Sansa Fuze and E200 v2 on Linux with libMTP

SanDisk MP3 players Sansa® Fuze™
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Just a quick heads up for people.

There is a known bug with the last released version of libmtp (0.2.6.1) and the E200v2 and Fuze players.  With any luck, the next version released should be a lot more useful.

In the meantime there *is* a work-around, but it’s fairly technical.  If you’re not happy building programs, then leave this.

This may break other players using mtp.

  1. Get libmtp 0.2.6.1 source from  http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=download

  2. Get the stuff you need to build it (sudo apt-get build-dep libmtp )

  3. Edit the source files as follows:

In the file /src/usbglue.c Add #if(0) before the line that contains // First check if we know about the device already.

In the file /src/usbglue.c Add #endif before the line that contains // If we didn’t know it, try probing the “OS Descriptor”.

In the file /src/music-players.h, change the lines in the file relate to your player so that they read like the ones below.

{ “SanDisk”, 0x0781, “Sansa Fuze”, 0x74c0, DEVICE_FLAG_BROKEN_MTPGETOBJPROPLIST },

{ “SanDisk”, 0x0781, “Sansa e280 v2”, 0x7422, DEVICE_FLAG_BROKEN_MTPGETOBJPROPLIST },

If your player is a v2 player and it’s not included above, it may still work provided you edit the line relevant to your player.

  1. Run ./configure then make and make install (as usual)

  2. run ./hotplug.sh and choose “no” to the HAL rules

  3. Create a link: 

cd /usr/lib

ln -s libmtp.so /usr/local/lib/libmtp.so.6

ln -s libmtp.so.6 /usr/local/lib/libmtp.so.6

  1. Your fuze or e200v2 player should work with Rhythmbox, Amarok or whatever else that uses libmtp.
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libmtp 3.4 supports sansa fuze “out of the box”. So just install as usual or wait your distribution to release the appropiate packages :slight_smile: