Hi!
I hope someone can help me with this: I got an iriver clix, which is an MTP device. I got libmtp 0.0.11 (as was suggested) and updated my libusb to 0.1.12.
I edited the libmtp.rules file to recognize the iriver clix.

After doing all this and recompiling amarok (Ubuntu Dapper's amarok (even upgraded) does not contain MTP support), I was able to connect to the player and browse its content.
If I try to copy a file though, amarok will  tell me that the file cannot be copied, and it will crash immediately.

This is the shell output right after the crash:

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amarok: BEGIN: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&)
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] filetype : 1
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Using default music folder : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Creating new folder 'name of my music files album' as a child of 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] New folder ID: 0
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Attempt to create folder 'name of my music files album' failed.
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Couldn't create new parent (%a - %b)
amarok: END__: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&) - Took 0.0056s


It would be great if someone knew what I could try to make it work!
Thanks!
Estariel

estariel wrote:Hi!
I hope someone can help me with this: I got an iriver clix, which is an MTP device. I got libmtp 0.0.11 (as was suggested) and updated my libusb to 0.1.12.
I edited the libmtp.rules file to recognize the iriver clix.

After doing all this and recompiling amarok (Ubuntu Dapper's amarok (even upgraded) does not contain MTP support), I was able to connect to the player and browse its content.
If I try to copy a file though, amarok will  tell me that the file cannot be copied, and it will crash immediately.

This is the shell output right after the crash:

Code: Select all

amarok: BEGIN: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&)
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] filetype : 1
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Using default music folder : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Creating new folder 'name of my music files album' as a child of 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] New folder ID: 0
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Attempt to create folder 'name of my music files album' failed.
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Couldn't create new parent (%a - %b)
amarok: END__: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&) - Took 0.0056s


It would be great if someone knew what I could try to make it work!
Thanks!
Estariel

Hi,

If it crashes when it can't create the parent folder, that's certainly bad news. Could you pop a bug report on bugs.kde.org and I'll look into it after the weekend. Does the album/artist name contain any accented/"foreign" characters?

Meantime, to get stuff onto the device, if you're not fussed about folder structures, you can edit the folder path that's created. The default is to use "%a - %b" (artist - album), if you set it to an empty string then it won't attempt to create any folder structure. You can edit the path in the media devices configuration tab.

mopoke wrote:

estariel wrote:Hi!
I hope someone can help me with this: I got an iriver clix, which is an MTP device. I got libmtp 0.0.11 (as was suggested) and updated my libusb to 0.1.12.
I edited the libmtp.rules file to recognize the iriver clix.

After doing all this and recompiling amarok (Ubuntu Dapper's amarok (even upgraded) does not contain MTP support), I was able to connect to the player and browse its content.
If I try to copy a file though, amarok will  tell me that the file cannot be copied, and it will crash immediately.

This is the shell output right after the crash:

Code: Select all

amarok: BEGIN: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&)
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] filetype : 1
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Using default music folder : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Creating new folder 'name of my music files album' as a child of 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] New folder ID: 0
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Attempt to create folder 'name of my music files album' failed.
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Couldn't create new parent (%a - %b)
amarok: END__: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&) - Took 0.0056s


It would be great if someone knew what I could try to make it work!
Thanks!
Estariel

Hi,

If it crashes when it can't create the parent folder, that's certainly bad news. Could you pop a bug report on bugs.kde.org and I'll look into it after the weekend. Does the album/artist name contain any accented/"foreign" characters?

Meantime, to get stuff onto the device, if you're not fussed about folder structures, you can edit the folder path that's created. The default is to use "%a - %b" (artist - album), if you set it to an empty string then it won't attempt to create any folder structure. You can edit the path in the media devices configuration tab.

Hi,
I will file a bug report later.
Meanwhile, I tried to disable the folder structure. Now amarok does not crash anymore, when I hit the "Transfer files" button, but will only tell me that it cannot copy the files.
This is the shell output:

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amarok: BEGIN: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&)
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] filetype : 2
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Using default music folder : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Parent id : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Sending track... /media/usbdisk/Artist - Name of Album/Artist - 13 - Name of Song.ogg
PTP: I/O error
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Could not write file -1
amarok: END__: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&) - Took 0.0037s
amarok: [MtpMediaDevice] couldn't get storage details


My filenames contain spaces, dashes and numbers, but no foreign characters (like öäü etc.)
I will try a file with a filename without any spaces next.

Thanks for your help!
Estariel

estariel wrote:Meanwhile, I tried to disable the folder structure. Now amarok does not crash anymore, when I hit the "Transfer files" button, but will only tell me that it cannot copy the files.
This is the shell output:

Code: Select all

amarok: BEGIN: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&)
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] filetype : 2
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Using default music folder : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Parent id : 458752
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Sending track... /media/usbdisk/Artist - Name of Album/Artist - 13 - Name of Song.ogg
PTP: I/O error
amarok:   [MtpMediaDevice] Could not write file -1
amarok: END__: virtual MediaItem* MtpMediaDevice::copyTrackToDevice(const MetaBundle&) - Took 0.0037s
amarok: [MtpMediaDevice] couldn't get storage details


Hmm. That's a libmtp error you're getting there (PTP: I/O error). I had that same error for a few versions of libmtp (0.0.15 & 0.0.16) because of some library changes. I'd suggest upgrading your libmtp to the latest version (I think it's .17).

Hello!
I read the libmtp mailing lists, and apparently, noone knows why the iriver clix does not work (but there are several people experiencing my problems).
I guess I will have to move music on it using windows (at least for now)