| This file was created by James Ravenscroft <ravenscroftj@gmail.com> as a direct revision of Farooq Zaman's work with LibMTP on Windows. | |
| CHANGELOG | |
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| 14th January 2009: Created the first revision of this file taking information from the work of Farooq Zaman. | |
| 1.0 Compilation of LibMTP on Windows 2000/XP/NT | |
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| LibMTP currently compiles under Windows using MingW/MSys. The source relies upon the __WIN32__ macro which is defined by MinGW by default. | |
| Libraries: | |
| LibMTP currently depends on LibUSB and libiconv. There are currently projects that port both of these libraries to Windows. Binary files can be | |
| obtained from: | |
| LibUSB Win32 - http://libusb-win32.sourceforge.net/ | |
| LibIconv - http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm | |
| With both of these libraries extracted and placed in MinGW's search path, you can compile the library by opening the Msys prompt, navigating to | |
| the path where the extracted LibMTP source files can be found and typing: | |
| ./configure | |
| make all | |
| make install | |
| 2.0 LibUSB and Driver Issues for Windows | |
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| Unfortunately, Windows does not have abstract USB support and depends upon specific drivers for each and every device you use. Fortunately, | |
| LibUSB-Win32 provide a solution to this problem. LibMTP takes advantage of the LibUSB-Win32 Device Driver package. | |
| 1. Download the latest device driver binary package (libusb-win32-device-bin-x.x.x.x.tar.gz) from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78138 | |
| 2. Upon extraction, plug in your music device and run bin/inf-wizard.exe. Selecting your device and saving the inf file in the project root directory. | |
| 3. Copy the files "bin/libusb0.dll" and "libusb0.sys" or "libusb0_x64.dll" and "libusb0_x64.sys" for 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems respectively. | |
| 4. Goto Start -> Run, type "devmgmt.msc" and press "ok". | |
| 5. Select your music device from the list and click Action -> Update Driver, Choose "No, not this time" if prompted to connect to microsoft. | |
| 6. Choose "Install from a list or specific location". | |
| 7. Choose "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install | |
| 8. Click the "Have Disk..." button in the bottom right corner of the prompt | |
| 9. Browse to your .inf file and select it. Press Ok | |
| 10. The name of your music device should appear in the prompt, click it and click "Next>" (Ignore any prompts about Driver Signing, continuing | |
| installation of the selected driver). | |
| 11. Click finish to end the driver install process. | |
| To get your old driver back: | |
| 1. Goto Start -> Run, type "devmgmt.msc" and press "ok". | |
| 2. Select your music device, right click on it and click "Properties" | |
| 3. Go to the "Driver" pane and select "Roll Back Driver". | |
| 3.0 | |
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