Is there new hope for syncing a Zune on Ubuntu 9.04?

[gymophett]

I have an 8GB flash Zune, and I have Ubuntu 9.04.
I plugged in my Zune, and it actually 'tried' to mount it!
I got this message.

"Unable to mount Microsoft Corp. Zune"

"DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)"

Is there finally a way we can work around it?

[gymophett]

Here is a screenshot of it actually being noticed.

[Brainy142]

I read that libmtp + amerok might work... I have mixed reports...

Seems that it is "read only"???

This is due to microsoft and there "bumholioness"

[gymophett]

Is there a way to force mount it?

[LightB]

You can mount it on a bottle rocket. That's what I'd do!

[gymophett]

You can mount it on a bottle rocket. That's what I'd do!

Even though it was made by Microsoft, it is my far my favorite music player. I love it and it was a gift. I don't have time for silly answers. I mean seriously, I'm sure you can force mount it. How though?

[Muffinabus]

Ooo, muy interesante. It would be nice if I could sync my 30 GB Zune, as it's one of the few things I absolutely NEED Windows for. I'm going to see if it recognizes it as it does yours.

EDIT: Hmph, nothing ):

[gymophett]

Ooo, muy interesante. It would be nice if I could sync my 30 GB Zune, as it's one of the few things I absolutely NEED Windows for. I'm going to see if it recognizes it as it does yours.

EDIT: Hmph, nothing ):

Okay. I have an 8GB flash which may be a reason. But go download all the libmtp files for Synaptic.

Then try again.

[dragos240]

try this:

if root = apt-get install qlix
if non-root = sudo apt-get install qlix

Try putting the zune in MTP mode and disconnecting and reconnecting it. Open qlix from your sound & video section and try accessing it from there.

[Vostrocity]

Well the Zune doesn't support MSC (not even MTP). Just like iPods, Zunes are 100% proprietary, which is why even on Windows you could only sync it with the Zune Media Player software. The only reason why iPods sync so easily with Linux media players is that people have looked at iTunes's code and recoded it into Songbird, Rhythmbox, etc. So far, I don't think Zunes on Linux have been popular enough for someone to write something to make it work. And the Zune software is rated "Garbage" for WINE. Shame because Zunes are pretty nice. Microsoft was even nice enough to make an ugly brown Zune to match Ubuntu.