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MTP is the "Media Transfer Protocol" and is used by many MP3 players such as the Creative Zen and some Walkmans. In addition, Android phones and tablets use it since version 3.0. It is part of the "Windows Media" Framework and has close relationship with Windows Media Player. | MTP is the "Media Transfer Protocol" and is used by many MP3 players such as the Creative Zen and some Walkmans. In addition, Android phones and tablets use it since version 3.0. It is part of the "Windows Media" Framework and has close relationship with Windows Media Player. | ||
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==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
MTP support is provided by the [http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/ libmtp] package, to install: | MTP support is provided by the [http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/ libmtp] package, to install: | ||
− | + | pacman -S libmtp | |
+ | ==Usage== | ||
+ | After installation, you have several mtp tools available. | ||
+ | Upon connecting your MTP device, you use: | ||
+ | mtp-detect | ||
+ | to see if your MTP device is detected. | ||
− | + | To connect to your MTP device, you use: | |
− | mtp- | + | mtp-connect |
− | + | ||
+ | If connection is successful, you will be given several switch options in conjunction with mtp-connect to access data on the device. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are also several stand alone commands you can use to access your MTP device such as, | ||
+ | {{Warning | Some commands may be harmful to your MTP device!!! }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | mtp-albumart mtp-emptyfolders mtp-getplaylist mtp-reset mtp-trexist | ||
+ | mtp-albums mtp-files mtp-hotplug mtp-sendfile | ||
+ | mtp-connect mtp-folders mtp-newfolder mtp-sendtr | ||
+ | mtp-delfile mtp-format mtp-newplaylist mtp-thumb | ||
+ | mtp-detect mtp-getfile mtp-playlists mtp-tracks | ||
==Using media players== | ==Using media players== | ||
− | You can also use your mtp device in music players such as | + | You can also use your mtp device in music players such as Amarok. To do this you may have to edit "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" (The MTP device used in the following example is a Galaxy Nexus): |
To do this run: | To do this run: | ||
− | + | $ lsusb | |
and look for your device, it will be something like: | and look for your device, it will be something like: | ||
− | + | Bus 003 Device 011: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1] | |
in which case the entry would be: | in which case the entry would be: | ||
− | + | SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", ATTR{idProduct}=="6860", MODE="0666" | |
+ | Then, reload udev rules: | ||
+ | # udevadm control --reload | ||
{{Note | After installing MTP you may have to reboot for your device to be recognised''}} | {{Note | After installing MTP you may have to reboot for your device to be recognised''}} | ||
==mtpfs== | ==mtpfs== | ||
− | Mtpfs is FUSE filesystem that supports reading and writing from any MTP device. Basically it allows you to mount your device as an external drive.<br> It's available in the community repository. | + | Mtpfs is FUSE filesystem that supports reading and writing from any MTP device. Basically it allows you to mount your device as an external drive.<br> It's available in the community repository; you can install it by running {{ic|pacman -S mtpfs}}. |
+ | *First edit your {{ic|/etc/fuse.conf}} and uncomment the following line: | ||
+ | user_allow_other | ||
*To mount your device | *To mount your device | ||
# mtpfs -o allow_other /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT | # mtpfs -o allow_other /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT | ||
− | *To unmount your device | + | *To unmount your device with fuse as regular user |
− | # umount /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT | + | # fusermount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT |
+ | *To unmount your device as root | ||
+ | $ umount /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT | ||
+ | Also, you can put them into your ~/.bashrc: | ||
+ | alias android-connect="mtpfs -o allow_other /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT" | ||
+ | alias android-disconnect="fusermount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT" | ||
+ | Or, with sudo | ||
+ | alias android-disconnect="sudo umount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT" | ||
+ | {{Note|if you want not be asked for password when using sudo, please refer to [[USB Storage Devices#Mounting USB devices]]}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==go-mtpfs== | ||
+ | {{Note|Go-mtpfs gives a better performance while writing files to some devices than mtpfs/jmtpfs. Try it if you have slow speeds.}} | ||
+ | If the above instructions don't show any positive results one should try {{aur|go-mtpfs-git}} from the [[AUR]]. | ||
+ | The following has been tested on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM and Samsung Galaxy S 3 mini. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you want do it simpler: | ||
+ | |||
+ | pacman -S go libmtp git | ||
+ | |||
+ | After that install {{AUR|go-mtpfs-git}} from [[AUR]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | As in the section above install {{aur|android-udev}} which will provide you with "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" edit it to apply to | ||
