mount mp3 player

[Robin Laing]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I'm running FC4 and am trying to read and write to a flash based USB
> mp3 player, an RCA Lyra.
> 
> It mounts as:
> Thomson Lyra_MPCF2261_US:RCA_LYRA
> 
> in gnome nautilus when I plug the USB cable into the player.  I then
> right-click on the folder, mount and open.  There are many songs
> loaded onto it, but I'm not seeing them.  I'm able to copy/paste/move
> files onto the mp3 player but am only seeing those files written under
> linux.  Existing mp3 files, put there by windows, are invisible.
> 
> The model:  RD1028A (RCA Lyra)
> 
> I found, on google:
> 
> "X-Message-Number-for-archive: 201430
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:52:57 -0400
> Message-ID: <te1og0trh6cubmpnqjp2n056gimlm49q1q at 4ax.com>
> Subject: [SLE] Re: [suse-multimedia-e] Mount RCA Lyra MP3 Player - Linux Newbie
> 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:46:38 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>Has anyone found a way to mount a "RCA Lyra 128M" MP3 player?
>>
>>I have searched Google many times and nothing listed seems to work
> 
> for me. And I'm not quite sure what format it may be in.
> 
>>FYI: SUSE 8.2
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>--jj
> 
> 
> Sorry, but the Lyra series is braindamaged. I own the older version,
> which could be mounted but the mp3 files had to be preprocessed by a
> licensed version of some windows program or other - can't think of it
> right now. The newer version, AFAIK, took it an additional step - it
> won't even mount as a normal USB device - you're stuck running the
> software it came with.
> 
> Mike- "
> 
> which is from the suse mailing list.  At one point I *was* able to
> view the contents of the player but haven't been able to recreate
> that.  So long as the player has free space I'm able to write to it,
> and see those files, but don't see the pre-existing mp3 files.  I'm
> using USB 1.1, not 2.0, if that matters.
> 
> 
> -Thufir
> 
Check the manufactures site for any upgrades and info.

I have an iRiver that by default was almost useless on Linux.  On the 
site was a software upgrade to make the iRiver work as a mass storage 
device.  Now it just works as a USB stick.

Also it won't hurt to let the manufacturer know that there is an issue 
working with Linux, but they may not care.

I look at it this way.  I have a 1gig player that in a pinch, I can 
use as a USB stick.  I don't need to install any special software and 
I can use it between Linux, Mac or Windows if I need to.

If it is new, I would also look at returning it to the store to get a 
more Linux friendly one.