Creative ZEN player cov

Hey there, I got a 6GB Creative ZEN for xmas and I must say it's been working awesomely for me so far, although I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't support avi, as I have about 00 GB of files in avi format, and converting them takes a long time. Anyway, I was wondering what decent covers there are for it's The descriptions on the creative website don't seem to be great, with the leather one I can see that I can still use the controls while using it, but is the clear plastic one hard clear plastic or soft clear plastic?
Basically what I'm asking is which covers still allow me to access the controls while the cover is on? Thanks!

Yep, Ive used the Creative video converter which is basically ok but not a lot of functionality on it so after a week over xmas (much to my wifes annoyance!) I tried all the most popular ones on the web. I ended up purchasing CloneDVD Mobile and AnyDVD from www.slysoft.com? I have never purchased software before but I am glad I did on this occasion. You can download both of these with a 2 day free trial with full functions so you can literally try before you buy. Though the CloneDVDMobile doesnt show the Zen you can just click on the Zen Vision as this has basically the same spec. When you get to the final screen UNcheck the Deinterlace box or you may get Audio/Video sync problems when you play back on your Zen. It also has the option for more than one pass which inreases encoding time but gives a noticably better quality picture. And finally without wanting to step over the boundries here, AnyDVD makes putting movies on your Zen a breeze as it works in the background.......anyway, check out their website, try it all and you will see what i mean. The movies I have done so far have been excellent quality with no audio sync problems compared to just about all the other software Ive tried out there.

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Problem mit meinen Creative ZEN player

Hallo, ich hab ein problem
und zwar habe ich einen Creative ZEN Player mit 4 GB. Bis vor kurzem lief noch alles normal. Jedoch als ich gestern meinen ZEN player anschlie?en wollte um noch etwas Musik drauf zu laden, kam ein fehler, von wegen es gebe ein Firmware Problem. Ich hatte mir dann auf eurer Seite die neuste Firmware herunter geladen, jedoch hie? es dann immer, wenn ich etwas auf den ZEN player machen wollte, ich darf nicht darauf lesen bzw. davon etwas lesen. Wenn ich mein ZEN player anstelle, dann kommt eine "Firmware Problem" Meldung und ich komme ins Recovery Mode. Da kann ich dann zwar Clean UP, Format All, Reload Firmware und Reboot machen, jedoch bringt das alles nix.
was ist da los?

Hallo, sollten Sie versuchen Sie "Reload Firmware" und installieren Sie neue Firmware ?ber Ihren Computer erneut.

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 player cannot be found

Hi guys,
Last year Ibought two creative Zen players (one for my wife and one for me). And sincethis week Im having some difficulties connecting it to my PC.
When Iconnect it via the USB, Windows cant find any of the two Zen players.
When Ichecked the proprieties of the USB, it informed me that after solving theproblem and the issue still occur the MP3 player is broken, which is untruecause it still works.
I tried todownload the latest update but when I have to connect my ZEN player, Windowscant find it.
I tried toreinstall the Creative software but Im not allowed to do so, as there is afault/ problem in the setup. Neither via my Computer, nor Program files.
Aftersearching some more, Windows informed me that there is an error in this INFfile of the service installation section.
Doesanybody has some good tips/advice or
I tried tocontact Creative but it seems you cant contact them when youre based inBelgium.
Thanks.

Rendclaw wrote:
I have a system that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 3 and WMP .
I have a 60 GB Zen Xtra Jukebox, which I have had for almost four years and aside from some firmeware issues in the beginning, it has not given me any problems until now.
About a month ago I purchased an Audigy SE soundcard and installed it. It works just fine, but now after installing Mediasource 5, my system does not recognize the Zen Jukebox anymore. I am thinking it is a software conflict because I installed Mediasource 3 on my laptop and it works just fine. I uninstalled Mediasource 5 and reinstalled 3, thinking that it was the latest version of the software that was doing it, but I still have the same problem.
Message Edited by Rendclaw on 05-0-2009 09:23 AM
When you reinstalled MediaSource 3. did you also reinstall this
Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.20 for Creative MediaSource
Filesize : 9.72 MBDownload Show Details
@69.08.50.44

Creative Zen Player Hard Disk Problem!

