I'm not all that familiar with MTP but I have a SanDisk sansa and have been able to use it with XP and Linux. Does the MTP stuff comes as part as the installation software with the device or is it something that is automatic in the OS? If it is not automatic then if you don't install the installation software, XP will still recognize the device as usb storage. Is there any reason that you actually want to use MTP? ----- Original message ----- From: "jim scott" <jimdscott at gmail.com> To: "Noah Markon" <nmarkon at gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:26:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] (OT) USB mass storage and DRM and FC4 I think it is using MTP ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol). Looks like I have a couple of options: gphoto: http://www.gphoto.org/ libmtp: http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/ gnomad2: http://gnomad2.sourceforge.net/ Seems like gphoto and libmtp are forks from the same code base. gnomad2 is based on libmtp. Can anyone recommend the gphoto or libmtp forks? On 4/26/06, Noah Markon <nmarkon at gmail.com> wrote: > > Opps should have sent this to the list.. > > > Is the mp3 player in that special mode.. whats it's called.. MTP or > something along those lines? > > It probably automatically uses MTP when you're using XP, but 2k and > FC4 detects it as a regular old usb drive. > > On 4/26/06, jim scott <jimdscott at gmail.com> wrote: > > This is slightly off topic, but I'm trying to understand why certain > > operating systems control my SanDisk Sansa mp3 player differently. I've > got > > FC4, Windows 2000, and XP. Windows 2K is my work computer. I dual boot > FC4 > > and XP on my home computer. > > > > If I copy an MP3 from FC4 or Windows 2000 to the player, I can see, > copy, > > and delete the file in FC4. I can't see the files in XP. If I copy an > MP3 > > from XP to the player, I can't see the files in FC4. > > > > Some of the music files are MP3s ripped from my CD collection. Others > are > > songs purchased from eMusic, iTunes, or Rhapsody. Anyone know why FC4 > sees > > files copied from Win2k but not XP? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > -- http://ThreeWayNews.blogspot.com Your source. For everything. Really.