Ubuntu
amarok package

Unable to Play MP3s using Amarok 2

Asked by noel egan

Hi Everyone,
I'm new to Ubuntu (yay, me!) but I'm a noob with all this computer talk. I'm trying to sync my ipod to Amarok 2 but found a few problems. I don't know if I have the proper devices installed either.

*When I tried playing my MP3s, it gives me an error : "Too many errors encountered in playlist." How am I supposed to play my music?

*How do I sync my ipod to Amarok 2? When I connect my ipod to my laptop, it shows that it's mounted on my desktop. How do I transfer music into my ipod? I need no non sense directions. I read a few forums stating that I needed to install ligbpod in order to do so. Is this correct?

Thanks for all your help!

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

I am wondering whether you iPod is mounting correctly in ubuntu, or whether its an amarok configuration problem. Are you able to mount see the iPod in nautilus?

With the iPod connected open a terminal and please tell the output of these commands

df
sudo blkid

Thanks

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noel egan (noel-egan) said : 		#2

hi thank you for the heads up i think ive found where the ipod is mounted however im a bit confused as to who to configure it in amarok the following command line illustrates i hope im asking the right questions kind regards

Noel

noel@noel-desktop:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 25923156 4868628 19748044 20% /
varrun 516924 128 516796 1% /var/run
varlock 516924 0 516924 0% /var/lock
udev 516924 60 516864 1% /dev
devshm 516924 24 516900 1% /dev/shm
lrm 516924 39780 477144 8% /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile
gvfs-fuse-daemon 25923156 4868628 19748044 20% /home/noel/.gvfs
/dev/sdb1 7761584 1627328 6134256 21% /media/NOELS APPLE
noel@noel-desktop:~$ sudo blkid
[sudo] password for noel:
/dev/sda1: UUID="E8544C15544BE4C2" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="5f61f434-2ff3-42e2-b09c-afc672737207" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: TYPE="swap" UUID="28752784-ad3a-44af-b4c7-fbcc91886eb8"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="NOELS APPLE" UUID="3141-5926" TYPE="vfat"
noel@noel-desktop:~$

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Best Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#3

It looks like it automounted in the directory /media/NOELS APPLE.

I think you might have problems with that mountpoint since it has a space in its name. I would recommend changing its name to NOELS-APPLE. If you have trouble changing the volume label, you can try mtools, that works for fat filesystems. Then make sure that amarok is using the proper mountpoint.

If you are still having problems, you can try setting a mount in fstab. I would use the volume UUID to do this. For example

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

Then add this lines

# iPod
UUID=3141-5926 /media/ipod vfat umask=000,uid=0,gid=0,noauto,rw,user 0 0

Then it should alway mount to the /media/ipod folder

Hope this helps

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noel egan (noel-egan) said : 		#4

Thanks Wyatt Smith, that solved my question.

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noel egan (noel-egan) said : 		#5

the following command lines worked in getting amarok to recognise my ipod

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

Then add this lines

# iPod
UUID=3141-5926 /media/ipod vfat umask=000,uid=0,gid=0,noauto,rw,user 0 0

Then it should alway mount to the /media/ipod folder

Hope this helps

Thank you

Noel Egan

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fagmango (carl-cordell) said : 		#6

I don't have any options about media devices in Amarok. I did add the media applet and it shows my ipod there but still no options in the software. I also can't figure out how to set Amarok as the Preferred Application. I have an option to set custom but I don't know what to put in the command line. The ipod is the major problem right now unless they the problems are tied.