Amarok 2.3-1 is not Amarok 2.3!

Hi Archers,
seems that I packaged Amarok 2.3 before the official release. This means that we are using a Release Candidate not the stable 2.3, so please do not report any bug about this version on bugs.kde.org.
Amarok 2.3-2 will be the real Amarok 2.3 which will released tomorrow at this time.
Thank you

Skripka wrote:So I take it that you don't think the Amarok team could have beat the 1 in 2^128 odds of having two different tarballs with the same random hash?
go to ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/amarok/2.3.0/src/ , Last Modified says: 2010-03-10 23:27
$ pacman -Qi amarok | grep "Build Date"
Build Date : Sat 13 Mar 2010 08:20:39 PM CET
So I think we are using the right tarball

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Well, this is probably a typical newbie screw-up here. When I first installed Arch, I decided to try kdemod. Even though it's way cooler than standard kde, I'm kind of getting tired of that look. So...I followed the guidelines for uninstall from the kdemod faq that basically calls for grepping 'kdemod' and uninstalling everything individually via -Rd in pacman including qt-enhanced.
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error: failed to add target 'akregator' (could not find or read package)
I also cannot 'pacman -Sy akregator' because I get:
error: 'akregator': not found in sync db
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Very well, I'll go into excruciating detail.
"Bon Echo" was (is?) the codename for firefox 2.0 when it was in alpha form. That's why you see that name associated with Firefox on those pages you've found. We're aware of this.
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So, in our build scripts, we disabled branding, which is something that (again afaik) mozilla added to the build process to make it easier for distros like ours to remove their trademarked "Firefox" name from the application. By default, this removes "Firefox" and the well-known firefox logo from the application in all places, and replaces "Firefox" with "Bon Echo" - the codename they used through the alpha process - and the firefox logo with a generic globe-like icon.
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http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38629
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34136
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=33622
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You can trust me. I try not to talk about things I don't know.

Amarok: Could not find any collection plugins

Hello,
after some recent updates, my amarok refuses to start giving the message that no collection plugins where found due to an incompatible KDE library version. Searching the internet revealed no cure... All other KDE apps are working fine, the system is up to date and I tried running both kbuildsycoca4 and ldconfig.
Any idea?
Thanks!
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KGlobal::locale::Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work
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amarok: BEGIN: void EngineController::initializePhonon()
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amarok: [PluginManager] found plugin: "amarok_service_jamendo" enabled: false
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amarok: [PluginManager] found plugin: "amarok_service_magnatunestore" enabled: false
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amarok: END__: void Plugins::PluginManager::findAllPlugins() [Took: 0.001s]
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-audiocdcollection' from KPluginLoader: The plugin 'amarok_collection-audiocdcollection' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.6.4 (4.6.4))."
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-ipodcollection' from KPluginLoader: Cannot load library /usr/lib/kde4/amarok_collection-ipodcollection.so: (libgpod.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)"
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-mtpcollection' from KPluginLoader: The plugin 'amarok_collection-mtpcollection' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.6.4 (4.6.4))."
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amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-umscollection' from KPluginLoader: The plugin 'amarok_collection-umscollection' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.6.4 (4.6.4))."
amarok: [PluginManager] No Amarok collection plugins found, running kbuildsycoca4.
amarok: BEGIN: virtual int App::newInstance()
amarok: BEGIN: static void App::handleCliArgs()
amarok: END__: static void App::handleCliArgs() [Took: 0s]
amarok: END__: virtual int App::newInstance() [Took: 0s]
florian@horus ~ % amarok: [PluginManager] Second attempt at finding collection plugins
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-audiocdcollection' from KPluginLoader: The plugin 'amarok_collection-audiocdcollection' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.6.4 (4.6.4))."
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-ipodcollection' from KPluginLoader: Cannot load library /usr/lib/kde4/amarok_collection-ipodcollection.so: (libgpod.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)"
amarok: [WARNING] [PluginManager] "Failed to get factory 'amarok_collection-mtpcollection' from KPluginLoader: The plugin 'amarok_collection-mtpcollection' uses an incompatible KDE library (4.6.4 (4.6.4))."
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Durden wrote:https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121446
Is this posting (or any linked pages) suggesting any way to solve the original problem? If yes, I can't see it....

*solved*Amarok not playing mp3s

never had a problem before. all of a sudden I am getting these errors.
The xine-engine claims it cannot play MP3 files.
No suitable demux plugin. This often means that the file format is not supported.
Plays fine w/ sudo amarok
I am part of the audio group. I can play mp3s and others w/ my other players.
Edit: followed this advice I found through googleing
In your /home/user/.xine folder there is a hidden file called catalog.cache. Make a backup copy of that then copy catalog.cache file from the new account you created.
I just copied my root catalog.cache to my users

I'm gonna assume you have xine installed, given you have xine-engine. So try "xine [some song].mp3" in a terminal and see if it posts any messages. That'll give us a hint at least.

[SOLVED] Amarok not starting up after the latest update

Hi there,
as the title says, my Amarok isn't starting anymore since I did the latest update (from today to 2.4.1-3).
I see my bouncing logo animation on the cursor for a few seconds and after that it just disappears and nothing happens.
Did this happen to anyone else? Any hints what I can do now to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by derblub (2011-06-28 22:13:52)

Ok, sorry for that - just thought someone else run into that too - now some details:
[blub ~ ]$ amarok
KGlobal::locale::Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work
amarok: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.29/xineplug_inp_cdda.so: undefined symbol: xine_get_homedir
unnamed app(4575): Communication problem with "amarok" , it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown" : " "The name org.kde.amarok was not provided by any .service files" "
[blub ~ ]$ sudo amarok
unnamed app(4881): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server: "/usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: No protocol specified
Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
unnamed app(4880): KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.
[blub ~ ]$ kdesu amarok
kdesu(4586) startApp: Daemon not safe (not sgid), not using it.
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::exec: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/process.cpp : 293 ] Running "/bin/su"
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line "Password: "
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::exec: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/process.cpp : 293 ] Running "/bin/su"
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line "Password: "
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::WaitSlave: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/process.cpp : 379 ] Child pid 4593
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line ""
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line "kdesu_stub"
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::PtyProcess::exec: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/process.cpp : 293 ] Running "/bin/su"
kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line "Password: "
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kdesu(4586)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::SuProcess::ConverseSU: [ /build/src/kdelibs-4.6.3/kdesu/su.cpp : 259 ] Read line ""
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'' is not a UTF8 or latin1 string
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[SOLVED]Amarok 2.0.2 Play/Pause Global Shortcut Does Not Work Properly

Hello everyone,
Just a quick question tonight. I have the global shortcut for Play/Pause in Amarok set to Ctrl+` which works in the sense that it causes Amarok to play. However, the problem is that it does not actually Pause the music, it merely resets to the beginning of the playing song. Any ideas on what could cause this? I've tried setting it to a different shortcut with the same end result. I'm using KDEmod 4.2.1.
Last edited by zapyourit (2009-04-02 22:52:36)

There are two different events, Play, that is what you use, and Play/Pause (IIRC, I'm at work now, cannot check it). Search for the other hotkey in the list, and set that to ctrl+`.
PS: the problem with that will be, that if Amarok is stopped (not paused), this hotkey will not start playing, it merely pauses/unpauses, so you will need another hotkey to initiate playing.
Last edited by SanskritFritz (2009-03-26 08:02:35)

Amarok update ? Getting 1.3.9 with pacman not 1.4

I have noticed that amarok has been updated to 1.4 but when I do a:
pacman -Sy amarok..............
I still get the 1.3.9 packages, what am I doing wrong or has it not made it in fully yet?
Steve

steve_waters wrote:Ah ok I will wait but I have busting for this to come out
Thanks
Ah well, I have it running for 2 days already
It's just a shame they seem to have removed gstreamer0.10 engine from the source code

Amarok icon not using systray in Fluxbox with XFce4-panel

I really can't accurately describe this, so i'll show you instead.
Because of the Amarok icon not being in the systray (You can just see it in the bottom right corner, under the panel) Amarok and any other application won't use the far right edge of the screen, this is incredibly annoying and I haven't a clue how to fix it.
Cheers in advance for any help

Nothing at all?

Music not playing in Amarok, Exaile, Rythmbox and Totem

After a major upgrade a while ago, I'm no longer able to listen to music on Amarok. I tried to switch between Xine and GStreamer backends, with no results. I tried to listen to my music using Exaile, Rythmbox and Totem and they all failed. The only player that can play my music is mplayer.
I looked at the audio settings on mplayer and found out it was using Alsa. I changed that of Vlc and was able to listen to my mp3 songs using VLC as well. I have a non problematic sound on Skype, Flash, and my movies.
I was wondering if anyone knows how I can get back the audio for Amarok back without interfering it with Skype and Flash. I've had major troubles with sound conflicts between Flash and other apps and the Mic of my web cam. All I want now is the Amarok being able to play my music again.
Thanks in advance.

Exaile, Rythmbox and Totem needs gstreamer0.10-plugins

[SOLVED] Amarok 2.7 will not Save configuration

I have a bizarre issue with Amarok 2.7 running on KDE 4.10.1. I have a share on my server which is configured using Samba where all my music is stored. I have this share mounted at /home/user/Music on my laptop.
My uid on the laptop is 1001, and the uid of my user account on the server is 1001. When I configure Amarok to use /home/user/Music as the source folder for the local collection it fails to save the configuration. That is to say that whether I use 'apply' 'OK' or both for that option, when I re-open the configuration dialogue nothing is selected. As a result the local collection is never scanned, and so there is no music available to the application.
The share is mounted using this line in /etc/fstab:
//server.home.dev/sharedfolders/Music/<user> /home/<user>/Music cifs x-systemd.automount,creds=/home/<user>/pncreds,uid=<user>,gid=users 0 0
I have checked the ownership of the mounted Music directory, which appears to be correct. My user has rwx permission on the directory, and on all of the sub-directories and contents.
I thought I would re-apply the permissions just to be sure. When I attempted to do this from the client I got permission denied whether I tried to do it as my user or root. I tried re-applying the permissions on the underlying share. which was successful, but made no difference.
As far as I can see everything is set up correctly so I cannot make sense of why the application cannot save or use the configuration. I am starting to wonder whether this is a bug in the application. Has anyone else seen this issue or one similar?
Last edited by pfnorris (2013-04-05 15:26:13)

