libmtp  1.1.9
Functions
The file management API.

Functions

LIBMTP_file_tLIBMTP_new_file_t (void)
 
void LIBMTP_destroy_file_t (LIBMTP_file_t *)
 
char const * LIBMTP_Get_Filetype_Description (LIBMTP_filetype_t)
 
LIBMTP_file_tLIBMTP_Get_Filelisting (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *)
 
LIBMTP_file_tLIBMTP_Get_Filelisting_With_Callback (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
LIBMTP_file_tLIBMTP_Get_Files_And_Folders (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, uint32_t const)
 
LIBMTP_file_tLIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t, char const *const, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File_Descriptor (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, int const, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_Handler (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, MTPDataPutFunc, void *, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, char const *const, LIBMTP_file_t *const, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, int const, LIBMTP_file_t *const, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_Handler (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, MTPDataGetFunc, void *, LIBMTP_file_t *const, LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const, void const *const)
 
int LIBMTP_Set_File_Name (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, LIBMTP_file_t *, const char *)
 
LIBMTP_filesampledata_tLIBMTP_new_filesampledata_t (void)
 
void LIBMTP_destroy_filesampledata_t (LIBMTP_filesampledata_t *)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, LIBMTP_filetype_t const, LIBMTP_filesampledata_t **)
 
int LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, LIBMTP_filesampledata_t *)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, LIBMTP_filesampledata_t *)
 
int LIBMTP_Get_Thumbnail (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, uint32_t const, unsigned char **data, unsigned int *size)
 
int LIBMTP_Read_Event (LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t *, LIBMTP_event_t *, uint32_t *)
 

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

void LIBMTP_destroy_file_t ( LIBMTP_file_t file)

This destroys a file metadata structure and deallocates the memory used by it, including any strings. Never use a file metadata structure again after calling this function on it.

Parameters
filethe file metadata to destroy.
See also
LIBMTP_new_file_t()

References LIBMTP_file_struct::filename.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor(), and LIBMTP_Send_File_From_Handler().

void LIBMTP_destroy_filesampledata_t ( LIBMTP_filesampledata_t sample)

This destroys a file sample metadata type.

Parameters
samplethe file sample metadata to be destroyed.

References LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::data.

int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
char const *const  path,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This gets a file off the device to a local file identified by a filename.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the track from.
idthe file ID of the file to retrieve.
patha filename to use for the retrieved file.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File_Descriptor()

References LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File_Descriptor().

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Track_To_File().

int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File_Descriptor ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
int const  fd,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This gets a file off the device to a file identified by a file descriptor.

This function can potentially be used for streaming files off the device for playback or broadcast for example, by downloading the file into a stream sink e.g. a socket.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the file from.
idthe file ID of the file to retrieve.
fda local file descriptor to write the file to.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File()

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_File_To_File(), and LIBMTP_Get_Track_To_File_Descriptor().

int LIBMTP_Get_File_To_Handler ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
MTPDataPutFunc  put_func,
void *  priv,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This gets a file off the device and calls put_func with chunks of data

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the file from.
idthe file ID of the file to retrieve.
put_functhe function to call when we have data.
privthe user-defined pointer that is passed to put_func.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Track_To_Handler().

LIBMTP_file_t* LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device)

THIS FUNCTION IS DEPRECATED. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CODE IN ORDER NOT TO USE IT.

See also
LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting_With_Callback()

References LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting_With_Callback().

LIBMTP_file_t* LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting_With_Callback ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This returns a long list of all files available on the current MTP device. Folders will not be returned, but abstract entities like playlists and albums will show up as "files". Typical usage:

LIBMTP_file_t *filelist;
filelist = LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting_With_Callback(device, callback, data);
while (filelist != NULL) {
  LIBMTP_file_t *tmp;
  // Do something on each element in the list here...
  tmp = filelist;
  filelist = filelist->next;
  LIBMTP_destroy_file_t(tmp);
}

If you want to group your file listing by storage (per storage unit) or arrange files into folders, you must dereference the storage_id and/or parent_id field of the returned LIBMTP_file_t struct. To arrange by folders or files you typically have to create the proper trees by calls to LIBMTP_Get_Storage() and/or LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List() first.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the file listing for.
callbacka function to be called during the tracklisting retrieveal for displaying progress bars etc, or NULL if you don't want any callbacks.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
a list of files that can be followed using the next field of the LIBMTP_file_t data structure. Each of the metadata tags must be freed after use, and may contain only partial metadata information, i.e. one or several fields may be NULL or 0.
See also
LIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata()

References LIBMTP_file_struct::next, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting().

LIBMTP_file_t* LIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  fileid 
)

This function retrieves the metadata for a single file off the device.

Do not call this function repeatedly! The file handles are linearly searched O(n) and the call may involve (slow) USB traffic, so use LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting() and cache the file, preferably as an efficient data structure such as a hash list.

