podzilla - the 8th wonder of the iPod

News Type: none — Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:12 AM EST

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If your tired of just playing music on your iPod. Then you might want to check out podzilla. podzilla (not Podzilla) is a build of Linux specially ported for the Apple iPod. podzilla unlocks all the potential of your iPod including high quality video playback with audio, some games specially ported for the iPod, the 1st person shooter Doom ported directly from the source of the original game. The current features are:

* Scaled to your iPod's native resolution. * Full color version (256 colors as in original Doom) * Nicely dithered graphics for grayscale iPod * 10-20 FPS * Ability to use different WAD-files * Configurable controls via config-file * Ability to save and load games

There is a built in Video Player in podzilla that plays uncompressed .avi video files converted for the iPod. As long as the original video is high quality then the video will play in full quality. A whole movie pre-converted should be around 9-10GBs (on iPod photo) and should play on the iPod with 1 full battery charge.

iPod Linux dual boots with the original Apple firmware so you can enjoy both sides of Apple and Linux. iPodLinux is fully supported for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation iPods. The Minis, 4th Gens, Photos and Nanos work but are not fully supported by the iPL team. If you do not have a fully supported iPod it is reccomended for advanced users and installing iPod Linux does void your iPod's warranty and you might not want to do it until the warranty has expired.

iPod Linux http://ipodlinux.org
iDoom http://idoom.hyarion.com/

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rdas7

no link? Could you link to the site were you can download this?

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#1 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:58 AM EST

{"commentId":16473,"authorDomain":"Peefy"}

Peefy

Here's some more info:
http://ipodlinux.org/Podzilla

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#2 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:15 AM EST

{"commentId":16553,"authorDomain":"nickadair"}

N. ADAIR

Makes a decent .wav recorder out of a 3G iPod. Just plug a mic into the headphone jack (or talk into your left earbud...strange sound but it works!) and you're off.

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#3 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:23 AM EST

{"commentId":17023,"authorDomain":"joshpowell"}

Josh Powell

Too bad its not out for the 5G yet. I've been waiting for a while now :P

Josh

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#4 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:03 PM EST

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Andrew Northall

Yeah, I recomend this to anyone who wants more out of thier iPod. You cannot break you iPod doing this, just lose all your data. I

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#5 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:29 PM EST

{"commentId":17133,"authorDomain":"Cybes51"}

Cybes51

I heard it could turn your iPod into a brick so i have never been game to try it...

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#6 - Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:44 PM EST

{"commentId":21414,"authorDomain":"ipodman"}

ipodman

ok, i put some links and a photo in for you. It could turn your iPod into a brick but you can always restore it some how

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#7 - Fri Feb 3, 2006 6:11 PM EST

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