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[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is no media player support in any OS at the moment, so marking
this Triaged/High; assigned to me.

I'll go ahead and adjust the title for this to be the master bug for
media player support; and mark any others as duplicates.

** Changed in: mtp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: mtp (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)

** Description changed:

  ENVIRONMENT:
- krillin ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed build 13.
+ (any device) ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed build 13.
  mtp-server 0.0.4+14.10.20140827-0ubuntu1
- Windows 8.1
+ Windows 8.1 / Ubuntu / MacOS
  
  SUMMARY:
  
- When Ubuntu device is connected to Windows 8.1 PC, Windows Media Player
- is un-usable.
+ When Ubuntu device is connected to the PC, selected Media Player is un-
+ usable.
  
  PRE-REQUISITE:
  1) Ensure there are music files on the Ubuntu device
  
  STEPS:
- 1) Connect Ubuntu device to Windows 8.1 over USB
- 2) Load Windows Media Player
+ 1) Connect Ubuntu device to PC over USB
+ 2) Load Windows Media Player / rhythmbox / any media player with MTP support
  3) Try and synchronise Ubuntu device or browse artists/albums/tracks on the Ubuntu device
  
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  1) Ubuntu device is recognised as MTP device
- 2) Ubuntu device is listed in WMP as media device
+ 2) Ubuntu device is listed in media player as media device
  3) It should be possible to view content on device and synchronise it with WMP
  
  ACTUAL RESULT:
  The track listing for the device is just a long list of files. (Unknown album/artist/genre)
- It is also not possible to add any tracks to the Ubuntu device using the WMP sync feature: "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while synchronising the file to the device".
+ It is also not possible to add any tracks to the Ubuntu device using the sync feature: for example, Windows Media Player reports: "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while synchronising the file to the device".

** Summary changed:

- Win 8.1: Windows Media Player does not work with Ubuntu device
+ [generic] lack of media player support

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364988

Title:
  [generic] lack of media player support

Status in “mtp” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  ENVIRONMENT:
  (any device) ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed build 13.
  mtp-server 0.0.4+14.10.20140827-0ubuntu1
  Windows 8.1 / Ubuntu / MacOS

  SUMMARY:

  When Ubuntu device is connected to the PC, selected Media Player is
  un-usable.

  PRE-REQUISITE:
  1) Ensure there are music files on the Ubuntu device

  STEPS:
  1) Connect Ubuntu device to PC over USB
  2) Load Windows Media Player / rhythmbox / any media player with MTP support
  3) Try and synchronise Ubuntu device or browse artists/albums/tracks on the Ubuntu device

  EXPECTED RESULT:
  1) Ubuntu device is recognised as MTP device
  2) Ubuntu device is listed in media player as media device
  3) It should be possible to view content on device and synchronise it with WMP

  ACTUAL RESULT:
  The track listing for the device is just a long list of files. (Unknown album/artist/genre)
  It is also not possible to add any tracks to the Ubuntu device using the sync feature: for example, Windows Media Player reports: "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while synchronising the file to the device".

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