I think this problem is releated to switching MariaDB rather than a permissions issue. Try the steps described in the news:
https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb- … ositories/

Amarok not starting after last update [SOLVED]

this is what i get
[entvex@David ~]$ amarok
Amarok: [Loader] Starting amarokapp..
Amarok: [Loader] Don't run gdb, valgrind, etc. against this binary! Use amarokapp.
amarokapp: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[entvex@David ~]$
[entvex@David ~]$ amarokapp
amarokapp: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[entvex@David ~]$
can any one help me ?

Hello.
libpq.so.4 is a file from the package postgresql-libs. See if you have that package installed

[solved] Problem with Amarok and flac-files

When I installed Arch for the first time a couple of months ago, I was happy to find that some flac-files that didn't play in Amarok on my Debian installation was now played back perfectly. However, upon trying to play these files today, Amarok refuses to play them. I get an error stating that there is no suitable demux plugin for the files. Other flacs play back fine though, and the problem files play back perfectly in mplayer.
Another thing I would be very happy to resolve is that I have a few files that use japanese in their tags. IIRC these displayed correctly in Amarok on my Debian install, but in Arch all I see is squares where there should be japanese, despite me installing both arphic-ukai and arphic-uming packages. What am I missing?
All help appreciated!
Last edited by Emphrygian (2007-04-20 22:36:45)

Your tip worked like a charm and the files now play perfectly in Amarok once again.
I solved my second problem by installing the ttf-sazanami package from AUR and adding both sazanami gothic and sazanami mincho as substitute fonts for Sans Serif (my default font) in qtconfig (not sure that I really needed both though, but hey, it works now ).
Last edited by Emphrygian (2007-04-20 22:35:37)

Problem with sound in Amarok

Hi guys, I'm having problem with Amarok 2. When I start it the notification says "The audio playback device HDA Intel (CONEXANT Analog) does not work. Falling back to HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 (HDMI Audio Output) ". Amarok starts normally but can't open any song. The same thing happens when I try to open a video with Dragon player(but I don't use so this doesn't matter).
VLC, MPlayer and Youtube have no problem playing videos or sounds, so I could play music with VLC but you'd agree it's not really a music player.
(I tried installing Clementine, but it has it's own problems, saying "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in." (but I don't like Clementine anyway))
Another thing that bothers me is that the hardware sound buttons don't affect these programs.
Could someone help me with this?

there are these errors (several times):
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such table: directories
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: SELECT dir, changedate FROM directories;
amarok: [void CollectionDB::createTables(DbConnection*)]
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] table amazon already exists
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: CREATE TABLE amazon ( asin VARCHAR(20), locale VARCHAR(2), filename VARCHAR(33), refetchdate INTEGER );
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual int SqliteConnection::insert(const QString&, const QString&)] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such table: directories
amarok: [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on insert: INSERT INTO directories SELECT * FROM directories_temp;
QDom: saving invalid character , the document will not be well-formed
and when I try to create a playlist it looks normal:
amarok: [PlaylistBrowser] Creating playlist
amarok: [PlaylistBrowser] Saving Playlist to: /home/matej/.kde/share/apps/amarok/playlists/Untitled.m3u
amarok: Loading playlist
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: PlaylistReader. Jobs pending: 0
and also load one:
amarok: Loading playlist
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: PlaylistReader. Jobs pending: 0
There are also some errors of GUI (QT, KDE), but these are I think a little bit off-topic.

Getting Creative Zen player to connect through amarok [SOLVED]