There's a problem with my Zen player.
I was listening to music when suddenly it hanged and became very warm.
After recharging the battery, the zen player did not load properly and instead listed out 4 options for me to choose:
Clean Up
Format All
Reload Firmware
Reboot
Rebooting doesnt help at all.
Clean up refuses to work and nothing happens when I press yes.
Format All gives me an error. Says that it is a harddisk error.
Reloading Firmware is impossible because Creative MediaSource Organizer cannot detect my Zen player when I plug in onto the computer. It also says that there is a harddisk error.
Is there anything I can do? Can I get a refund? I hope this will not happen again because my Zen player is only around 2~3 months old and this shows that Creative Zen players have poor hardware. I hope I need not retract my praises of Creative's Zen player.Message Edited by lijuliju on -7-2005 0:59 PM

Your faulty player does not equate to Creative having poor hardware. Be realistic.
Hard disk problem error not surprisingly indicates there is a problem with the hard disk, so contact support to get a replacement (click the link Support > Downloads on this page).

Creative Zen Player will shut

I have a Zen 8 GB player for approx. 3 months and I like it inspite of this little problem. Has anyone else had a problem were the player will shut off after the headphone jack is pulled out or inserted? When i start it back up, it's like it came out of reset mode.
This doesn't happen all the time though. I'm afraid to return it to get it replaced or repaired just to have some other problem that wasn't there. I read somewhere on here were someone returned their Zen V and it came back scratched, don't want that either.
Also, should the buttons on the side be lit up? It would make it easier to see in the dark?
Again, i still like this brand (along with the Samsung T0, I admit theit headphones are better), i mean I had 2 other and i love the in-;ine feature of the Zen V Plus, and I had the same in the Nano

Try rubbing the contacts on the battery and inside the battery housing with a pencil eraser. I had this happen on one of mine, and cleaned the battery contacts and the problem went away. Worst case, buy an aftermarket battery on eBay to see if a replacement gets it to stop doing the shutoff.
Worst case, it's a contact internally in the unit, usually between PC boards, and that can't easily be repaired.

How to make best videos/audios for Creative Zen/Zen Vision W/Zen Vision M/Z

4Easysoft Creative Zen Video Converter is an all-in-one Video Converter for Creative Zen software with high output quality and powerful video editing functions, which can help all the zen users to make the best video/audio effect.
First of all, let’s make clear what kinds of videos/audios can get the best effect in the zen players.
Video:
MPEG, WMV, and AVI (MPEG-4 SP, DivX, Xvid), while MPEG-1, and MPEG-2 are supported, but must be transcoded with the included software.
Audio:
MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, and Audible 2, 3, and 4 formats.
Settings:
Video resolution: 320×240; Video Bitrate: 500 kbps; Audio Bitrate: between 96 to 128 kbps.
Then, let me show you how to make a full use of this powerful converter.
Preparation:Download and install 4Easysoft Creative Zen Video Converter
http://www.4easysoft.com/guide/creative-zen-video-converter/main.jpg
Step 1: Run this software and add video/audio files.
Step 2: Select output video format from the profile drop-down list.
Click the “Profile” button to select the output video format from the drop-down list button.
Step 3: Customize output settings.
Click “Settings” button in the output settings area, you are allowed to customize the output parameters, specify output folder and select output format.
Step 4: Start conversion
Click “Start” button on right bottom of the main interface, you can begin the conversion. All the tasks of conversion will be finished at fast speed and high output quality.
http://www.4easysoft.com/guide/creative-zen-video-converter/steps.jpg
Tips on editing videos:
1: Capture your favorite picture.
Just click the “Snapshot” button to save your favorite image.
2: Merge videos into one file.
Just check the “merge into one file” option if you want to merge the selected contents into one file As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)
3: Select preference
Click the “Preference” button and a dialog pops up, you can select the output destination, the Snapshot foler, the format of the snapshot image. You can also choose to shut down your computer or do nothing after your conversion. You can also select the CPU usage.
4: Trim video
You can get any clip of your video and put it on your zen.
5: Crop video
You can crop your video by selecting your video mode, setting crop values, or drag the frame.
http://www.4easysoft.com/guide/creative-zen-video-converter/tips.jpg
Ok, just enjoy movies and music with your Creative Zen player now!
More useful tools:
MP4 Converter is a powerful MP4 Video Converter which is designed to convert almost any video formats to MPEG-4 standard formats; WMV Converter provides perfect solution to convert common video formats to WMV with the best quality of picture and sound; Apple TV Video Converter is the excellent Apple TV converter software to convert all video files such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, RM, ASF, 3GP, VOB, etc, to Apple TV movies.
Edited by: user11254370 on 2009-6-9 下午11:58

