Mp3 Player Tells Me 'Format Error' Since I Use Ubuntu To Put My Files On It

[EmperorNero]

My mp3 player tells me 'format error' since I use Ubuntu and not Windows to copy my music on it.
I just plug it in the USB port, and copy the files over.
Any idea how to fix it?

[bigtomrodney]

Did you unplug it without ejecting or unmounting it? It could be an error on the filesystem. If that's the case you can use fsck to check the filesystem. When you plug the device in, run dmesg in a terminal to find out the device name. Then right click the device and eject/unmount it.

Open up a terminal and run [code]sudo fsck /dev/???[code]where /dev/??? is the device name of your player.

If you weren't able to get the device name using dmesg, try running

df -h

while the player is still mounted. That lists all filesystems and how much free space they have - the first column will give you device names.

[Mohammad_Reza]

Before you can play that?
Else you have to install codec of that file.