Edited 12-27 to include new info
I'm trying to get myCreative Zen player to connect through amarok but am having some problems. After some looking around I figured out the libmtp in the extra repository doesn't support this player, but the newest versions do. I made a new package for libmtp-0.2.4 and installed it since there's been some tweaks that affect this player since 0.2.2 which is in testing. I also had to recompile amarok since one of libs changed a name with the new libmtp. The instructions from libmtp mentioned udev rules needed to be defined, which was done by copying a file from the source code into /etc/udev/rules.d. That file (minus the parts relating to other players, which is pretty much the same as here):
# UDEV-style hotplug map for libmtp
# Put this file in /etc/udev/rules.d
ACTION!="add", GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
ATTR{dev}!="?*", GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GOTO="libmtp_usb_rules"
# The following thing will be deprecated when older kernels are phased out.
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GOTO="libmtp_usb_device_rules"
GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
LABEL="libmtp_usb_rules"
# Creative ZEN 8GB
ATTR{idVendor}=="041e", ATTR{idProduct}=="4157", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
LABEL="libmtp_usb_device_rules"
# Creative ZEN 8GB
ATTRS{idVendor}=="041e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4157", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
LABEL="libmtp_rules_end"
When I plug the player to my usb port dmesg gives
usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
As my normal user amarok doesn't seem to recognize anything, and mtp-detect gives:
libmtp version: 0.2.4
Attempting to connect device(s)
usb_claim_interface(): Operation not permitted
LIBMTP PANIC: Unable to initialize device 1
LIBMTP PANIC: configure_usb_devices() error code: 7 on line 1561
Detect: There has been an error connecting. Exiting
As root mtp-detect gives me a bunch of output that seems like it's doing what it should, also while it's spitting this out the screen on the player changes to say it's docked, which wasn't happening as the normal user. This makes me think it's some permissions issue. I did find things from google telling me that sometimes the user needs to be added to a certain group to use libmtp, though it seemed somewhat distro dependent. My main user is in the following groups: dbus hal network audio optical storage scanner camera users thinkpad
However I don't think my problems are solely permission related, since even as root amarok won't recognize the player. I can use gnomad2 as root, which mostly works, though it crashes when I try and close gnomad after adding music and the player thinks it's still docked even after unplugging it. I had to use a pin to reset it just to turn it off. When I ran it from a console I got the following output at the end after the crash
PTP: Closing session
ERROR: Could not close session!
inep: usb_get_endpoint_status(): Protocol error
outep: usb_get_endpoint_status(): No such device
usb_clear_halt() on IN endpoint: No such device
usb_clear_halt() on OUT endpoint: No such device
usb_clear_halt() on INTERRUPT endpoint: No such device
The application 'gnomad2' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
Any suggestions for where to go from here?
Last edited by mcmillan (2008-01-11 05:38:14)

I tried uploading onto my school website, but it doesn't seem accessable from there. However I just modified the version number from the regular Pkgbuild file from abs. What I have is:
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.8 2007/05/20 19:11:05 travis Exp $
# Maintainer: damir <[email protected]>
#Contributor: Kevin Edmonds <[email protected]>
pkgname=libmtp
pkgver=0.2.4
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="library implementation of the Media Transfer Protocol"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="http://libmtp.sourceforge.net"
license=("LGPL")
depends=("libusb")
source=(http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libmtp/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
options=('!libtool')
#md5sums=('597b62d994d9491531b9e67190f6cfe7')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
If you still have trouble building it let me know some other way than that I can send you the package.
I've been meaning to post an update about my issues. I've figured out that when I connect the player it creates device nodes with the root group. Some have permissions set to 666, which seems to fit with the udev rules I posted. But some of them are only rw for owner and group, others only have read permissions. As a test I tried changing the permissions by hand to 666, and I can use gnomad as my regular user, though it's buggy and seems to crash randomly (not just when I transfer files like I originally thought). I haven't been able to test what amarok does, since for some reason it stopped working this weekend and I haven't had a chance to figure out what happened. It seems there some problem with the udev rules, but I don't know much about how that works to figure out what's going wrong.

