An observation with mtp devices

[Teunis]

The new mtp option in the network section of Dolphin is really good!
Untill now I was using gmtp and found it slooow.

Both my Nexus-4 and 7 are recognised near-instantaneous.
Data transfer is as fast as can be expected of a USB-2 connection!

The observation is I can only play back from the device to the computer using VLC and plain-old mplayer.
Smplayer and Totem won't stream any media.

[SteveRiley]

Will we ever be able to have an OS without the taint of Redmond sprinkled about? Sigh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol

The Media Transfer Protocol is described by Microsoft, who introduced it, as a protocol for intelligent storage devices based on and compatible with Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP). Whereas PTP was designed for downloading photographs from digital cameras, Media Transfer Protocol supports the transfer of music files on digital audio players and media files on portable media players, as well as personal information on personal digital assistants. MTP is a key part of WMDRM10-PD, a digital rights management (DRM) service for the Windows Media platform.

[Snowhog]

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[SteveRiley]

"Widows"? LOLOLOLOL

[Snowhog]

Damn!

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[SteveRiley]

Better. More accurate, too.

[Teunis]

So is this reverse engineered for Linux or are there some standards available?
As said, in it's latest iteration it works well on 13.04.

[SteveRiley]

Specification: http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/MTP_1.0.zip

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