![]() I connected my player to my Acer 2970Z's USB port and waited. Go figure.Īnyway, Sansa Fuze claims to support both of the aforementioned protocols, but only MSC for OSX and Linux. For example, Microsoft apparently uses protocol called MTPZ for Zunes for some reason. Then, of course, there are some variations of the two. Microsoft's newer MTP protocol, designed to implement DRM restrictions to players, usually requires special software. The older MSC protocol tends to work well with different operating system as the device shows up as a mass storage drive for the computer. MP3 players in general use two different protocols to communicate with the computer. Now, rumours are rumours and I believe when I see it, but ogg support would be absolutely fantastic. Also, I had seen some rumours about upcoming Ogg Vorbis support. It also had some very nice features when compared to some of it's competitors, FM radio and voice recording for example. I selected SanDisk player after googling revealed encouraging reports about it's Linux compatibility and, especially, after I discovered that SanDisk explicitly mentions Linux in it's product specs. These are my notes on getting the Sansa Fuze working with my Acer laptop and Ubuntu Linux. My old player has served me well for a very long time, but it's age is showing and I thought it was finally time to retire it. I've recently purchased a SanDisk Sansa Fuze MP3 player. (Update: see also my posts about the video problems and about the new firmware with Ogg Vorbis support.) ![]()
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