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Video Ipod Without Buying a Video Ipod

Endurance Man · 2005-12-05 21:15:20

So you have an old school ipod? You want the video ipod, well you dont have to buy the new one :D, your old ipod can do the same thing. I found a great guide in the new PcFormat mag and if anyone is genuinely interested ill right it out here for you :).

05-12-2005 9:15pm

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Endurance Man

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So you have an old school ipod? You want the video ipod, well you dont have to buy the new one , your old ipod can do the same thing. I found a great guide in the new PcFormat mag and if anyone is genuinely interested ill right it out here for you .

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#2 05-12-2005 9:19pm

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what upgrade the firmware and change the lcd?

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#3 05-12-2005 9:21pm

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Sparky_S wrote:

what upgrade the firmware and change the lcd?

You would think so , but its a whole lot easier than that. Basically you install this version of linux that they link you to, it then becomes a dual boot so its completely reversable. You can either boot the ipod normally or through linux.

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#4 05-12-2005 10:30pm

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But no compression.... So a 21 min episode of simpsons or family guy turns into a hefty 1.5GB..... That aint gonna work by anyones standards....

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#5 05-12-2005 10:43pm

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Uncompressed video isn't fun. No-one in their right mind would bother with that trick. Its just not worth it. Sure it'd take more than 20 mins to transfer a 20 min video.

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#6 06-12-2005 8:31am

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sounds like a waste of time. Can that version of linux do anything else interesting though ??

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#7 06-12-2005 11:03am

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And no colour screen?

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#8 06-12-2005 11:06am

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gline wrote:

sounds like a waste of time.

Unless you enjoy "Look where I shoved Linux today" competitions, it is.

gline wrote:

Can that version of linux do anything else interesting though

Not really, not yet.

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#9 06-12-2005 12:29pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054848079

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#10 06-12-2005 1:43pm

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Yeah, did this with my photo ipod (installed linux to use the mic input, tried out the other features too).

At the time you had to roll back the firmware to pre-podcasting, I'd imagine that hasn't changed. It was a nice novelty factor but it takes too much space and uses too much battery power and the screen is too small (the video ipod is small enough, the regular is much worse)

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