Re: [opensuse] Sony USB Music Player S/W
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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.
The Sony MP3 player uses a special custom media encoding known only to Sony. I have/had one of these players... bought without doing the research first. I spent some time trying to decipher the format... it looks to my unprofessional eyes to be a simple reencoding of MP3, but.. what exactly.. who knows. Thing is, it's not just the software you need to communicate with the Sony, it is also the reencoding so that they player recognizes the media file and will play it.
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.
Right, but iPods work fine with MP3 (in addition to the AAC format). So.. Amarok etc are able to simply copy the MP3 to the iPod and then update the iPods database entries. In the case of the Sony, you would have to convert to Sony's proprietary format first... a closed secret format. The only way I found to add music to my Sony was to boot to Windows, or run Windows from a VMWare instance and use the Sony software. I have iPods now... they work fine. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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
Thanks for the Link Brett, Situation looks more promising now. Though the model number do not exactly match, I guess some tweaking will do. Perhaps I will write to the list once I successfully get it working. 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
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:
Cool... I'm thinking I should dig out the Sony now and give it a try.... if I can find it.... thanks for the links. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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