Just wanted to mention - I bought the IR Remote thinking to make the player useful without navigation keys. Now I feel like I wasted more money instead of shifting to some other player by some other company with better customer service.

Creative Zen Radio Issue

Creative Zen Radio Issue?Hey,
I've had this creative zen player for some time now whilst im overall happy with my product, sadly there is all of a sudden a issue with it.
When i listen to the radio then lock it to just enjoy it - if i then unlock it, some times the screen locks up and stays black.
Whilst a reset solves this it doesn't stop it happening again.
But (this is a big but)...
The volume which i have on safely low - goes to compelte maximum with sound safety option off. It almost defeaned me when it occured and had ringing in my ears. I have booked an appointment with doctors as the ringing yes not really gone since.
Additionally im pretty sure my headphones are screwed as they were totally distorted when this occured which has probably ruined the quality of the speakers which were only a few months old.
So is this well known ? Cos im surprised no one has sued for loss of hearing if others have had this issue. I've yet to have my medical results on it - but would mostly prefer to have my mp3 fixed or replaced cos i cannot risk using it and having it do it again and make my hearing become damaged.
Thanks for reading.

Does the radio stop working right after lock? I locked the player right after choosing a radio station and the player continues to play. You might want to contact our Customer Support to see if they can help you further.

Creative ZEN 8GB + WMA Lossl

my creative zen player WAS up to date with the latest firmware (before v .2.0). as a test, i tried a WMA Lossless file (COldplay - Clocks) as well as an uncompressed WAV file. anyway, the WAV file didn't even show up in the browser, but the WMA Lossless file managed to play despite the "Having difficulties playing this file" error appearing over the timer. i was genuinly stunned, as i had read everywhere on this board that it wouldn't play.
anyway, i stupidly updated my firmware to the latest one, and found that it now COULDN'T play WMA Lossless files. so i downgraded the firmware to what i thought was the previous version, and now i can't play WMA Lossless files at all.
so now i'm stuck at what to do, i was about to rip my favourite CD's as lossless, but now i can't *sob*
has this happened to anyone else?

When I connect the Zen, that is where the change happens in the Device Manager trees. It is not recognised as Creative Zen, Portable Device or even a device with a yellow exclamation triangle.
In other words, when I plug in the player, that is how it is represented in the Device Manager trees. As an Unknown Device in the USB controller section.
For your information I have tried this player on 3 other systems.
Laptop A with Win XP/Service Pack 3/WMP
Laptop B with Win XP/Service Pack 3/WMP 0
Laptop C with Windows 7
RESULT IS ALWAYS SAME.
UNKNOWN DEVICE!
The player works fine in and of itself and charges normally when plugged.
Please confirm what are the system requirements for Firmware Version: .20.02e which is the currently installed version on my Creative Zen 8GB

