MTPSync

MTPSync is used to syncronize files/music with a MTP device (as supported by libmtp)

Current Version: 0.7
Download: mtpsync_0.7.orig.tar.gzmtpsync_0.7-1_i386.deb

Currently implemented:

• Graphical or console interface
• Syncronising Music
• Syncronising Playlists (local playlists stored in m3u format)
• Syncronising Videos
• Syncronising Zencasts
• Syncronising Organiser (calendar/contacts/tasks)
• Syncronising Pictures

Usage

MTPSync runs in X or console-mode.
To use you can either run with no options, in which case the GUI starts

On first load there are two buttons, "Setup" and "Quit"
Use the setup button to configure what you wish to sync and from where
Once this is done the "Setup" button becomes the "Update" button
If you need to change options in the future you can get back to the setup dialog by clicking on "Advanced" at the bottom"
You can also click "Advanced" to provide more control over individual files to syncronise (using the buttons in that section)

If you wish you can use the -c option to run from the console.
If you run from the console you will need to set some paths to whatever you wish to sync.

The supported options are:

-c, --console	Run in console
-m, --music	Path to Music
-p, --playlists	Path to Playlists
-i, --images	Path to Photos/images
-v, --videos	Path to Videos
-o, --organizer	Path to Organizer
-z, --zencast	Path to Zencasts

For example to sync your music in /usr/local/music you would run mtpsync --music=/usr/local/music
To sync your photos/pictures which are sitting in /usr/local/photos you run mtpsync --images=/usr/local/photos
You can combine as many options as you want into one big command even. For example I run
mtpsync -i /home/cjd/Media/Resized -o /home/cjd/Media/Zen/Organizer -m /home/cjd/Media/Music -v /home/cjd/Media/Zen/Videos -p /home/cjd/Media/Playlists
This syncs my images in /home/cjd/Media/Resized, calendar in /home/cjd/Media/Zen/Organizer, music in /home/cjd/Media/Music, videos in /home/cjd/Media/Zen/Videos and playlists in /home/cjd/Media/Playlists
Note that playlists should be in m3u version 1 format (ie one track per line which is simply the filename relative to the basepath of your music)
Anything you put in the organizer path is synced to /My Organizer on your device so you can place a ical or vcf file here as needed

Compiling

To compile you need the devel packages for gtk+-2.0, gconf-2.0, mad, libusb, id3tag, libmtp and readline
Once you have all them it should be a simple matter of running ./configure;make;make install