+ | your vendorID and productID, which you can see after running mtp-detect. To the end of the line add with a comma OWNER="yourusername". Save the file. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Add yourself to the "fuse" group: | ||
+ | gpasswd -a [user] fuse | ||
+ | |||
+ | *If the group "fuse" doesn't exist create it with: | ||
+ | groupadd fuse | ||
+ | |||
+ | Logout or reboot to apply these changes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *To create a mount point called "Android" issue the following commands: | ||
+ | mkdir Android | ||
+ | |||
+ | *To mount your phone use: | ||
+ | go-mtpfs Android | ||
+ | |||
+ | *To unmount your phone: | ||
+ | fusermount -u Android | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can create a .bashrc alias as in the example above for easier use. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==gvfs-mtp== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Philip Langdale is has implemented native MTP support for gvfs. The weaknesses of gphoto2 and mtpfs are listed in his [http://intr.overt.org/blog/?p=153 blog post]. | ||
+ | *The native mtp implementation for gvfs [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666195 has been merged upstream] and has been released in gvfs [http://git.gnome.org/browse/gvfs/commit/?id=d6c8e3a4910ee2c5968886328ebe9456b445796b 1.15.2]. You can grab the stable gvfs-mtp package from extra, when gvfs 1.16 will be released in the stable Arch repos. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Devices will have gvfs paths like this | ||
+ | gvfs-ls mtp://[usb:002,013]/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==simple-mtpfs== | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is another FUSE filesystem for MTP devices. You may find this to be more reliable than {{Pkg|mtpfs}}. {{aur|simple-mtpfs}} is available in the AUR or can be built from source. Remember '''do not''' run the following commands as root. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * To list MTP devices run | ||
+ | simple-mtpfs --list-devices | ||
+ | |||
+ | * To mount a MTP devices (in this example device 0) run | ||
+ | simple-mtpfs --device 0 /path/to/your/mount/point | ||
+ | |||
+ | * To un mount run | ||
+ | fusermount -u /path/to/your/mount/point | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==KDE MTP KIO Slave== | ||
+ | There is a MTP KIO Slave built upon libmtp availiable as package {{Pkg|kio-mtp}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Using KIO makes file access in KDE seamless, in principle any KDE application would be able read/write files on the device. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Usage=== | ||
+ | The device will be available under the path mtp:/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Workaround if the KDE device actions doesn't work=== | ||
+ | If you are not able to use the action "Open with File Manager", you may work around this problem by editing the file /usr/share/apps/solid/actions/solid_mtp.desktop | ||
+ | |||
+ | Change the line | ||
+ | Exec=kioclient exec mtp:udi=%i/ | ||
+ | To | ||
+ | Exec=dolphin "mtp:/" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==GNOME gMTP== | ||
+ | gMTP is a native Gnome application used for MTP access. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{aur|gmtp}} is currently located in the [[AUR]] . | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Workarounds for Android== | ||
+ | MTP is still buggy and may crash despite the best efforts of developers. The following are alternatives: | ||
+ | * AirDroid - an Android app to access files via your web browser. | ||
+ | * FTP client on Android - If you run a local FTP server on Arch (such as [[Vsftp]]), there are many FTP clients available on the Play Store which will give read/ write access to your device's files. | ||
+ | * FTP Server on Android. Note: since FTP client using passive transfer (server connect to client) do not forget to disable firewall or adding rules for allowing FTP server connect to your PC. | ||
+ | ** Ftp Server (by The Olive Tree) app in Play Store acts as FTP server on Android and allows RW access to pretty much all your storage. | ||
+ | *** Pro: Doesn't require root and just works! | ||
+ | *** Cons: Doesn't work with tethering network. | ||
+ | ** FTPServer (by Andreas Liebig) - Just work. | ||
+ | * Samba - an Android app to share your SD card as a windows fileshare. Pros: Your desktop apps work as before (since the SD card appears as a windows fileshare). Cons: you need to root your phone. |
Revision as of 13:44, 9 April 2013
MTP is the "Media Transfer Protocol" and is used by many MP3 players such as the Creative Zen and some Walkmans. In addition, Android phones and tablets use it since version 3.0. It is part of the "Windows Media" Framework and has close relationship with Windows Media Player.
Contents
Installation
MTP support is provided by the libmtp package, to install:
pacman -S libmtp
Usage
After installation, you have several mtp tools available. Upon connecting your MTP device, you use:
mtp-detect
to see if your MTP device is detected.
To connect to your MTP device, you use:
mtp-connect
If connection is successful, you will be given several switch options in conjunction with mtp-connect to access data on the device.
