[GRLUG] Linux software recommendation for mp3 player

[john-thomas richards]

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:15:27AM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> On 5/17/07, john-thomas richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:13:06AM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> > > On 5/17/07, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > A similarly featured, yet more gtk-based (as opposed to mono-based)
> > > > app... Rhythmbox. Also recognizes ipods and the like.
> > >
> > > Rhythmbox fails to recognize MTP devices.  I'm going to give Banshee a
> > > shot, but does anyone know of a media manager for Linux that supports
> > > MTP?
> >
> > That is exactly what I need.  This is one of those times that I ask
> > myself why in the world has the OSS world not created this already (I
> > asked it back in 1997 when browsers were *awful* in the Linux world).
> > Most of the applications that I have come across that purport to sync
> > with mp3 players are really audio players for your computer that have
> > playlist-editing features.
> 
> On a hunch, I checked aptitude to see if Ubuntu Feisty had a libmtp
> package.  It does, but the only three packages which depend on it are
> amarok, gnomad2 and libmtp5-dev.
> 
> So it looks like amarok and gnomad2 are the only two media managers in
> Feisty that support MTP devices.  I realize you run Debian, but you
> should be able to find supporting software in a similar manner.

I am currently running Debian Etch (the first few months after a stable
release in Debian makes Testing a bit too much for me to want to handle
as a flood of new packages migrate there).  libmtp is not in Etch.
gnomad2 is in Etch, but without libmtp I am not sure it will work with
my wife's mp3 player.  I do not have anything k* installed on my boxes
so amarok is not an option.  libmtp can be compiled, though.  :-)

Thanks.
- 
john-thomas
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