Re: [SLE] USB Olympus Voice Recorder
- From: Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:56:16 -0800 (PST)
Ah, thank you very much for this. And my apologies for forgetting to
check the archive first. I can confidently say I won't find a
solution--the device is going to be returned to the store tomorrow.
Pity, it seemed like a nice idea, but I'll stick to digitizing from
analog tape recordings for now.
Thanks for replying.
Cheers,
Simon
--- Gil Weber <gil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu December 15 2005 3:12 pm, Simon Roberts wrote:
> > Hi all (happy holidays :),
> >
> > Has anyone used an Olympus VN480PC Voice Recorder on SuSE 9.3? I'm
> > mostly accustomed to USB devices just appearing in the filesystem
> and
> > working without any fuss. However, this thing has a USB port, and
> shows
> > up in /proc/usb/bus/devices, but doesn't show up in the filesystem.
> >
> > If anyone knows anything about the device (or other similar ones)
> I'd
> > much appreciate the info.
> >
> > And I'd appreciate any guidance about any other pocket recorders
> that
> > will interface directly (presumably through USB) with Linux.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
>
> Simon, I posted the same inquiry here about 6 weeks ago.You can find
> the
> discussions in the archives.
>
> I also spoke directly with Olympus tech support -- even got hold of a
> guy who
> uses Linux. He said that the device requires a Windows driver and
> will not
> work without it. He told me there is no way to transfer the files
> from the
> VN480 to Linux PC.
>
> Also got a response post here on SuSE list from a fellow in Germany
> who read
> the output I sent him from my Konsole, and he confirmed that it
> requires a
> special driver.
>
> Even though it is USB it is not "plug and play" in the way you might
> find your
> digital camera or a card reader.
>
> So, sadly, there does not seem to be any way to use the USB feature
> of the
> 480PC. You can't transfer the voice recordings to a Linux PC.
>
> Now, if you EVER find a way to do it PLEASE post the solution to this
>
> list! :o)
> Thx
> Gil
>
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