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

ok.. making progress. I reinstalled libmtp, then reinstalled amarok (twice). Now amarok shows the option for mtp. however, it still doesn't detect the device.

when i plug in the device, amarok spits this to stdout

Code:

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amarok: BEGIN: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString)
amarok:    DeviceManager: getDevice called with name argument = camera
amarok: BEGIN: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList()
amarok: END__: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList() - Took 0.00069s
amarok: END__: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString) - Took 0.00086s
amarok:  [DeviceManager::mediumAdded] Obtained medium name is camera, id is: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4130_0105255182038FD6_if0
amarok: BEGIN: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString)
amarok: END__: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString) - Took 4.5e-05s
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::mediumAdded(const Medium*)
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::mediumAdded(const Medium*) - Took 4.1e-05s
amarok: END__: void DeviceManager::mediumAdded(QString) - Took 0.0012s

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also, mtp-detect finds the device with no problem.

edit:

ok, so I manually added the device and it works! cool!

Awesome! :)

Hello!
Everything work up to "make" in the amarok building process.
Here is the error:

Code:

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make  all-recursive
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4 »
Making all in amarok
make[2]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4/amarok »
make[2]: *** Pas de règle pour fabriquer la cible « all ». Arrêt.
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4/amarok »
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4 »
make: *** [all] Erreur 2

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Do you have any idea where it comes from.
It throu me the same whenever I try make clean.
With or without any "sudo" in front of it !

Thanks

Are you using Edgy or Feisty? If you are using Feisty, you do not need to build Amarok - just libmtp. The Amarok in the Feisty repos is built with mtp enabled already.

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Originally Posted by splitsch

Hello!
Everything work up to "make" in the amarok building process.
Here is the error:

Code:

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make  all-recursive
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4 »
Making all in amarok
make[2]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4/amarok »
make[2]: *** Pas de règle pour fabriquer la cible « all ». Arrêt.
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4/amarok »
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/yannick/amarok-with-mtp_dir/amarok-1.4.4 »
make: *** [all] Erreur 2

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Do you have any idea where it comes from.
It throu me the same whenever I try make clean.
With or without any "sudo" in front of it !

Thanks

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I don't really know what the error message says, but it looks like similar to a problem I had. I solved it by running the make commands AND the configure command with sudo. The reason for this is that directories were created as owned by root, and configure was unable to copy into them. Some kind of chmod would have fixed it also, but sudo was easier.

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Originally Posted by jrjazzman

ok.. making progress. I reinstalled libmtp, then reinstalled amarok (twice). Now amarok shows the option for mtp. however, it still doesn't detect the device.

when i plug in the device, amarok spits this to stdout

Code:

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amarok: BEGIN: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString)
amarok:    DeviceManager: getDevice called with name argument = camera
amarok: BEGIN: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList()
amarok: END__: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList() - Took 0.00069s
amarok: END__: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString) - Took 0.00086s
amarok:  [DeviceManager::mediumAdded] Obtained medium name is camera, id is: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4130_0105255182038FD6_if0
amarok: BEGIN: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString)
amarok: END__: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString) - Took 4.5e-05s
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::mediumAdded(const Medium*)
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::mediumAdded(const Medium*) - Took 4.1e-05s
amarok: END__: void DeviceManager::mediumAdded(QString) - Took 0.0012s

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also, mtp-detect finds the device with no problem.

edit:

ok, so I manually added the device and it works! cool!

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i have the same problem, mtp-detect finds it but amarok doesnt. could you explain how you added it manually? do you need to mount it or something?

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Originally Posted by saixx

i have the same problem, mtp-detect finds it but amarok doesnt. could you explain how you added it manually? do you need to mount it or something?

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I didn't mount anything. I went to settings > configure amarok > media devices. Clicked Add Device, plugin = MTP, Name = zen. That's all.

I think the name could have been anything. It probably assumes you'll only have one mtp device hooked up at a time.

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Originally Posted by jrjazzman

I didn't mount anything. I went to settings > configure amarok > media devices. Clicked Add Device, plugin = MTP, Name = zen. That's all.

I think the name could have been anything. It probably assumes you'll only have one mtp device hooked up at a time.

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heh, my amarok doesnt show a "plugin = MTP". any ideas?

edit: never mind, i got gnomad2 working :)

On Edgy, tried to use your script and got the following error just after answering NO to whether I'm using Feisty:

./amarok-with-mtp: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
./amarok-with-mtp: line 29: `do wget "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/amarok/amarok_1.4.4-0.3ubuntu2_i386.deb" && wget "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/amarok/amarok-xine_1.4.4-0.3ubuntu2_i386.deb"'

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Originally Posted by czheng

On Edgy, tried to use your script and got the following error just after answering NO to whether I'm using Feisty:

./amarok-with-mtp: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
./amarok-with-mtp: line 29: `do wget "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/amarok/amarok_1.4.4-0.3ubuntu2_i386.deb" && wget "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/amarok/amarok-xine_1.4.4-0.3ubuntu2_i386.deb"'

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Looks like a bug. Start the manual instructions in first post at step 3. :)