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Sony Network Walkman How-to Guide

For Mandriva Linux 2007

Scope

This guide briefly explains how to load MP3 files onto a Sony NW player. All the gory details are here http://waider.livejournal.com/415461.html and you can get the required software here: http://nwe00xmp3man.sourceforge.net/ and here http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwe00xmp3man

Music load

Using the abovementioned software is not quite obvious, therefore this guide.

Preparation and mount process:

# mkdir /mnt/sony 
# mount -t vfat -o umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony

or if that didn't work:

# mount -t vfat -o umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sony
# umount -l /mnt/sony

Common Commands

Dump the songs on the player to get a track list:

# mple-dump /path/to/player

Remove a song:

# mple-rm /path/to/player/ tracknumber

Add a song:

# mple-load -m /path/to/player -p song.mp3

Remove all songs and fix if screwed up:

# mple-test /mnt/sony

Add all songs in a directory:

# mple-load -m /path/to/player -p .

Music Load Example:

Here is a complete example music load process, the way I do it:

# su -
password
# mount -t vfat -o umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony
# cd /mp3/america
# mple-test /mnt/sony
# mple-load -m /mnt/sony -p .
# umount /mnt/sony

La Voila!