Incidentally this function will return metadata for a folder (association) as well, but this is not a proper use of it, it is intended for file manipulation, not folder manipulation.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the file metadata from.
fileidthe object ID of the file that you want the metadata for.
Returns
a metadata entry on success or NULL on failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Get_Filelisting()

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::cached, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Files_And_Folders(), LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor(), LIBMTP_Send_File_From_Handler(), and LIBMTP_Set_Object_Filename().

LIBMTP_file_t* LIBMTP_Get_Files_And_Folders ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  storage,
uint32_t const  parent 
)

This function retrieves the contents of a certain folder with id parent on a certain storage on a certain device. The result contains both files and folders. The device used with this operations must have been opened with LIBMTP_Open_Raw_Device_Uncached() or it will fail.

NOTE: the request will always perform I/O with the device.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the MTP device to report info from.
storagea storage on the device to report info from. If 0 is passed in, the files for the given parent will be searched across all available storages.
parentthe parent folder id.

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::cached, LIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata(), LIBMTP_file_struct::next, LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo.

char const* LIBMTP_Get_Filetype_Description ( LIBMTP_filetype_t  intype)

This helper function returns a textual description for a libmtp file type to be used in dialog boxes etc.

Parameters
intypethe libmtp internal filetype to get a description for.
Returns
a string representing the filetype, this must NOT be free():ed by the caller!

References filemap_struct::description, and filemap_struct::id.

int LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
LIBMTP_filesampledata_t sampledata 
)

This routine gets representative sample data for an object. This uses the RepresentativeSampleData property of the album, if the device supports it.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device which the object is on.
idunique id of the object to get data for.
pointerto LIBMTP_filesampledata_t struct to receive data
Returns
0 on success, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample()
LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format()
LIBMTP_Create_New_Album()

References LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::data, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::duration, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::filetype, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::height, LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::size, and LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::width.

int LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
LIBMTP_filetype_t const  filetype,
LIBMTP_filesampledata_t **  sample 
)

This routine figures out whether a certain filetype supports representative samples (small thumbnail images) or not. This typically applies to JPEG files, MP3 files and Album abstract playlists, but in theory any filetype could support representative samples.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device which is to be examined.
filetypethe fileype to examine, and return the representative sample properties for.
samplethis will contain a new sample type with the fields filled in with suitable default values. For example, the supported sample type will be set, the supported height and width will be set to max values if it is an image sample, and duration will also be given some suitable default value which should not be exceeded on audio samples. If the device does not support samples for this filetype, this pointer will be NULL. If it is not NULL, the user must destroy this struct with LIBMTP_destroy_filesampledata_t() after use.
Returns
0 on success, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample()
LIBMTP_Create_New_Album()

References LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::duration, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::filetype, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::height, LIBMTP_new_filesampledata_t(), LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::size, and LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::width.

int LIBMTP_Get_Thumbnail ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
unsigned char **  data,
unsigned int *  size 
)

Retrieve the thumbnail for a file.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to get the thumbnail from.
idthe object ID of the file to retrieve the thumbnail for.
Returns
0 on success, any other value means failure.

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params.

LIBMTP_file_t* LIBMTP_new_file_t ( void  )

This creates a new file metadata structure and allocates memory for it. Notice that if you add strings to this structure they will be freed by the corresponding LIBMTP_destroy_file_t operation later, so be careful of using strdup() when assigning strings, e.g.:

LIBMTP_file_t *file = LIBMTP_new_file_t();
file->filename = strdup(namestr);
....
LIBMTP_destroy_file_t(file);
Returns
a pointer to the newly allocated metadata structure.
See also
LIBMTP_destroy_file_t()

References LIBMTP_file_struct::filename.

LIBMTP_filesampledata_t* LIBMTP_new_filesampledata_t ( void  )

This creates a new sample data metadata structure and allocates memory for it. Notice that if you add strings to this structure they will be freed by the corresponding LIBMTP_destroy_sampledata_t operation later, so be careful of using strdup() when assigning strings.

Returns
a pointer to the newly allocated metadata structure.
See also
LIBMTP_destroy_sampledata_t()

References LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::height.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format().

int LIBMTP_Read_Event ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
LIBMTP_event_t *  event,
uint32_t *  out1 
)

To read events sent by the device, repeatedly call this function from a secondary thread until the return value is < 0.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the MTP device to poll for events.
eventcontains a pointer to be filled in with the event retrieved if the call is successful.
out1contains the param1 value from the raw event.
Returns
0 on success, any other value means the polling loop shall be terminated immediately for this session.

References LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params.

int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
char const *const  path,
LIBMTP_file_t *const  filedata,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This function sends a local file to an MTP device. A filename and a set of metadata must be given as input.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to send the track to.
paththe filename of a local file which will be sent.
filedataa file metadata set to be written along with the file. After this call the field filedata->item_id will contain the new file ID. Other fields such as the filedata->filename, filedata->parent_id or filedata->storage_id may also change during this operation due to device restrictions, so do not rely on the contents of this struct to be preserved in any way.
  • filedata->parent_id should be set to the parent (e.g. folder) to store this file in. If this is 0, the file will be stored in the root folder.
  • filedata->storage_id should be set to the desired storage (e.g. memory card or whatever your device presents) to store this file in. Setting this to 0 will store the file on the primary storage.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor()
LIBMTP_Delete_Object()

References LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor().

int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File_Descriptor ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
int const  fd,
LIBMTP_file_t *const  filedata,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This function sends a generic file from a file descriptor to an MTP device. A filename and a set of metadata must be given as input.

This can potentially be used for sending in a stream of unknown length. Send music files with LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_File_Descriptor()

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to send the file to.
fdthe filedescriptor for a local file which will be sent.
filedataa file metadata set to be written along with the file. After this call the field filedata->item_id will contain the new file ID. Other fields such as the filedata->filename, filedata->parent_id or filedata->storage_id may also change during this operation due to device restrictions, so do not rely on the contents of this struct to be preserved in any way.
  • filedata->parent_id should be set to the parent (e.g. folder) to store this file in. If this is 0, the file will be stored in the root folder.
  • filedata->storage_id should be set to the desired storage (e.g. memory card or whatever your device presents) to store this file in. Setting this to 0 will store the file on the primary storage.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File()
LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_File_Descriptor()
LIBMTP_Delete_Object()

References LIBMTP_file_struct::filesize, LIBMTP_file_struct::item_id, LIBMTP_destroy_file_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata(), LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, LIBMTP_file_struct::parent_id, LIBMTP_file_struct::storage_id, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File(), and LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_File_Descriptor().

int LIBMTP_Send_File_From_Handler ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
MTPDataGetFunc  get_func,
void *  priv,
LIBMTP_file_t *const  filedata,
LIBMTP_progressfunc_t const  callback,
void const *const  data 
)

This function sends a generic file from a handler function to an MTP device. A filename and a set of metadata must be given as input.

This can potentially be used for sending in a stream of unknown length. Send music files with LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_Handler()

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device to send the file to.
get_functhe function to call to get data to write
priva user-defined pointer that is passed along to get_func. If not used, this is set to NULL.
filedataa file metadata set to be written along with the file. After this call the field filedata->item_id will contain the new file ID. Other fields such as the filedata->filename, filedata->parent_id or filedata->storage_id may also change during this operation due to device restrictions, so do not rely on the contents of this struct to be preserved in any way.
  • filedata->parent_id should be set to the parent (e.g. folder) to store this file in. If this is 0, the file will be stored in the root folder.
  • filedata->storage_id should be set to the desired storage (e.g. memory card or whatever your device presents) to store this file in. Setting this to 0 will store the file on the primary storage.
callbacka progress indicator function or NULL to ignore.
dataa user-defined pointer that is passed along to the progress function in order to pass along some user defined data to the progress updates. If not used, set this to NULL.
Returns
0 if the transfer was successful, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Send_File_From_File()
LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_File_Descriptor()
LIBMTP_Delete_Object()

References LIBMTP_file_struct::filesize, LIBMTP_file_struct::item_id, LIBMTP_destroy_file_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Filemetadata(), LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, LIBMTP_file_struct::parent_id, LIBMTP_file_struct::storage_id, and LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo.

Referenced by LIBMTP_Send_Track_From_Handler().

int LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
uint32_t const  id,
LIBMTP_filesampledata_t sampledata 
)

This routine sends representative sample data for an object. This uses the RepresentativeSampleData property of the album, if the device supports it. The data should be of a format acceptable to the player (for iRiver and Creative, this seems to be JPEG) and must not be too large. (for a Creative, max seems to be about 20KB.) Check by calling LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format() to get maximum size, dimensions, etc..

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device which the object is on.
idunique id of the object to set artwork for.
pointerto LIBMTP_filesampledata_t struct containing data
Returns
0 on success, any other value means failure.
See also
LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample()
LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format()
LIBMTP_Create_New_Album()

References LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::data, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::duration, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::filetype, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::height, LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::params, LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::size, LIBMTP_mtpdevice_struct::usbinfo, and LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::width.

int LIBMTP_Set_File_Name ( LIBMTP_mtpdevice_t device,
LIBMTP_file_t file,
const char *  newname 
)

This function renames a single file. This simply means that the PTP_OPC_ObjectFileName property is updated, if this is supported by the device.

Parameters
devicea pointer to the device that contains the file.
filethe file metadata of the file to rename. On success, the filename member is updated. Be aware, that this name can be different than newname depending of device restrictions.
newnamethe new filename for this object.
Returns
0 on success, any other value means failure.

References LIBMTP_file_struct::filename, LIBMTP_file_struct::filetype, and LIBMTP_file_struct::item_id.