Creative ZEN Firmware 1.21.03 Released

Hi Everyone,
There is a new firmware update for the Creative ZEN available in the Support section.
Creative ZEN Firmware .2.03
Filesize : 7.6 MB
Release date : 9 Jan 09
File Name : ZEN_PCFW_L22__2_03.exe
This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN® player. It ensures smooth operation of your player's FM Radio. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
Fix:
Ensures smooth operation of your player's FM Radio.
Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Service Pack 2)
Windows Media® Player 0 or later
USB port
Creative ZEN player
Note:
To install this firmware
Download the ZEN_PCFW_L22__2_03.exe file into your local hard disk.
Close all application windows that are currently running on your computer.
Connect your player to your computer.
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.
If your player fails to restart after the firmware upgrade:
Turn off your player.
Disconnect your player from your computer.
Press and hold the Play/Pause button. Continue to hold the button while you perform steps 4 and 5. If you accidentally release the button, start the procedure again.
Gently push a straightened paper clip into the Reset hole.
Slide the On/Off switch towards the USB port and hold until the display lights up. The Recovery Mode screen appears with four options: Clean Up, Format All, Reload Firmware, and Reboot.
Select Reload Firmware, followed by Yes.
Connect your player to your computer.
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

Re: New Creative ZEN Firmware .2.03" firmware does not work$ I updated my Zen 32GB using Vista x64 so it can work under some situations. Can't say my upgrade went problem-free but it did work in the end.
You might try some of the following (no promises they will help, but can't really hurt):
Re-download the firmware updater. Maybe you got a bad download.
Make sure your Zen is directly connected to a system USB port (i.e. not to a port on a monitor, keyboard, ext USB hub, etc.)
Try running the firmware update as Administrator if you aren't already
Try uninstalling the Creative drivers before the update.
In my case I got stuck on a message that another application was using my Zen. Turned out the simple act of hooking up the player resulted in Vista running a headless "wmplayer.exe *32" process. I had to manually kill it from TaskManager in order to proceed. Even then the first update attempt ended with the Zen reporting a firmware problem and rebooting into the Recovery Menu. I had to use Reload Firmware to erase what it had and then try again. Second time was the charm.
After all that I can't for the life of me see any changes/improvements in the new firmware. The forum is full of gripes and wishlists yet none of them complain about the radio functionality. I've used it almost every day for year without issue (aside from the rare Zen hang/crash when messing with the headphone jack and/or sliding the power switch). Thank goodness after waiting 0- months since the last update they got around to fixing something nobody noticed was broken. /2?:smileyvery-happy:

Problem with Creative Zen and Win 7

# I have Creative Zen player almost 4 years. I recently bought a new computer? with Win 7 operati've system, and since then my creative Zen player will no logner to connect with PC.
I tried everything?, but creative centrale it will not recognize it's. When I try with Win XP?everything is OK?.
What is wrong with? Win 7 and Creative Zen?I have the software? for the Win 7.
Please help me.

I have a refirbishd ?NOMAD Jukebox, that uses the ZEN USB 2.0 drivers and got it to work under Win7Wiltimate x64.
Install the regular XP drivers as administrator.
Install the NOMAD explorer (I know, this will not work on WIn7).
Install WinAMP (http://www.winamp.com)
Now you're set to go! Fire up WinAMP and go to the media library. There connect the ZEN to your computer and if all goes right, it should find your ZEN without any problem under proteble devices. Select it and have fun using your ZEN under Win7.
Adding tracks is a simple copy from the Windows explorer and past in the WinAMP library screen.

ITunes and Creative ZEN....

Is ITunes compatible with Creative's ZEN VISION: M. how do i sync them if they are???