Creative Zen (and other MTP players) and Amarok: A quick guide

Hi. Odds are if you're looking at this you've been directed here by a search engine because you've typed in something to the effect of Creative Zen+Amarok or MTP+Amarok. This is meant to be a quick and dirty little rundown of what you need to do to get your Zen or possibly other MTP player working. This isn't a scientific paper and thus there will be many many variables that may or may not have anything to do with getting it to work, and may not work with every other MTP player out there. Now, down to business.
The first thing you probably want to have is libmtp, Amarok, and libusb. In my case I did it with libmtp 0.2.6.1-1, Amarok 1.4.10-2, and libusb 0.1.12-3. Others have apparently gotten this working with older versions so if there is some reason you can't upgrade or you happen to be a time traveler who printed this out before disrupting the natural chronological order this might work even with older versions. If you do however happen to have an older version of Amarok you might have to compile in libmtp support, but this is beyond the scope of this little guide. Google it. Also my user belongs to audio, optical, video, storage, network, Hal, Dbus, and wheel. The only groups I believe are necessary are storage, audio, Hal and Dbus. But I haven't tested under those conditions
For some reason when libmtp is installed it doesn't install a set of udev rules, so the first thing you need to do is is create a file called:
/etc/udev/rules.d/65-libmtp.rules
SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="libmtp_rules_end"
# Creative Zen VisionSpecial:Recentchanges
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="411f", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Portable Media Center
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4123", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Xtra (MTP mode)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4128", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Second generation Dell DJ
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="412f", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Micro (MTP mode)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4130", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Touch (MTP mode)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4131", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Dell Pocket DJ (MTP mode)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4132", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Sleek (MTP mode)
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4137", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen MicroPhoto
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="413c", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Sleek Photo
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="413d", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen Vision:M
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="413e", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Creative Zen V Plus
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4152", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Samsung:YH-820
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="502e", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Samsung YH-925
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="502f", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Samsung YP-T7J
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5047", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5a0f", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Intel Bandon Portable Media Center
SYSFS{idVendor}=="045e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="00c9", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver Portable Media Center
SYSFS{idVendor}=="1006", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4002", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver Portable Media Center
SYSFS{idVendor}=="1006", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4003", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# JVC Alneo XA-HD500
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f1", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6105", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Philipps HDD6320
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0471", SYSFS{idProduct}=="01eb", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Philipps HDD6320 2
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0471", SYSFS{idProduct}=="014b", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Philipps HDD1630/17
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0471", SYSFS{idProduct}=="014c", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# SanDisk Sansa c150
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0781", SYSFS{idProduct}=="7410", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# SanDisk Sansa e200
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0781", SYSFS{idProduct}=="7420", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# SanDisk Sansa e260
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0781", SYSFS{idProduct}=="7420", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver T10
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1113", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver T20 FM
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1114", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver U10
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1116", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver T10
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1117", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver T20
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1118", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver T30
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1119", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver H10
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2101", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# iRiver H10
SYSFS{idVendor}=="4102", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2102", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Dell DJ Itty
SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4500", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Toshiba Gigabeat MEGF-40
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0930", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0009", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
# Toshiba Gigabeat
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0930", SYSFS{idProduct}=="000c", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666"
LABEL="libmtp_rules_end"
This is the basic set of identifiers for Media Devices on Amarok. Amarok does indeed keep a page which may or may not be updated http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Media_Device:MTP.
