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Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I have paid to download mp3 files - for the first time. Grabbed half a dozen off CD Universe. No problem. They took my money and let me put them on my computer. But now what?
I tried to move them from the Linux OS to a flash drive. No go. I don't want them on the computer. I want them in my Sansa Clip mp3 player.
Linux won't let me cut or copy the files.
Help?
This may be the last time I pay. Mp3 files ain't going to replace CDs in my lifetime. Maybe for other people's lifetimes, but not this audio nut's.
Follow Ups:
It sounds like the file permissions are set so that you can't
do anything with them. Are you using a Linux command line
window or some sort of gui interface to access your files?
If you are using a Linux command line interface do this:
chmod 777 "filename"
That gives read/write/execute permissions to everyone, including
you.
Bill, how in the heck do you know all of this stuff. I cannot even figure out to use my new Mac Mini. Actually I have her up and running. I could not figure out how to log off. Alice explained that by using the big screen as the monitor, the top tool bar is not visable. So now I have to fish around outside the boarder for the Apple icon so I can shut her down. LOL Will
Call me sometime and I will show you how to tame that beastie.
I was simply using the regular folder windows in Linux and "copy" and "paste" commands.
I tried changing the settings on the files themselves from "read only" to "read and write" but that still didn't allow copying.
The problem was solved by downloading the files a second time, which is allowed, to an XP laptop. That allowed me to copy the files to my mp3 player. But I'm still interested in solving the Linux problem.
Thanks.
I assume this is a gui application much like the Finder on a Mac.
Can you bring up a Linux command window?
If you can try this:
-using the folder window, figure out the path to the files
the path being the location on the computer
-in the Linux command window do this:
> cd (path to the files)
-once you are at the same folder where the files reside do this:
> ls -l
-you should see a list of your files
-look at the left of listing and you should see the file permissions
they will look somehting like this: rwxrwxrwx
rwxrwxrwx = 777 which means any user can read/write/copy
-if they are not set as that do this:
> chmod 777 (filename)
-note that you can use a wildcard like the following to update all of
them
> chmod 777 *.mp3
Good luck! If you are going to have a Linux OS...you might as well
learn how to bend it to your will.... :-)
...I seriously doubt that you'd be content with MP3 sound quality.
I simply wanted a few songs I like without having to buy the whole album. For example, there are about 3 songs by the Rolling Stones I want but they are on diffent albums. I don't like the Stones well enough to shell out that much cash for songs listened to every once in a while.
Fortunately, I discovered that the songs purchased can be downloaded twice, so they got put on my laptop, which was happy to transfer them to my mp3 player.
But, no, my use of mp3 files is very limited. I loves my shiny discs.
I can't believe you said "ain't".
(sigh) Another hero lost.
Jim
aint that a bitch?
RADIO K.A.O.S.
I can gut a pig in 30 seconds,not much difference between a pig and a human.
"He hears a male voice choir singing....
Billy come home".
Didn't sell as well as "Hitch Hiking", but I think it's a much better album.
Jim
trying to be understood by the masses, forgetting the many erudite members of our sacred forum.
B'y vat choo sayin'? I ink axin' nuffin...
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