On Thu December 15 2005 3:12 pm, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi all (happy holidays :),
Has anyone used an Olympus VN480PC Voice Recorder on SuSE 9.3? I'm mostly accustomed to USB devices just appearing in the filesystem and working without any fuss. However, this thing has a USB port, and shows up in /proc/usb/bus/devices, but doesn't show up in the filesystem.
If anyone knows anything about the device (or other similar ones) I'd much appreciate the info.
And I'd appreciate any guidance about any other pocket recorders that will interface directly (presumably through USB) with Linux.
Cheers, Simon
Simon, I posted the same inquiry here about 6 weeks ago.You can find the discussions in the archives. I also spoke directly with Olympus tech support -- even got hold of a guy who uses Linux. He said that the device requires a Windows driver and will not work without it. He told me there is no way to transfer the files from the VN480 to Linux PC. Also got a response post here on SuSE list from a fellow in Germany who read the output I sent him from my Konsole, and he confirmed that it requires a special driver. Even though it is USB it is not "plug and play" in the way you might find your digital camera or a card reader. So, sadly, there does not seem to be any way to use the USB feature of the 480PC. You can't transfer the voice recordings to a Linux PC. Now, if you EVER find a way to do it PLEASE post the solution to this list! :o) Thx Gil