Accessing a USB Device?

[Stephen Horne]

On 13 Oct 2003 14:51:37 -0700, faizan at jaredweb.com (Fazer) wrote:

>Stephen Horne <$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$@$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.co.uk> wrote in message news:<19ukovg1un8hmv1l46idn82co1jcgeln8i at 4ax.com>...
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:09:53 +1000 (EST), Andrew MacIntyre
>> <andymac at bullseye.apana.org.au> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Sun, 11 Oct 2003, Fazer wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have a MP3 and I want to access the songs in them.  I was wondering
>> >> if Python could help me do that.  I understand that this can be done
>> >> using Linux by mountig it as a file system, but I am not on Linux and
>> >> this is mainly for a Windows platform.  Can anyone shed some light?
>> >
>> >Just plug the thing in and access it as a removable drive (which is all
>> >mounting it as a filesystem really is).  You should be able to view the
>> >MP3s with Windows Explorer
>> 
>> That depends on how the PC connectivity for the MP3 player works.
>> Mine, for one, doesn't work that way. It provides an application which
>> looks a bit like explorer, but you don't get a drive letter - you just
>> get two listview panes in the application listing the MP3s in the
>> built-in flash and the extension flash of the device.
>
>That's exactly right.  I hoped that I could mount it as a drive, but I
>can't.  However, in Linux, is it possible to mount such a MP3 Player
>as a mountable drive?

Good question. In fact, better question - can you access the device at
all in linux?

AFAIK there is no standard protocol for accessing MP3 players, so
unless someone has written a specific driver for your specific device
you will probably be out of luck.

All I can suggest is that you google for "linux driver" and the make
and model of your MP3 player.


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Steve Horne

steve at ninereeds dot fsnet dot co dot uk