Well, Nic has brought it to my attention of the new capability to install Rhythmbox with PlaysforSure support. Anybody with Ubuntu (not Kubuntu) will already have Rhythmbox installed. It is the default music manager for Ubuntu, and is full of features. The latest version has even more features.
The rest of this post will explain how to install the latest and greatest RB with MTP (PlaysForSure) support and all the other goods.
Here's a quick run-down of the improvements on MTP in Rhythmbox:
- It works. (awesome enough)
- There is not much lag when it is scanning the device (maybe 15 seconds at the longest)
- You can play straight from the device
- You can send/recieve from device
This guide is for Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty).
1) Let's make sure we have the goods needed
sudo aptitude purge rhythmbox
sudo apt-get install build-essential gnome-common subversion libmtp5 libmtp-dev
sudo apt-get build-dep rhythmbox
2) Now we need to get the latest version of Rhythmbox
svn co http://svn.gnome.org/svn/rhythmbox/trunk rhythmbox
cd rhythmbox
3) And now the install
./autogen.sh --with-mtp
sudo make
sudo make install
4) Plugin your player, run your new Rhythmbox for the first time, and make sure you go to Edit > Plugins and enable "Portable Players - MTP"
5) Enjoy.