As it says on that page we want to make sure that the device is recognized. If your device is listed on the list above then you can skip straight to the part about libmtp but if it isn't then you need to start with libusb to construct your devices I.D.
lsusb-v
You should see a fairly sizeable output, but what we're interested in is at the very top (assuming you only have your media device plugged in).
In my case it's:
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 041e:4157 Creative Technology, Ltd
and even in that all we really care about is the ID:041e:4157. The first number is the idVendor and the second is the idProduct. All you have to do is copy one of the other examples and subsistute your numbers in mind and name.
# Creative Zen
SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="4157", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", MODE="666", GROUP="audio"
You probably noticed that GROUP="audio" on the end. I don't know whether or not it is significant but others have mentioned that they could not get it to work until they had that. So I would add that to any device I want to use if it doesn't work and you've done everything else
Next you want to see if libmtp detects your device. Go back to the console and type:
mtp-detect
You should get a pretty long output something like this:
Attempting to connect device(s)
PTP: Opening session
PTP_ERROR_IO: Trying again after re-initializing USB interface
inep: usb_get_endpoint_status(): Protocol error
outep: usb_get_endpoint_status(): Protocol error
usb_clear_halt() on IN endpoint: Protocol error
usb_clear_halt() on OUT endpoint: Protocol error
usb_clear_halt() on INTERRUPT endpoint: Protocol error
usb_claim_interface(): Bad file descriptor
LIBMTP PANIC: Could not open session on device 1
LIBMTP PANIC: configure_usb_devices() error code: 7 on line 1599
Detect: There has been an error connecting. Exiting
[element@zen rules.d]$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 0.2.6.1
Attempting to connect device(s)
^CQ
[element@zen rules.d]$ Q
[element@zen rules.d]$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 0.2.6.1
Attempting to connect device(s)
PTP: Opening session
Detect: Successfully connected 1 devices
USB low-level info:
Using kernel interface "usbfs"
bcdUSB: 512
bDeviceClass: 255
bDeviceSubClass: 0
bDeviceProtocol: 0
idVendor: 041e
idProduct: 4157
IN endpoint maxpacket: 512 bytes
OUT endpoint maxpacket: 512 bytes
Device flags: 0x00000080
Microsoft device descriptor 0xee:
0000: 1203 4d00 5300 4600 5400 3100 3000 3000 ..M.S.F.T.1.0.0.
0010: fe00 ..
Microsoft device response to control message 1, CMD 0xfe:
0000: 2800 0000 0001 0400 0100 0000 0000 0000 (...............
0010: 0001 4d54 5000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ..MTP...........
0020: 0000 0000 0000 0000 ........
Microsoft device response to control message 2, CMD 0xfe:
0000: 2800 0000 0001 0400 0100 0000 0000 0000 (...............
0010: 0001 4d54 5000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ..MTP...........
0020: 0000 0000 0000 0000 ........
Device info:
Manufacturer: Creative Technology Ltd
Model: Creative ZEN
Device version: 1.21.01_0.03.01
Serial number: 01030000A977C5380002D3484F5AC538
Vendor extension ID: 0x00000006
Vendor extension description: microsoft.com: 1.0;microsoft.com/WMPPD: 10.0;microsoft.com/WMDRMPD: 10.1;audible.com: 1.0;
Detected object size: 64 bits
Supported operations:
1001: get device info
1002: Open session
1003: Close session
1004: Get storage IDs
1005: Get storage info
1007: Get object handles
100c: Send object info
100d: Send object
100f: Format storage
1014: Get device property description
1015: Get device property value
1006: Get number of objects
1008: Get object info
1009: Get object
100b: Delete object
1010: Reset device
1012: Set object protection
1016: Set device property value
1017: Reset device property value
1019: Move object
101b: Get partial object
9801: Get object properties supported
9802: Get object property description
9803: Get object property value
9804: Set object property value
9805: Get object property list
9806: Set object property list
9808: Send object property list
9807: Get interdependent property description
9810: Get object references
9811: Set object references
9201: Report Added/Deleted Items
9101: Get secure time challenge
9102: Get secure time response
9103: Set license response
9104: Get sync list
9105: Send meter challenge query
9106: Get meter challenge
9107: Get meter response
9108: Clean data store
9109: Get license state
910a: Send WMDRM-PD Command
910b: Send WMDRM-PD Request
Events supported:
None.
Device Properties Supported:
0x5001: Battery Level
0xd401: Synchronization Partner
0xd402: Friendly Device Name
0xd101: Secure Time
0xd102: Device Certificate
0xd201: Unknown property
Playable File (Object) Types and Object Properties Supported:
3009: MP3
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 85, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 8000, MAX 320000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc46: Artist STRING data type GET/SET
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc8b: Track UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8c: Genre STRING data type GET/SET
dc99: OriginalReleaseDate STRING data type GET/SET
dc9a: AlbumName STRING data type GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc91: UseCount UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8a: Rating UINT16 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 100, STEP 1 GET/SET
d901: BuyFlag UINT8 data type ANY 8BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
b901: WMA
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 352, 353, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 5000, MAX 505000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc46: Artist STRING data type GET/SET
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc8b: Track UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8c: Genre STRING data type GET/SET
dc99: OriginalReleaseDate STRING data type GET/SET
dc9a: AlbumName STRING data type GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc91: UseCount UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8a: Rating UINT16 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 100, STEP 1 GET/SET
d901: BuyFlag UINT8 data type ANY 8BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
3008: MS Wave
dc46: Artist STRING data type GET/SET
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc8b: Track UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8c: Genre STRING data type GET/SET
dc99: OriginalReleaseDate STRING data type GET/SET
dc9a: AlbumName STRING data type GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc91: UseCount UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8a: Rating UINT16 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 100, STEP 1 GET/SET
d901: BuyFlag UINT8 data type ANY 8BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
b904: Audible.com Codec
da01: unknown(da01) UINT32 data type enumeration: 2, 3, 4, GET/SET
da02: unknown(da02) array of UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
