Most distros will also have an "mtp-tools" package our similar that contains an "mtp-detect" program that will check for any mtp devices on your usb ports and give you the details of what it found (including the file types it supports).
There are still occasions when banshee can't access the device because it is locked. Unfortunately, that is an unavoidable issue with odd protocols like this. If you run banshee from the command line then you should be able to see messages showing whether banshee tried to load the device but it was locked, whether it encountered an error, our whether it didn't even try to load it (because out was unrecognised).
Hi
I don't know whether it's my case, however playlists are not
supported... I think this device supports MTP (but how can I check
that?); I've also done what you suggested but if I unmount it from
Gnome, Banshee does not see the device at all...
thanks in advance
Lorenzo
On 01/09/2013 06:25 PM, IBBoard wrote:
> In case other people have the same problem with MTP devices and find
> this thread, I've found that the issue can also be that Gnome has
> acquired the device to mount it and so Banshee can't get hold of it.
>
> Obviously that wasn't the case this time, but if it happens to your MTP
> device then close Banshee, reconnect the player, let Gnome detect it,
> unmount it and then run Banshee. In my experience, it'll then detect the
> player and sync perfectly fine (as long as you're got an old libmtp
> library or a really up to date Banshee with some patches in for library
> changes).
>
> On Jan 9, 2013 4:46 PM, "Lorenzo Bettini" <lorenzo bettini gmail com
> <mailto:lorenzo bettini gmail com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Will
>
> I was about to answer myself: after a while I found this
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/banshee/+bug/670066/comments/6
>
> which describes the .is_audio_player and now it is recognized :)
>
> thanks
> Lorenzo
>
> On 01/09/2013 03:40 PM, William Witt wrote:
> > My wife had the same MP3 player for a while (it may have been an older
> > model). I think I had to create a '.is_audio_player' file on the
> device
> > for Banshee to see it, and then it only worked in mass storage mode.
> > Playlist support is only available on Walkman devices in MTP mode,
> > which is buggy at best on Linux.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Lorenzo Bettini
> > <lorenzo bettini gmail com
> <mailto:lorenzo bettini gmail com>
> > <mailto:lorenzo bettini gmail com
> <mailto:lorenzo bettini gmail com>>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I've just tried to connect my Sony Walkman NWZ-E464 in Linux
> Mint 14 and
> > it is mounted (I can browse it with the system explorer) but
> Banshee
> > does not detect it... any clue please?
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Lorenzo
> >
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