Creative Zen Support

[WierdAAR]

Hello
I installed Kubuntu about a day ago, and I am trying to get my Creative Zen to work.
I tried installing Gnomad, but no luck there. I was about to install Rhytymbox, but there was like 5 dependencies.
My system is recolonising the Zen but I can't transfer to it via Nautilus. Any ideas?
Please help

[weazel]

Re: Creative Zen Support

I'm using my Creative Zen 8GB with Amarok 2. When I connect it, it is recognized in local music in Amarok. Just right click on some album/artist/song in your local collection and then „copy to Creative Zen“.

Any luck?

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Creative Zen Support

I have a Creative Zen Vision M.

Here are two possible solutions. The first one I copied from a website, don't rememeber where:

$ sudo apt-get install libmtp mtptools mtpfs

$ sudo mkdir /media/MyZen
$ sudo chmod 775 /media/MyZen


Next, plug in your player and mount it:
$ sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/MyZen

$ sudo umount /media/MyZen
If you get a message stating that the device is busy, then give it a minute or two and try again.

The other is to use gnomad2. I'm not sure why it didn't work for you; one trick with it is to make sure you are using the "Music transfer" tab and not the Data tab. Kzenexplorer is another possibility, though I never could get that to see my device.

[WierdAAR]

Re: Creative Zen Support

I've had limited luck with Gnomad2 (works on like a 50/50 basis)
I does recognize the player but transfer doesn't work properly.
I very frustrating but don't really know what to do.
Amarok and Kzenexplorer doesn't recognize the player