On Tuesday 18 March 2008 22:29:17 Bikram Chatterjee wrote:
You could begin by specifying a subject in your post. I'm sure many people ignore subjectless posts; I > saw it because of timing, it was right at the top...
Sorry about missing the subject. I have added one now. But this might create a new thread.
I would say its likely that such a device uses some form of cryptography in the "special software", but you could try by installing the software on Windows, copying a file to the device, then copy it back via Linux, and see what you can make of it.
Do you mean to do some sort of reverse engineering on the software and create one myself for Linux?
Windows hating aside, the better option would probably be to return the device - it doesn't come with drivers for your OS, meaning you cannot use it, that's usually grounds for a refund. (Assuming it wasn't clearly stated to you when you purchased that it required Windows).
That is surely an option. But, I have an iPod too, and I found gtkPod for Linux to synch my iPod (sort of iTunes for Linux), apart from that there are plugins for Amarok for such things. I was hoping if there similar open source stuff to help out here.
Anyways, thanks for your reply.
Bikram
Try this: http://david.dw-perspective.org.uk/Sony-NW-E00X-Walkman-On-Linux-FreeBSD-Mac... But be sure to get the latest version (.17a) here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man/ It features brainfree setup and DRM-free use. And it converts/transfers files faster than Sony's own crapplication. I'm using it on a NW-E005F Sony Walkman now. It's pretty much platform independent, but just fyi here's one working possibility: brett@SAREK:~> uname -a; java -version Linux SAREK 2.6.22.17-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/02/10 20:01:04 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux java version "1.7.0" IcedTea Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b24) IcedTea 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.7.0-b24, mixed mode) good luck Brett -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org