Sony player NWZ-A829

[adaglio]

Hi everybody,
I would like to inform all of you that the player Sony NWZ-A829 and all those from the NWZ-A series are perfectly working on ubuntu 8.04.
Moreover with AVIDEMUX (http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) you can convert video files into MP4 format with AAC as audio codec and enjoy the videos you like.

if anyone has problems I will be more than happy to help.

cheers

[FlashBuster]

Hi,

I can't seem to get the NWZ-A826 to work with the Jaunty beta,
Gnome offers me to browse or use Rhythmbox but nautilus just shows an empty folder and rhythmbox nothing.. any help?

[maubarra]

Hi, I hace this player too! What settings do you use for converting video with avidemux for the A829? I've tried MP4 (x264 & AAC) but the player doesn't play them.

Hope you can help

Thanks in advance!

[robhem]

Hey Aldo & Co,

I'd love to hear how to get a Sony NWZ-A729 to work in Jaunty! I've been searching high and low for answers. I have the walkman mounting. But, not able to browse the contents in File Browser. Banshee, VLC, Rhythmbox etc show nothing. Anyone with any ideas please?

Regards,
Rab

[McScruff]

Hey Aldo & Co,

I'd love to hear how to get a Sony NWZ-A729 to work in Jaunty! I've been searching high and low for answers. I have the walkman mounting. But, not able to browse the contents in File Browser. Banshee, VLC, Rhythmbox etc show nothing. Anyone with any ideas please?

Regards,
Rab

I too have this player and have not found a gtk app that works. If you have KDE then use amarok,

Start amarok then plug walkman in. Simple and works.

[robhem]

I've had another go at this and have found the following steps will give me file access to my Sony NWZ-A729 on Jaunty/GNOME:



Plug device in to USB port and device is mounted (as SONY Corp. WALKMAN)
Open the device in File Browser and it shows nothing at all (no files)
Within File Browser, create a new directory on the player and leave it with the default name (untitled folder) as you can't rename it
Open the new directory and you will see all the files and directories present on the device. You now have read/write access.
This works reliably for me. Problem solved.

Regards,
Rab

PS. Be sure you have the file .is_audio_player in the root of the player. My file contains the following text:

audio_folders=MUSIC/,RECORDINGS/
folder_depth=2
output_formats=application/ogg,audio/x-ms-wma,audio/mpeg