[How-To] Install Amarok with MTP-Device Support

[L2wis]

Hey all, i followed the guide and everything seems to be installed all okay. BUT

When i connect my micro zen with Amarok running nothing happens. I tried clicking Media Devices then connect but nothing happens.

[superxero044]

ok I tried this a few times with no luck.

What I did have luck with was -

1) uninstalling all versions of libmtp (including libmtp2)
2) uninstalling amarok
3. installing the latest libmtp - version 0.1.3 using check install
4) running the command to get all of amarok's dependencinies
5( installing amarok from source using checkinstall

THEN I had to restart my computer - then when I opened amarok I had to tell it to look for a mtp device - it didn't automatically detect the zen still.

Then when i told it to connect to the mtp device it worked.

Good luck. I will try to post a more detailed set of instructions soon because the main set are severly out dated - but being a newb myself i don't really know the proper terminology / rules to writing a guide.

[bsalt]

Yeah... for some reason, it does not autodetect MTP devices. What we can look foward to, however, is Amarok 2.0. It will be released this summer, most likely, and will support Windows, Mac, AND Linux. We can most likely expect new and good things.

Jon

[Jarn]

It autodetects my MTP device, once I added an entry for it in the Devices menu...

[disembodied]

Build libmtp 0.1.3 as directed here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=199250.

Then, open up the terminal.

Run the following (ignore the $: in front of any given line when copying/pasting):

$: sudo apt-get update
$: sudo apt-get upgrade
$: sudo apt-get build-dep amarok
$: wget -C http://kde.mirrors.tds.net/pub/kde/stable/amarok/1.4.5/src/amarok-1.4.5.tar.bz2
$: tar -jxf amarok-1.4.5.tar.bz2
$: cd amarok-1.4.5/
$: ./configure --with-libnjb --with-libmtp --with-libgpod --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`
$: sudo make
$: sudo make install

Once all that's done, assuming none of it exited with errors, Amarok should work with MTP.

I followed this exactly... first I installed lib-mtp, ran the mtp-detect command and it recognize my creative zen vision m just fine... then i ran through the above console commands, and it all went fine, but still no MTP in amarok.

One problem may be that I didn't have a -C command for wget... i ran -c (which is just continue a partially downloaded) but what was the -C command and why do I not have it? Could that have caused the problem somehow?

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[ButteBlues]

I followed this exactly... first I installed lib-mtp, ran the mtp-detect command and it recognize my creative zen vision m just fine... then i ran through the above console commands, and it all went fine, but still no MTP in amarok.

One problem may be that I didn't have a -C command for wget... i ran -c (which is just continue a partially downloaded) but what was the -C command and why do I not have it? Could that have caused the problem somehow?

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I typo'd that -c.


In Amarok, in the Configuration screen, add an MTP device in Amarok, then connect the device to your computer, open the Devices screen, and click Connect in Amarok.

[disembodied]

I typo'd that -c.


In Amarok, in the Configuration screen, add an MTP device in Amarok, then connect the device to your computer, open the Devices screen, and click Connect in Amarok.

I still don't get the option for an MTP device in amarok configuration... its like it didn't configure/compile with libmtp, even though i did it exactly as it was written out.

Thanks

[ButteBlues]

I still don't get the option for an MTP device in amarok configuration... its like it didn't configure/compile with libmtp, even though i did it exactly as it was written out.

Thanks

I can't really explain that sort of behavior by amarok. If compiled like that, MTP _should_ be a listed choice.

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Also, I'll be completely renovating this soon and moving it to my site.

If someone could create an Edgy deb that's built with mtp support, I'd also host that.

[forcesofhabit]

I am not sure if this has been noticed/discussed earlier, but after using Amarok to get my mp3s from my Microphoto, they sound like garbage. All low-end from the files is gone.
Anyone else have the same problem?

[anaspeople]

I followed post #108 exactly but I still don't get MTP support for amarok
I did ask it to configure it with mtp support but then it says

= The following extra functionality will NOT be included:
= - NMM-engine
= - Helix-engine
= - yauap-engine
= - MySql Support
= - Postgresql Support
= - MP4/AAC Tag Write Support
= - MTP Device Support
= - Rio Karma Support
=
= The following extra functionality will be included:
= + xine-engine
= + libvisual Support
= + Konqueror Sidebar
= + MusicBrainz Support
= + iPod Support
= + iRiver iFP Support
= + Creative Nomad Jukebox Support
= + DAAP Music Sharing Support

Any idea??