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Old 11-13-2022, 06:41 AM   #175
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
MTP wasn't developed for the Zune. Microsoft developed it but it was in use in portable media players prior to the Zune like the Creative Zen Portable Media Center back in 2004. MTP grew out of the older Picture Transfer Protocol designed for stuff like digital cameras but with support for more than just photos.
So similar to what I thought, an MS idea.

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MTP doesn't need to expose the filesystem to the computer which means the device doesn't have to use a FS supported by Windows to work. It also can help with file corruption from users not properly ejecting devices and can stop users from mucking about with system files on the device that they shouldn't be doing.
I think DRM features was one aspect, but yes MTP does have some advantages.
However disabling the GUI on gadget while connected to Host isn't onerous.

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Remarkable's system is incredibly flakey and requires their app to work from I've heard.
It's just TCP/IP over USB. It's very limited, but once enabled you put the IP on GUI into your Browser and can drag & drop ONE file at a time to Browser. You can download a file. You need to create any new directory/folder via the tablet GUI's file browser. Otherwise it's actually reliable.
No need to use their app, unlike Sony Digital Paper. It seems to me like a slightly poorer copy of Sony Digital Paper Tablets (DPT).
I have the reMarkable cheap S/H but never bought the Sony DPT because I doubted it would work on Linux, it seemed awkward, and it was very expensive.
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