Re: [Hampshire] Olympus digital voice recorder and Linux

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Author: Tim Brocklehurst
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Olympus digital voice recorder and Linux
On Saturday 14 Jul 2012 19:12:53 Tony Wood wrote:
> The only thing I can't get to work with my Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) netbook
> (or Ubuntu 12.04 PC) is my Olympus VN-2100PC digital voice recorder.
>
> This netbook still has a Windows 7 partition. I have to download my
> recorded interviews in W7, load the files onto a memory stick, then
> reboot into Ubuntu and transfer them.
>
> In Linux Terminal I tried: ls usb -v but the device is not even found.
>
> I'd like to remove the W7 partition altogether but want to be able to
> use the Olympus DVR (a present from my wife.)
>
> Has anyone found a Linux way to download sound files from a VN2100PC
> please?


What does dmesg give you when the device is plugged/unplugged? It's unusual
that an audio device doesn't just appear as mass storage.

Tim B.

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