M:trip
The device's main software in transferring media between the player and a computer is called m:trip, and has been heavily criticised by m:robe users. The software initially only ran on Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Home and Professional), and not supporting Macintosh or Linux. Later it did support Linux. M-trip software requires users to “Sync” to upload music, and if you sync an m:robe from a different computer, it deletes all of the music, to prevent piracy. In addition, the program has been accused of having numerous syncing bugs; notably in version 1.06 of the software, some computers are unable to sync any files to the m:robes. This problem can only be fixed by replacing a .dll file. More detailed instructions on how to solve this problem can be found here: http://www.mrobe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=5.
m:trip 2.0 (2.0.0.9) was released July 5, 2006 (only for Japan), which made improvements to the software, including adding a Remix-Cube function, an automatic update/importing of music, and a new service named Olio. More information about the update can be found in the forums of the m:robe community site http://www.mrobe.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1806. An English patch was made for the 2.0 version by independent developers, but it was rendered obsolete when Olympus released version 2.1. This version created a new save folder option for remix cubes and made minor changes and additions to the remix function and to the program itself. The patch was released in Japan and is available for download here: m:trip 2.0. An English patch is available here: English Patch. More information about version 2.1 can be found here: http://www.mrobe.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26114.
Various m:trip replacements have been released by independent developers. Their aim is to provide a simple unintrusive alternative to m:trip without any of its multimedia capabilities. Below is a list of most of the currently available alternatives.
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