There are also several stand alone commands you can use to access your MTP device such as,
mtp-albumart mtp-emptyfolders mtp-getplaylist mtp-reset mtp-trexist mtp-albums mtp-files mtp-hotplug mtp-sendfile mtp-connect mtp-folders mtp-newfolder mtp-sendtr mtp-delfile mtp-format mtp-newplaylist mtp-thumb mtp-detect mtp-getfile mtp-playlists mtp-tracks
Using media players
You can also use your mtp device in music players such as Amarok. To do this you may have to edit "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" (The MTP device used in the following example is a Galaxy Nexus): To do this run:
$ lsusb
and look for your device, it will be something like:
Bus 003 Device 011: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1]
in which case the entry would be:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", ATTR{idProduct}=="6860", MODE="0666"
Then, reload udev rules:
# udevadm control --reload
mtpfs
Mtpfs is FUSE filesystem that supports reading and writing from any MTP device. Basically it allows you to mount your device as an external drive.
It's available in the community repository; you can install it by running pacman -S mtpfs
.
- First edit your
/etc/fuse.conf
and uncomment the following line:
user_allow_other
- To mount your device
# mtpfs -o allow_other /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT
- To unmount your device with fuse as regular user
# fusermount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT
- To unmount your device as root
$ umount /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT
Also, you can put them into your ~/.bashrc:
alias android-connect="mtpfs -o allow_other /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT" alias android-disconnect="fusermount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT"
Or, with sudo
alias android-disconnect="sudo umount -u /media/YOURMOUNTPOINT"
go-mtpfs
If the above instructions don't show any positive results one should try go-mtpfs-gitAUR from the AUR. The following has been tested on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM and Samsung Galaxy S 3 mini.
If you want do it simpler:
pacman -S go libmtp git
After that install go-mtpfs-gitAUR from AUR.
As in the section above install android-udevAUR which will provide you with "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" edit it to apply to
your vendorID and productID, which you can see after running mtp-detect. To the end of the line add with a comma OWNER="yourusername". Save the file.
- Add yourself to the "fuse" group:
gpasswd -a [user] fuse
- If the group "fuse" doesn't exist create it with:
groupadd fuse
Logout or reboot to apply these changes.
- To create a mount point called "Android" issue the following commands:
mkdir Android
- To mount your phone use:
go-mtpfs Android
- To unmount your phone:
fusermount -u Android
You can create a .bashrc alias as in the example above for easier use.
gvfs-mtp
Philip Langdale is has implemented native MTP support for gvfs. The weaknesses of gphoto2 and mtpfs are listed in his blog post.
- The native mtp implementation for gvfs has been merged upstream and has been released in gvfs 1.15.2. You can grab the stable gvfs-mtp package from extra, when gvfs 1.16 will be released in the stable Arch repos.
- Devices will have gvfs paths like this
gvfs-ls mtp://[usb:002,013]/
simple-mtpfs
This is another FUSE filesystem for MTP devices. You may find this to be more reliable than mtpfs. simple-mtpfsAUR is available in the AUR or can be built from source. Remember do not run the following commands as root.
- To list MTP devices run
simple-mtpfs --list-devices
- To mount a MTP devices (in this example device 0) run
simple-mtpfs --device 0 /path/to/your/mount/point
- To un mount run
fusermount -u /path/to/your/mount/point
KDE MTP KIO Slave
There is a MTP KIO Slave built upon libmtp availiable as package kio-mtp.
Using KIO makes file access in KDE seamless, in principle any KDE application would be able read/write files on the device.
Usage
The device will be available under the path mtp:/
Workaround if the KDE device actions doesn't work
If you are not able to use the action "Open with File Manager", you may work around this problem by editing the file /usr/share/apps/solid/actions/solid_mtp.desktop
Change the line
Exec=kioclient exec mtp:udi=%i/
To
Exec=dolphin "mtp:/"
GNOME gMTP
gMTP is a native Gnome application used for MTP access.
gmtpAUR is currently located in the AUR .
Workarounds for Android
MTP is still buggy and may crash despite the best efforts of developers. The following are alternatives:
- AirDroid - an Android app to access files via your web browser.
- FTP client on Android - If you run a local FTP server on Arch (such as Vsftp), there are many FTP clients available on the Play Store which will give read/ write access to your device's files.
- FTP Server on Android. Note: since FTP client using passive transfer (server connect to client) do not forget to disable firewall or adding rules for allowing FTP server connect to your PC.
- Ftp Server (by The Olive Tree) app in Play Store acts as FTP server on Android and allows RW access to pretty much all your storage.
- Pro: Doesn't require root and just works!
- Cons: Doesn't work with tethering network.
- FTPServer (by Andreas Liebig) - Just work.
- Ftp Server (by The Olive Tree) app in Play Store acts as FTP server on Android and allows RW access to pretty much all your storage.
- Samba - an Android app to share your SD card as a windows fileshare. Pros: Your desktop apps work as before (since the SD card appears as a windows fileshare). Cons: you need to root your phone.