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Two new initiatives from the FSFTwo new initiatives from the FSFPosted May 17, 2007 5:27 UTC (Thu) by guinan (subscriber, #4644)In reply to: Two new initiatives from the FSF by AJWM Parent article: Two new initiatives from the FSF
I had a similar bad experience with a Samsung device, the tiny YP-F2J.
I wonder if Samsung and other lucky MS partners knew about the Zune?
Anyway, your post inspired me to look for a firmware upgrade for my Samsung unit. I have a few links that look promising, but if you wouldn't mind sharing where you got yours, post here or email me. Thanks!
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Two new initiatives from the FSF Posted May 17, 2007 9:10 UTC (Thu) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link] That's weird, I have a Samsung YP-F2 (maybe YP-F2XB if that means more, it's only tiny so the writing is... rather concise)
It worked out of the box as an MP3 / Vorbis player. It came with some MP3s and I've since loaded it with lots of Vorbis files at 60kbit/s or so which work fine. Maybe it's about where you buy it as the previous poster suggested
My only complaint about it is that it doesn't take mini-B USB connectors, having instead some arbitrary custom connector. I understand it's too small to have a built-in A connector, and that per USB specifications the custom connector lets the manufacturer relax some electrical tolerances that might save him a few cents here or there, but if I had the choice over I'd pay the extra for mini-B to be able to use the same charging cable as my GPS etc.
Two new initiatives from the FSF Posted May 17, 2007 16:43 UTC (Thu) by AJWM (guest, #15888) [Link] I googled for the model number, "ogg", and "linux" and found a few good pages. The actual firmware I downloaded from Samsung's site (http://www.samsung.com/download/ then click "Global Download Center" and accept the disclaimer that if you load the wrong firmware, it's your problem), then find a similar but slightly different model number (ie the last few letters differ) to get the different firmware (on the page with the actual file link, it should mention which countries it's intended for).
For the YP-T9 model, at least, firmware filenames with "_MTP.zip" is the US firmware that was already installed, and "_UMS.zip" was the file to load to get better USB and Ogg support. (Eg, I dl'd the file "20070322175558375_YP-T9_V1.67_UMS.zip"). Updating is just a matter of unzipping the file and copying the contents to the root or data directory on the device (either on Windows (what I did) or using mtp-sendfile on Linux, it comes with libmtp (http://libmtp.sourceforge.net)), the T9 reflashes its firmware on boot if it sees the files. NOTE, this may well be somewhat or completely different for your device. YMMV, etc.
Even if you don't find appropriate firmware, libmtp may do what you need. There's also mtpfs (http://www.adebenham.com/mtpfs/) which is a FUSE filesystem that supports MTP devices. I haven't tried it though.
Good luck.
YP-2F followup Posted May 17, 2007 18:39 UTC (Thu) by guinan (subscriber, #4644) [Link] @tialaramex: mine says YP-F2JXB/XAA on the back, my wife got it as a gift for me at Target here in Mass. With the default firmware, Windows wanted me to upgrade to Media Player 10, etc., the whole "Janus" end-to-end control nightmare.http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5183692.html Linux tried to treat it as a mass storage device, but it didn't respond, and dropped off the USB bus after a few seconds. @AJWM: I ended up going through the samsung.com.au site, and found a V1.501 firmware that makes the thing into a mass-storage device. Works great now! I copied some .ogg files to it, they play back just fine. Thanks anyway for the procedural tips - I used the Windows tool from the .zip file to update it this time, but I may try your method if I upgrade again.
Link where I found the .au idea (btw I share the author's disgust regarding the Janus DRM thing):
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