How to mount an MTP device as a drive

[ZenChick]

The exact procedures may depend on your Linux distro, but if your distro supports Fuse (like Ubuntu 7.10 and later), then you can easily mount your MTP device (such as a Vision:M) as a drive.

First you will need to ensure you have libmtp, mtptools, and mtpfs installed. If not, then you will need to install them. I strongly recommend using your distro's repositories in order to ensure all dependencies are met.

$ sudo apt-get install libmtp mtptools mtpfs

Once all of that is installed, you will need to create a mountpoint for your device.

$ sudo mkdir /media/MyZen
$ sudo chmod 775 /media/MyZen

Next, plug in your player and mount it:

$ sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/MyZen

Your player should appear on your desktop as a regular drive. Be aware that, depending on the device, access might be slow.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE WITHOUT UNMOUNTING IT FIRST!

$ sudo umount /media/MyZen

If you get a message stating that the device is busy, then give it a minute or two and try again.

If anyone figures out how to create a permanent entry in fstab, please post it here.