Recommendations for software to use with Creative Zen MP3 player

[Chris G]

What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3 player.

Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.

Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess. 

-- 
Chris Green

[magicus]

Chris G wrote:
>  On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:36:19PM -0600, Ron Siven wrote:
> >    --- Chris G <[2]cl(a)isbd.net&gt; wrote:
> >    >  What  do  people  panel  recommend  to  use with a Creative Zen MP3
> >    player.
> >    >
> >    >  Main  requirement  is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto
> >    the
> >    > Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
> >    >
> >    >  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before
> >    we
> >    > run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess.
> >    >
> >    Chris,  Have you tried Amarok?  It works well with older iPods and has
> >    an entry for a creative Nomad device.
> >    - Ron
> >
>  I gave it a quick try last night, it looks very slick, however it
>  *didn't* recognise the Creative Zen.  Note that the Creative Zen (as I
>  understand it) isn't a 'Nomad' device, it's just a straightforward MP3
>  player.
>  
>  When plugged in all I see in dmesg is:-
>  
>      usb 7-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
>      usb 7-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>  
>  It looks as if I'll have to do a bit of configuration in amarok to get
>  it to see the Zen.
>   
If the Zen is like my Creative Zen Stone then all you have to do is plug 
it in and drag the MP3s to it.  I have used Gnomad2 with my Nomad in the 
past,

hth

[Chris G]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 06:24:27PM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
>  Chris G wrote:
> > What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3 player.
> >
> > Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
> > Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
> >
> > Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
> > run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess. 
>  I have one. on F8,
>  gnomad2 works.
>  amarok does not.
>  
What version of gnomad2?  The version I have installed on Fedora 7
doesn't recognise our Creative Zen MP3 player, it just says something
about "no Nomad ...".

What Zen player do you have?  Ours is just a Zen 4Gb, no other names.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Chris Green

[John Summerfield]

Chris G wrote:
>  What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3
> player.
>  
>  Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
>  Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>  
>  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
>  run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess. 
>   
I have one. on F8,
gnomad2 works.
amarok does not.


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[Ron Siven]

On Jan 2, 2008 3:03 PM, Chris G <cl(a)isbd.net&gt; wrote:

>  What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3
> player.
>
>  Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
>  Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>
>  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
>  run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess.
>
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[John Summerfield]

Chris G wrote:
>  On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 06:24:27PM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> > Chris G wrote:
> >> What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3 player.
> >>
> >> Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
> >> Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
> >>
> >> Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
> >> run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess. 
> > I have one. on F8,
> > gnomad2 works.
> > amarok does not.
> >
>  What version of gnomad2?  The version I have installed on Fedora 7
>  doesn't recognise our Creative Zen MP3 player, it just says something
>  about "no Nomad ...". 
As I said, I'm on F8. System's down atm.

>  
>  What Zen player do you have?  Ours is just a Zen 4Gb, no other names. 
1 Gb Zen V Plus.


I found two candidates with google; both are packaged for Ubuntu where I 
tested first, then I found gnomad2 in a repo for f8.


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[Chris G]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:36:19PM -0600, Ron Siven wrote:
>     --- Chris G <[2]cl(a)isbd.net&gt; wrote:
>     >  What  do  people  panel  recommend  to  use with a Creative Zen MP3
>     player.
>     >
>     >  Main  requirement  is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto
>     the
>     > Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>     >
>     >  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before
>     we
>     > run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess.
>     >
>     Chris,  Have you tried Amarok?  It works well with older iPods and has
>     an entry for a creative Nomad device.
>     - Ron
>   
I gave it a quick try last night, it looks very slick, however it
*didn't* recognise the Creative Zen.  Note that the Creative Zen (as I
understand it) isn't a 'Nomad' device, it's just a straightforward MP3
player.

When plugged in all I see in dmesg is:-

    usb 7-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
    usb 7-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

It looks as if I'll have to do a bit of configuration in amarok to get
it to see the Zen.

-- 
Chris Green

[Ron Siven]

On Jan 2, 2008 7:54 PM, Mr.Scrooge <maximilian_bianco(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

>  Gnomad2 is supposed to do this i think but most of these (much
>  appreciated) efforts have been
>  reverse engineered, which leaves much room for error when the manufacturer
>  decides to change how
>  they do things. I actually called Creative and asked about linux support,
>  because i had heard
>  conflicting tales, the person who answered said they did not think linux
>  was supported. I took
>  that as a "NO". I have had a couple of bad experiences with MP3 players
>  lately(Sansa and newer
>  IPODS), so maybe i am just bitter.
>  --- Chris G <cl(a)isbd.net&gt; wrote:
>
>  > What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3 player.
>  >
>  > Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
>  > Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>  >
>  > Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
>  > run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Chris Green
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>
>  
Chris, Have you tried Amarok?  It works well with older iPods and has an
entry for a creative Nomad device.

- Ron

[Max]

Gnomad2 is supposed to do this i think but most of these (much appreciated) efforts have
been
reverse engineered, which leaves much room for error when the manufacturer decides to
change how
they do things. I actually called Creative and asked about linux support, because i had
heard
conflicting tales, the person who answered said they did not think linux was supported. I
took
that as a "NO". I have had a couple of bad experiences with MP3 players
lately(Sansa and newer
IPODS), so maybe i am just bitter. 
--- Chris G <cl(a)isbd.net&gt; wrote:

>  What do people panel recommend to use with a Creative Zen MP3
> player.
>  
>  Main requirement is to be able to download MP3s and put them onto the
>  Zen, it's not a requirement to be able to play them on the computer.
>  
>  Podcast synchronisation would be a plus but lets try walking before we
>  run.  Doing this on windows has turned into a disatrous mess. 
>  
>  -- 
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