For a more direct Cocoa-based interface with your Creative Zen player, you might try looking at the XNJB software. Support for the Creative Vision:M is only beta level in the current release (version 1.2.1, April 15, 2006) -- not as advanced as support for other Zen Nomad players, but you can try checking the forums at the XNJB site for reactions from other Vision;M users. This is freeware, and since you have 10.4 you should simply be able to download the binary. More generally, Panther users can compile the source code. Intel is supported. Here is another article describing the XNJB effort with a screenshot. Hope this helps

Vista with Creative Media Player keeps stoping during transfers to my Zen To

After my old computer crashed I purchased a new computer with Vista and like many others I went through the process of updating the firmware on my Zen Touch on another computer with XP and Windows MediaPlayer 0. I followed all the steps, including updating to the latest Creative Media OrginazerPlayer(5) and Play for Sure updates. Of course I lost all my music on the ZenTouch but I had my music saved on a external hard dri've. I loaded all the songs to my new computer and added them to the library for the Creative Media Player. Next step was to add them back to my Zen Touch. Becasue I had so many specialized playlists this process was going to take forever and would have to add songs one at a time. Everything was working great at first. I had no problems with Vista recoginizing everything and it all seem to function well. As I started to transfer songs to Zen Touch everything also went fine at first. Once I got through a few hundred songs the Media Player keeps stoping (atleast that's what the window that pops up says). I can sometimes go on later and transfer a few more songs but only a few and then it stops again and again and again. The ZenTouch is fully charged and being detected so the answers I've seen posted don't help. I've done so much to get everything to work and now this.... I running out of patience. I really don't want to start over or use the Windows Media Player if I don't have to since I've created so many playlists on the Creative Media program.Any suggestions out there on how to solve the problem of the constant stopage of the Creative Media Organizer when transfering songs to my Zen Touch Sorry for the long post- just wanted to cover the fact of what I've done already so there won't be any reiteration of suggestions.Message Edited by mattkaetzel on 0-03-20082: AM
Message Edited by mattkaetzel on 0-03-20082:2 AM

Older Creative HDD-based players with special drivers (PDE), such as the Jukebox Zen,?were not supported past Windows XP. [url="http://mrinternet.wordpress.com/2007/03/0/creative-zen-nx-and-vista-working-together-finally/" rel="nofollow">This site[/url]?(thanks coachop94) describes someone's effort to get PDE drivers to work in Vista; try at your own risk. If that doesn't work, you'll have to transfer your files off the Jukebox Zen using an older computer (XP or earlier).
Also, if you have MediaSource 5 you should also have installed the appropriate plug-in from the Jukebox Zen support page.

Creative Zen-is it compatible with the Griffin Player pa

Looking for info on accessories. I was at Circuit City, and they have a Griffin Player Pack, which includes an fm transmitter with charging capablities, and a house charger (it also has a california roll for storing, and an audio in cord). It doesn't say specifically if this is compatible with the Creative Zen, and the guy behind the counter had never even seen the Zen before. Has anyone tried these? Also, is there a difference in fm transmitters? Are the more expensi've ones any better than the cheap ones? Thanks for any help!

Is your source very large in the number of files to transfer
- It's just mp3 files (about 200 CD's ripped to mp3 files)For small sources (music) you can manually build and drag your MP3 files to your manually built folders.
- Do you mean it's possible to create folders on the Creative ZEN itself Is your source in MP3 format NON DRM protected music - I do not know what "NON DRM protected music" means Do you have a link to download the manual for the Creative ZEN Message Edited by larshgf on 04-5-2008 02:24 PM

Creative Zen Nano player does not p

My Creative Zen Nano is getting power on, but it does not play the music. I have many music files and those files have been played for long time, but now they are not playing. When I checked the contents of the player using my PC, the folders are shown as .exe files. Could you please let me know how to correct the player, so that it could play the files. Thanks in advance.

Not work SORT files : Genres--> Artists--> Albums. (SORT by ID3 tags ?)
file
file 0
file 00
file 0
file 2
file 20
Work only Playlists.
Add view folders in Music Library
Or file not is ''Albums'', need view this, and folders.

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