da03: unknown(da03) UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc46: Artist STRING data type GET/SET
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc8b: Track UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8c: Genre STRING data type GET/SET
dc99: OriginalReleaseDate STRING data type GET/SET
dc9a: AlbumName STRING data type GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc91: UseCount UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8a: Rating UINT16 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 100, STEP 1 GET/SET
d901: BuyFlag UINT8 data type ANY 8BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
b982: MP4
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 41222, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 8000, MAX 320000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc46: Artist STRING data type GET/SET
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc8b: Track UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8c: Genre STRING data type GET/SET
dc99: OriginalReleaseDate STRING data type GET/SET
dc9a: AlbumName STRING data type GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc91: UseCount UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc8a: Rating UINT16 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 100, STEP 1 GET/SET
d901: BuyFlag UINT8 data type ANY 8BIT VALUE form GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
ba03: Abstract Audio Album
dc86: RepresentativeSampleData array of UINT8 data type byte array: GET/SET
dc81: RepresentativeSampleFormat UINT16 data type enumeration: 14337, READ ONLY
dc83: RepresentativeSampleHeight UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 180, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc82: RepresentativeSampleSize UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 24576, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc84: RepresentativeSampleWidth UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 180, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
ba05: Abstract Audio Video Playlist
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
ba01: Abstract Multimedia Album
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
3801: JPEG
dc88: Height UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 3328, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc86: RepresentativeSampleData array of UINT8 data type byte array: GET/SET
dc81: RepresentativeSampleFormat UINT16 data type enumeration: 14337, READ ONLY
dc83: RepresentativeSampleHeight UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc82: RepresentativeSampleSize UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 8192, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc84: RepresentativeSampleWidth UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc87: Width UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 4992, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
300a: MS AVI
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 85, 17, 1, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 8000, MAX 1536000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9d: FramesPerThousandSeconds UINT32 data type range: MIN 20, MAX 30000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc88: Height UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 240, STEP 1 GET/SET
de91: TotalBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 4000000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9b: VideoFourCCCodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 844515635, 878070084, 1482049860, 808802372, 1196444237, 1145656920, READ ONLY
de9c: VideoBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 3000000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc87: Width UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 320, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc86: RepresentativeSampleData array of UINT8 data type byte array: GET/SET
dc81: RepresentativeSampleFormat UINT16 data type enumeration: 14337, READ ONLY
dc83: RepresentativeSampleHeight UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc82: RepresentativeSampleSize UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 8192, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc84: RepresentativeSampleWidth UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
300c: ASF
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 352, 353, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 5000, MAX 505000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9d: FramesPerThousandSeconds UINT32 data type range: MIN 20, MAX 30000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc88: Height UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 240, STEP 1 GET/SET
de91: TotalBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 850000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9b: VideoFourCCCodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 861293911, READ ONLY
de9c: VideoBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 850000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc87: Width UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 320, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc86: RepresentativeSampleData array of UINT8 data type byte array: GET/SET
dc81: RepresentativeSampleFormat UINT16 data type enumeration: 14337, READ ONLY
dc83: RepresentativeSampleHeight UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc82: RepresentativeSampleSize UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 8192, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc84: RepresentativeSampleWidth UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
b981: WMV
de99: AudioWAVECodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 352, 353, READ ONLY
de9a: AudioBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 5000, MAX 505000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9d: FramesPerThousandSeconds UINT32 data type range: MIN 20, MAX 30000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc88: Height UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 240, STEP 1 GET/SET
de91: TotalBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 850000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
de9b: VideoFourCCCodec UINT32 data type enumeration: 861293911, READ ONLY
de9c: VideoBitRate UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 850000, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc87: Width UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 320, STEP 1 GET/SET
dc86: RepresentativeSampleData array of UINT8 data type byte array: GET/SET
dc81: RepresentativeSampleFormat UINT16 data type enumeration: 14337, READ ONLY
dc83: RepresentativeSampleHeight UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc82: RepresentativeSampleSize UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 8192, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc84: RepresentativeSampleWidth UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX 96, STEP 1 READ ONLY
dc89: Duration UINT32 data type range: MIN 0, MAX -1, STEP 1 GET/SET
