Recommendations for software to use with Creative Zen MP3 player

[magicus]

Chris G wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:36:19PM -0600, Ron Siven wrote:
>>    --- Chris G <[2]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>>    >  What  do  people  panel  recommend  to  use with a Creative Zen MP3
>>    player.
>>    >
>>    >  Main  requirement  is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto
>>    the
>>    > Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>>    >
>>    >  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before
>>    we
>>    > run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess.
>>    >
>>    Chris,  Have you tried Amarok?  It works well with older iPods and has
>>    an entry for a creative Nomad device.
>>    - Ron
>>
> I gave it a quick try last night, it looks very slick, however it
> *didn't* recognise the Creative Zen.  Note that the Creative Zen (as I
> understand it) isn't a 'Nomad' device, it's just a straightforward MP3
> player.
> 
> When plugged in all I see in dmesg is:-
> 
>     usb 7-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
>     usb 7-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> 
> It looks as if I'll have to do a bit of configuration in amarok to get
> it to see the Zen.
> 

If the Zen is like my Creative Zen Stone then all you have to do is plug 
it in and drag the MP3s to it.  I have used Gnomad2 with my Nomad in the 
past,

hth