How to make use of Creative Zen Micro in 2022

Right, you can still synchronize data with this great product without being equipped with windows xp

It’s a pity that this line is not supported anymore on Windows, thankfully it’s trivial to make use of it under linux.

Prerequisites

Apart from windows you’ll need linux vm or a physical device, unless there is a way to run gnomad2 on windows (have not been investigating this)

  • Creative a Zen Micro
  • Some linux OS
  • A bit of Powershell

Howto

Make use of linux, and install following package

sudo apt install gnomad2

Then connect your mp3 player, and share data back na forth. The user interface left much to be desired but still it’s much better than no chances to exchange data back and forth.

Howto modify the file tags

Make use of powershell-taglib

Summary

That’s it.

Last update: 2022.04.08

Tags: Audio Misc Zen
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