[Techtalk] Rhythmbox and Banshee issues (Ubuntu Natty Narwahl)

[Wim De Smet]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Deborah Gronke Bennett
<deborah at deborah.best.vwh.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to get something like this to work on my new laptop. I installed
> Rhythmbox (0.13.3). However, I cannot add any of my podcast feeds to this
> version. (I've searched a bunch of webpages and bug reports, and there is a
> lot of talk about parser incompatibilites, etc). So then I tried to use
> Banshee, the newer program which is replacing Rhythmbox as the default in
> Ubuntu these days. There I was able to add all my podcast feeds, and get
> podcasts to download. However, I can't get Banshee to recognize my MP3
> player. And I have not been able to find if there is a version of gnomad2
> available for this version of Ubuntu.
>
> My ideal solution would be to continue to use Banshee. However, I am looking
> for tips on how to get my Creative Zen MP3 player to be recognized by the
> program. I do have the latest firmware, version 1.21.01.

When you plug in your zen, does it get mounted as an icon on the
desktop? If so, have you tried unmounting this first and only then
starting banshee?

regards,
Wim