RSSPlay Video on a Pre-Video iPod (iPod photo)
by Phillip Torrone
January 03, 2006
Editor's note: This How-to was originally posted in the MAKE blog.
The newest, fifth-generation iPods play video, but you can also play videos with sound on your "old" iPod photo (or fourth-gen iPod mini), using the latest version of podzilla (Linux for the iPod).
Here's a quick how-to on installing podzilla, using a Mac, so you can watch videos and do other fun things.
There are a few ways to do this, but I used the "4G iPodLinux Installer 0.4" which can be downloaded from MacUpdate.
The 4G iPodLinux Installer installs iPodLinux onto your 4th-generation iPod, iPod photo, and iPod mini with no hassle. After downloading, it should expand on your desktop into a folder containing the installer:
As distributed, the 4G iPodLinux Installer probably contains outdated versions of podzilla. So the next thing to do is download the latest podzilla builds from iPodLinux.org, and then swap them into the installer's directory. That way, the installer will find the new version of the software and install that, rather than an older version.
Download the latest builds of podzilla from http://ipodlinux.org/builds/. Scroll to the bottom of the directory listing to find the newest build files.
The two files I downloaded (in August 2005) were:
http://ipodlinux.org/builds/2005-09-18-kernel.bin.gz and http://ipodlinux.org/builds/2005-09-18-podzilla.gz
Now let's swap these files into the iPodLinux Installer. Control-click the "4G iPodLinux Installer.app" penguin-with-iPod icon shown above, and choose "Show Package Contents."
Next, browse to the folder Contents/Resources/InstallationStuff/
Replace/overwrite the kernel and podzilla files in this directory with the more recent builds that you just downloaded. Rename the new files to the same filenames as the ones you're replacing, in order to fool the installer, which seems to look for specific filenames.
The files I replaced with the new ones and renamed were: 2005-08-23-kernel.bin and 2005-08-23-podzilla.
Close the window and double-click the 4G iPodLinux Installer.app to launch it.
Your iPod photo should appear in the pull-down list at the top. If it doesn't, you may need to make sure your iPod photo was Mac-formatted. To format iPod photo for Mac OS X, just download iPod Updater from Apple (http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/) and restore.
From the Installer, select the "Install iPodLinux" action, and run through the install. After podzilla installs and the iPod is still on your desktop, add a new folder called "video" to the top-level directory, and copy in some video files. I used two of the sample files from iPodlinux:
Remove the iPod from the cradle. Then press and hold the menu and center button at the same time; this is how you boot the iPod to podzilla. Then use the file manager to browse to the video directory and play your videos.
Click here to watch my video that demonstrates some of the things you can do with podzilla, including play video. If you like recursion, you can convert (see below), load, and watch this clip on your iPod.
For more information, visit http://ipodlinux.org/Video_Player.
This iPodLinux page also has instructions for converting your own videos into iPod-playable format, as well as how to install iPodLinux from Windows. If you convert any videos, let us know.
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Does it work with the 2G ipod nano?Posted by littlemaker on January 14, 2008 at 13:01:27 Pacific Time
- create ipod video
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3gp psp ipod video converter help you creating ipod videoPosted by VideoConverter on April 12, 2006 at 02:22:53 Pacific Time
- create ipod video
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I have many favorite dvd and video.
Posted by goodfriend2000 on September 12, 2007 at 06:26:57 Pacific Time
- create ipod video
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I have many favorite dvd and video.Posted by goodfriend2000 on September 12, 2007 at 06:26:16 Pacific Time
- ok then
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whell, i tried it, and it does play videos and stuff, but only the sample video of the kid trying to jump into the pool (good times :) . anyways, is there a much easier way to convert the videos, because if there is, it would help me a lot!Posted by MikeCordeau on February 13, 2006 at 18:22:30 Pacific Time
- ok then
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Posted by moadba on November 23, 2006 at 08:19:50 Pacific Time
- yep
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the restore util will indeed erase the hard drive.Posted by philliptorrone on January 14, 2006 at 15:09:17 Pacific Time
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Would the installer wipe the iPod's hard drive clean?Posted by iKim1213 on January 14, 2006 at 15:08:06 Pacific Time
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