=music/

if there is a folder called music on the USB, or

audio_folders=/

If like on my MuVo, music is simply added to the root directory.

FreewheelinFrank · 2012-10-27 10:20:46

Here's a screenshot- Gnome 3 Wheezy, but should be the same in CrunchBang. Rhytmbox has recognised my player and is giving me an option to sync everything.

mariannemarlow · 2012-10-27 10:23:26

What version is that?

Mine is Rhythmbox 0.12.8

FreewheelinFrank · 2012-10-27 10:28:48

mariannemarlow wrote:

What version is that?
Mine is Rhythmbox 0.12.8

2.97

This'll be the version in Waldorf. If it doesn't work now, you only have a few months to wait till the update- bear it in mind for later.

mariannemarlow · 2012-10-27 10:38:01

^ ah. okay, thanks..

FreewheelinFrank · 2012-10-27 10:45:44

Works in Waldorf:

Doesn't it work in Statler?

It is an old version of Rhythmbox.

pvsage · 2012-10-27 10:50:57

From your first post in this thread, Marianne, It sounds to me like you want to copy files to/from your media player without using any iTunes-like GUI, your media player is mounting like a regular mass-storage device, and you aren't getting rights/permissions to access the files on the drive. If this is all correct, I really do think you should have a look at the udisks link I posted earlier in this thread. It's a quick & easy fix.

mariannemarlow · 2012-10-27 11:58:39

@pvsage

Your assumptions are all correct.

I did look.

Does it just mean to put the line

 <allow_active>yes</allow_active>

into (where it states in the) file:

/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy

Cos I tried and nothing changed.

Maybe I did something wrong. it is always possible

pvsage · 2012-10-27 18:09:37

Not sure if you need to log out/in, but it shouldn't take more than that. hmm

EDIT: Depending on your media player (did you mention the model?) you may need to go into its settings and switch it to MSC mode...

Last edited by pvsage (2012-10-27 18:19:12)

pvsage · 2012-11-01 05:43:14

Did you ever get this sorted?

mariannemarlow · 2012-11-01 08:04:13

^
Nope..

merelyjim · 2012-11-01 16:22:03

What kind of MP3 player is it?

mariannemarlow · 2012-11-01 16:30:39

merelyjim wrote:

What kind of MP3 player is it?

This one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ministry-Sound- … B0001RBVJG

It's very basic!

merelyjim · 2012-11-01 17:03:49

Oh my.... a quick google-search showed many people not happy with this brand, and that's on the Windows side where things are supposed to be supported. Sorry, I don't think I can help on this.
I use an Android phone now, but in the past, I had very good luck with Cowon being recognized as mass storage devices, and the iAudio7 has a battery life of three days continuous play.

mariannemarlow · 2012-11-01 17:07:18

That is strange, used to use it on XP and never had an issue with it.

pvsage · 2012-11-02 13:13:54

OK, let's take a page from Dr. Xaos. After plugging in the media player, run `lsusb` and post results here.

EDIT: Also please post `sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb*`.

Last edited by pvsage (2012-11-02 13:18:04)

mariannemarlow · 2012-11-02 13:28:25

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:0156 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 10d6:1100 Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd MPMan MP-Ki 128 MP3 Player/Recorder
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1241:1111 Belkin Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov  2 13:30 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-10d6_USB_2.0_FS__FLASH_DISK_USB_2.0_FS__FLASH_DISK -> ../../sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov  2 13:30 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-10d6_USB_2.0_FS__FLASH_DISK_USB_2.0_FS__FLASH_DISK-part1 -> ../../sde1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov  2 08:15 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_20060413092100000-0:1 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov  2 08:15 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20060413092100000-0:0 -> ../../sdb

pvsage · 2012-11-02 13:40:52

OK, let's try this "kickin' this old school":

sudo mkdir /media/mp3player
sudo mount /dev/sde1 /media/mp3player

Then try opening /media/mp3player with your most-hated file browser. (It may show up in the side pane, but it might not.) To write to it, you'll have to "open as root", but you should now be able to access it.

mariannemarlow · 2012-11-02 16:54:12

@pvsage

When I plug the mp3 player into the usb, it comes up. I open as root but I cannot delete anything.

When I try I get this message:

[Failed to copy "/media/usb0/Jace Everett - 01 - Your Man.flac" to "/root/.local/share/Trash/files/Jace Everett - 01 - Your Man.flac": Failed to read data from "/media/usb0/Jace Everett - 01 - Your Man.flac" (Input/output error).

Do you want to skip it?

junkie · 2012-11-02 19:26:17

hm, let me jump on this dog pile.

I use a cli tool mtpfs; pretty easy...

# make a dir
mkdir mtp

# to mount
mtpfs mtp 

# to unmount
fusermount -u mtp

Maybe just a thunar bunk
Maybe pcmanfm?

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