In the Linux world, it's great to have the Windows equivalent of "Windows Media Player" to organize, sync and maintain your music, movies, videos, audiobooks and podcasts across your mobile and desktop devices. On Ubuntu and Linux Mint, the default media program that comes pre-installed with these two distros is "Banshee Media Player".
Using it is about as intuitive as using "Windows Media Player" so it works pretty well. However, you may run into situations where it may not work with some mobile devices as I found out recently with my Samsung Stellar smartphone. So to relieve the frustration of some users using Android devices, I came up with a workaround which will allow you to sync your Android device with Banshee Media Player.
1. Install Android ADB File Manager. The instructions are here.
2. Plug your Android smartphone into the USB slot of your PC.
3. Create a new folder called "Android Music" on your Linux PC.
4. Drag and drop the music files stored in your Android sdcard directory labeled "Music" to the "Android Music" folder on your Linux PC. (To drag and drop more than one file simultaneously, select your first file and hold down the <CTRL> button. Then select every file with your mouse that you want to move and let go of the <CTRL> button. Drag one of the files to your new folder "Android Music". All the other files you selected should transfer to "Android Music".)
5. Open Banshee Media Player on your Linux PC.
6. Select the "Music" section of the Banshee Library.
7. Right click on "Music" and then select "Import Media" from the drop down menu that pops up.
8. Click on the "Choose Folders..." button.
9. Navigate to the "Android Music" folder you created.
10. Click on the "Import" button.
You can then repeat the above steps for your other media folders such as Movies, Playlists, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Sound, etc.
Here's the video I made which accompanies the above instructions:
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