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Video iPod via Linux?
Not exactly. However, some of the people over at the iPod Linux project have coded a video player for the iPod. According to their chart, it is supposed to work on all iPods with the exception of the 2G iPod mini; however, it also requires that you have Linux installed on your iPod. Since Linux doesn't yet work on the 4G iPods, I'm not really sure how *this* project is supposed to work on them. Unless of course, they are about to announce 4G iPod functionality this afternoon, in which case, I won't be posting at all, because I'll be busy playing with the Steve Jobs doll and installing Linux on my iPod.The player will only handle 24-bit, uncompressed AVI files displayed at iPod-native screen resolution, so this isn't really a viable option for on the go video watching, but nevertheless, it is a really cool proof-of-concept hack showing the possibilities of what could be.
[via Engadget]
UPDATE: Looks like it does work on the 4G. Thanks to Tom for pointing this out in the comments. Thanks, Tom!
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Tom said 4:19PM on 6-16-2005
You can put it on your 4g. (I'm the guy that sent the story to Engadget) Here is a guide to installing it:
http://ipodlinux.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1653
Make sure you read all of the directions and don't miss anything. ;) Enjoy!
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_victor said 4:19PM on 6-16-2005
When installing Linux on anything you should ALWAYS read the directions!
And is that penguin flipping me the bird?
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