Re: [Banshee-List] Creative Zen Vision M and I-pod nano in Banshee

[Patrick van Staveren <trick vanstaveren us>]

On an openSUSE 10.2 system, I would strongly recommend upgrading Banshee
to the latest version.  You can get some nice instructions at:
http://www.banshee-project.org/Distributions/SUSE

Your iPod should work out of the box; especially if you're running the
latest version.

As for the Zen Vision M, it uses a relatively new protocol
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_transfer_protocol ), which has
support in Banshee but since it is still young, it is not enabled by
default.  I hope to get it included in mainstream releases in the coming
months but for now is meant only for developers and the very
adventurous :)

Good luck!

Patrick


On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 12:29 -0500, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> On 1/9/07, local <ph014i4096 blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> > Hi every one
> >
> > I am new to Linux. I have used Xandros OC recently as a try out
> > alternative to windows. I found it OK, but a little lacking. To be
> > totally honest I was missing some of the familiarity of Windows XP. I
> > was however delighted to hear about the free OC distro of SUSE 10.2 in
> > the recent issue of Linux Magazine.
> >
> > So having installed it and tweaked around in the dark somewhat, I have
> > now got Internet access and the printer to work and I am so far
> > delighted with the bonus mountain of free software.
> >
> > However one thing I was looking forward to was using my Zen Vision M and
> > my son's Apple I-pod Nano on Suse.  The system does not seem to to offer
> > connectivity to my creative Zen at all. It is a pity because it is a
> > recent purchase and it looks like I may have to loose money and sell it.
> >
> > My sons Nano does go somewhere to connecting. It is recognised by Suse
> > when I connect, and we can copy MP3 files to the I-pod through drag and
> > drop. The files are seen in the I-pods browser but when we disconnect
> > the I-pod no files are showing and therefore unable to play.
> >
> > Can anyone enlighten me in a language and GUI format which is easy for a
> > newby to Linux to comprehend/
> 
> http://banshee-project.org/Distributions/SUSE
> http://banshee-project.org/Guide/DAPs
> 
> I don't know if SuSE packages come with the Creative support built-in
> or not. You might want to check on that. There is always he manual
> install if need be to gain the support. Either way, both those
> devices, at least from what I can tell in this email, have been used
> successfully with Banshee. I haven't personally done either though.
> 
> JSR/
> 
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Patrick "Trick" van Staveren
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