This is a brief description of the options that are supported by banshee in the .is_audio_player file. The .is_audio_player file is used by banshee to determine how to interact with media players that connect using USB Mass Storage. This information was provided by Bertrand Lorentz on the banshee mailing list. This used to be documented in the banshee wiki, but it is current down and so I am putting this on my website for now.
Here's the complete list of available options, taken from the banshee source code. I tried to explain what they mean.
- name : The device name that will appear in banshee
- cover_art_file_type : The type of image supported by the device, such as jpeg, png, tiff, ico or bmp.
- cover_art_file_name : The filename expected by the device for the cover art image.
- cover_art_size : The size of the cover art image, in pixels. The image is a square, so it's only one number.
- folder_depth : The maximum foler depth supported by the device. Do not set it if the device has no limitation.
- audio_folders : The list of folders where music files are stored on the device. Banshee will copy tracks to the first folder in that list.
- output_formats : The list of file types supported by the device, as MIME types.
- playlist_format : The list of playlist formats supported by the device, as MIME types.
- playlist_path : The folder containing playlists files on the device. If not set, banshee will copy playlists to the same folder where it copies tracks.
Items in a list are separated by a comma.
As an example, here's the content of the .is_audio_player for a Sansa e280 :
audio_folders=music/ output_formats=application/ogg,audio/mpeg cover_art_file_type=bmp cover_art_file_name=cover.bmp cover_art_size=100
Here is a copy of my current .is_audio_player for a Cowon D2
audio_folders=MUSIC/,RECORD/ folder_depth=2 output_formats=audio/ogg,audio/x-ms-wma,audio/mpeg,audio/wav,audio/flac,audio/mp3 cover_art_file_type=jpeg cover_art_file_name=cover.jpg cover_art_size=200