de93: SampleRate UINT32 data type enumeration: 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, READ ONLY
de94: NumberOfChannels UINT16 data type enumeration: 1, 2, READ ONLY
de95: AudioBitDepth UINT32 data type enumeration: 8, 16, READ ONLY
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
bb83: vCard3
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
be03: vCalendar2
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
b802: Firmware
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
3000: Undefined Type
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
3001: Association/Directory
dc01: StorageID UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc02: ObjectFormat UINT16 data type ANY 16BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc04: ObjectSize UINT64 data type READ ONLY
dc41: PersistantUniqueObjectIdentifier UINT128 data type READ ONLY
dc44: Name STRING data type GET/SET
dc0b: ParentObject UINT32 data type ANY 32BIT VALUE form READ ONLY
dc07: ObjectFileName STRING data type GET/SET
dc4f: NonConsumable UINT8 data type enumeration: 0, 1, GET/SET
dc03: ProtectionStatus UINT16 data type enumeration: 0, 1, 32771, READ ONLY
Storage Devices:
StorageID: 0x00010001
StorageType: 0x0003
FilesystemType: 0x0002
AccessCapability: 0x0000
MaxCapacity: 32135315456
FreeSpaceInBytes: 22053552128
FreeSpaceInObjects: 4294967295
StorageDescription: Storage Media
VolumeIdentifier: 01030000A977C5380002D3484F5AC538
Special directories:
Default music folder: 0x0000005a
Default playlist folder: 0x0000005e
Default picture folder: 0x0000006a
Default video folder: 0x0000006e
Default organizer folder: 0x00000066
Default zencast folder: 0x00000076
Default album folder: 0x00000000
Default text folder: 0x00000000
MTP-specific device properties:
Friendly name: Element
Synchronization partner: (NULL)
Battery level 255 of 255 (100%)
libmtp supported (playable) filetypes:
ISO MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
Microsoft Windows Media Audio
RIFF WAVE file
Audible.com Audio Codec
MPEG-4 Part 14 Container Format (Audio+Video Empahsis)
JPEG file
Audio Video Interleave
Microsoft Advanced Systems Format
Microsoft Windows Media Video
VCard version 3
VCalendar version 2
Firmware file
Secure Time:
<DRMCLOCK type="status"><VALUE>#20071201 23:20:20Z#</VALUE><FLAG>DRM_CLK_NOT_SET</FLAG></DRMCLOCK>
Device Certificate:
<DEVCERT version="1.0"><CERTIFICATE type="DEVICE"><DATA><UNIQUEID private="1">AAADATjFd6lI0wIAOMVaTwAAAAA=</UNIQUEID><PUBLICKEY private="1">MeOnFU0SWWUfr3AzIzHJzH46KjnuNz2dkpcdq+RjywKmuZU1a1Zlbw==</PUBLICKEY><KEYDATA>qJs8EFn5Ska6sRZLGm652UB4Mqw=</KEYDATA></DATA><MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE>jEluoecw18X8bLGkmoPEf6bj5x7wwFp0PIsRneOYVxKxjJ0E9mdgAw==</MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE><SYMSIGNATURE>bvlrOkBCSmWjVCBs0wI31a9RO/s=</SYMSIGNATURE></CERTIFICATE><FALLBACK><SECURITYVERSION>2.4.108.193</SECURITYVERSION><CERTIFICATE private="1">MeOnFU0SWWUfr3AzIzHJzH46KjnuNz2dkpcdq+RjywKmuZU1a1ZlbwIEbME8W+Iz4M2ZutERFXhR9D29PlwFJQFp7vyP/jIw94U2GfDxW8AlBbYC</CERTIFICATE></FALLBACK><CERTIFICATE type="GROUP"><DATA><NAME>Creative ZEN</NAME>
<MANUFACTURER>CL Direct Pte Ltd.</MANUFACTURER>
<MODEL>DVP-FL0001</MODEL>
<SECURITYLEVEL>2000</SECURITYLEVEL>
<HARDWARE_VER_MAJOR>1</HARDWARE_VER_MAJOR>
<HARDWARE_VER_MINOR>0</HARDWARE_VER_MINOR>
<FIRMWARE_VER_MAJOR>1</FIRMWARE_VER_MAJOR>
<FIRMWARE_VER_MINOR>0</FIRMWARE_VER_MINOR>
<FEATURES>
<CLOCK>2</CLOCK>
<SECURECLOCK>
<URL>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25817</URL>
<PUBLICKEY>!CNhvvz1WaNV1AFUmetxkvm9iD4UrE9cnGUi!qcqdxMiXmD1*ikYGA==</PUBLICKEY>
</SECURECLOCK>
<METERING>1</METERING>
<LICENSE_ACQ>0</LICENSE_ACQ>
<LICENSE_SYNC>1</LICENSE_SYNC>
<ENCRYPTION>0</ENCRYPTION>
<SYMMETRIC_OPT>1</SYMMETRIC_OPT>
</FEATURES>
<LIMITS>
<MAXCHAINDEPTH>2</MAXCHAINDEPTH>
<MAXLICENSESIZE>10240</MAXLICENSESIZE>
<MAXHEADERSIZE>5120</MAXHEADERSIZE>
</LIMITS><PUBLICKEY>01jSNo4LLYCkLWpnsvVOxk1wvxbm2krcn20LgpXL9Zf91opCNsMyAQ==</PUBLICKEY></DATA><MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE>DrK/bNN2aO5ImZHdepevdhlT6UePVcdaxTWOMvw/8RYKeQFjSPwWUw==</MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE></CERTIFICATE><CERTIFICATE type="AUTHORIZATION"><DATA><SECURITYLEVEL>2000</SECURITYLEVEL><AUTH_ID>2085</AUTH_ID><PUBLICKEY>U3xlv/ZHjD1bOwjB+VKpZuAf3UI+x+5XtTYc7TvHKdQeGpyFrOmOEw==</PUBLICKEY></DATA><MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE>iBzmFZxhy/VC9d2REO5iicO+dguqv8zhB7QPZe0JOj7BNKAwmrQoew==</MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE></CERTIFICATE><CERTIFICATE type="AUTHORIZATION_ROOT"><DATA><AUTH_ID>1</AUTH_ID><PUBLICKEY>a1t3hxrg!qbOgktnbYaEEi4teCse!gz6RvTPuC!zizKJlpU7xoduSw==</PUBLICKEY></DATA><MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE>Ko25GwcWTT0R8xP4rS9+h4Z/EHX03y7Gb/281mD8U0nQGG3Rk9O+TA==</MSDRM_SIGNATURE_VALUE></CERTIFICATE></DEVCERT>
WMPInfo.xml Does not exist on this device
PTP: Closing session
OK.
To someone who know what they're doing, all of that code might mean something, but to me the only thing that counts is the OK at the end and that it obviously sees the device. If this doesn't happen it may be that your permissions for the 65-libmtp.rules file is wrong, So just chmod 666 for it and that should solve your problem.
Now the only thing left to do is Amarok. Fire up Amarok, go to settings. Click on media devices and add device. Very important. For the longest time I was beating my head against nearby inanimate objects because I had tried to add it manually before and accomplished nothing and made the foolish assumption that I had to auto detect it as all the people who solved their problems stated that they plugged it in and it simply worked. Anyways, add device, name it whatever your little heart desires (I simply named mine Creative_Zen) and select MTP device for the plugin and click ok. You should then be able to connect from the media device window. You may not be able to transfer any files without restarting Amarok like I did, but it's working now! Huzzah!
I apologize to the Forum Mods, I felt I needed to make this after all the time I spent trying to get it working and have no blog or personal website to post it on (le gasp! One could understand not having a website, but no blog in this day and age!? Scandalous!) and don't have any method to truly host it for long periods (perhaps indefinite) of time. This could go in the wiki, but since it's not focused so much on Arch I'm not sure if it belongs there.
I take no credit for finding this stuff, others online did all the hard work and this is just my condensed version of what I did. Good luck!

I was given an old 1GB Memorex MMP8568-SPT. When connected, Amarok detects it as an MTP device. What an unreliable pile of ****!
Anyway, I found the manual online and by holding the "play/pause" key down for more than three seconds, lo and behold, it switches to a simple USB flash drive mode which device managers pick up, drag and drop in dolphin etc etc. Phew!

Amarok 2.3-1 is not Amarok 2.3!

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