Quite so my Minolta camera same deal plug it in and hey presto. It works. For the MP3 player, because I also have windohz boxes in different rooms for music and TV, I use my ubuntu box for music storage of (in total 300+) cd's. I just suck the *.wma off and play where ever I wish. Install Mplayer and you can play the *.wma on ubuntu as well.. I love it.....