archos 43 is not recognized by banshee as media player

[joedoe47]

I got an archos 43 (with android 'froyo') and I have been able to temporarily fix this by adding '.isaudio_player'. I obtained this information from another andoird device; the google nexsus. Based on what I read on that bug I was supposed to fill out a new bug for this particular hardware.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Which version of Banshee/Ubuntu do you use?

[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

I'm using version 2.0 from the ubuntu repositories.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

jamz, please could you run in a terminal "lsusb -v" and attach all the output information in a separated file?

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[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

here is the output.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PuqhhlBY03flySzeC6SCfQrPWGEGvUzrHTyzjo5KGRs/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CIjOy9QN

http://pastebin.com/kwxiDqD6

there is a lot of info on there I hope it can help me fix this. I also put it on both google docs and pastebin if you need to download or read it.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Have you connected your device while you ran this command right? seems like the output is incomplete to me because I can't see any mtp device, any way, is your device connected behind a usb hub/switch or directly to your computer? in addition, could you install mtp-tools package and then run "sudo mtp-detect" and attach all the output information?
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[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

oh sorry *facepalm* you can try the links again I just updated them. ^^

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PuqhhlBY03flySzeC6SCfQrPWGEGvUzrHTyzjo5KGRs/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CIjOy9QN

http://pastebin.com/kwxiDqD6

[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

oh and I'm sing ubuntu 11.04.

[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

*using ubuntu 11.04

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Thanks for the information jamz, I have sent this issue to upstream tracker (libmtp) because seems like your device is not supported yet out of the box in the latest release included in Ubuntu Natty Narwhal.

[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

ok, is there already a fix or when is a fix expected more or less? (ie. like next Ubuntu release or is there a patch, ect.)

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

I wish we could send a patch to upstream for get a real solution to this as soon as possible, in that way we might have this issue fixed in Oneiric, any way, guys from libmtp told me:

Comment By: Linus Walleij (snirkel)
Date: 2011-06-29 16:34

Message:
This device does not appear to be MTP at all, rather it seems
like it is implementing the USB Mass Storage protocol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_mass-storage_device_class

Certain signs of this is a "lsusb -v" output showing
things like this:

bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)

- If you have problems having it recognized as a media player in e.g.
music
 management applications, the usual solution is to add a simple file in
the
 root folder named ".is_music_player" (remember the initial dot!)

- The more complex and permanent solution that will solve the same issue
 for everyone, is to add the device ID to udev default detection scripts
in
 /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb-media-players.rules
 send a patch to the linux-hotplug mailing list for this, subscribe here:
 http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-hotplug
 Direct mail:
 <email address hidden>

- If you have problems connecting to the device, it can be a generic USB
 or USB mass storage issue, talk to linux-usb or similar people.

so, I have sent an email for now with all this information
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[joedoe47 (joedoe47)]

Ok see what might be wrong. I don't have a problem seeing it as a USB mass storage. However I thought that it not being able to be recognized by banshee or rhythmbox as a media player was an issue. I have also subscribed to the mailing list you provided. Thank you for you help! ^^