I never found a thread about this in this forum so here goes. I have an old ipod photo which was gathering dust and doing nothing so i thought..y not experiment abit with it? I wanted to install ipod linux but a windows installer isnt available on the net anywhere as the ipodlinux.org site is down...but then i found this free firmware called rockbox and the best part is tat u can play videos on it even on unsupported ipods like the old nano or 4G etc also u wont need itunes anymore ...heres how to do it
1)go to www.rockbox.org click on current build and download the appropriate build for ur ipod.
2)connect ur ipod in disk mode and make sure itunes is closed.
3)extract the build u downloaded onto the ipod directory
4)next download fonts from *www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml
5)extract the fonts package to the ipod directory..
6)download ipod patcher from here *download.rockbox.org/bootloader/ipod/ipodpatcher/win32/ipodpatcher.exe
7)run ipod patcher (note:in vista run it as admin)..a command window should open up and give u information about ur ipod
8)press i followed by enter to install rockbox
9)after some time ti should say it has installed successfully...pres enter to quit
10)disconnect ur ipod from itunes..it should now boot into rockbox...if it doesnt then press and hold select and menu buttons.
11)Now rockbox is installed all u have to do is take whatever video u want and convert it into mpeg-2 format...make sure to set the resolution of ur converted video same as tat of ur ipod ipod during converting.
12)copy whatever music or videos(in mpeg2) to ur ipods directory..no need of itunes or anything just simply copy paste.
13)on ur ipod browse to the video u want to play and just start playing..enjoy
WARNING:this may void ur ipods warranty
1)go to www.rockbox.org click on current build and download the appropriate build for ur ipod.
2)connect ur ipod in disk mode and make sure itunes is closed.
3)extract the build u downloaded onto the ipod directory
4)next download fonts from *www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml
5)extract the fonts package to the ipod directory..
6)download ipod patcher from here *download.rockbox.org/bootloader/ipod/ipodpatcher/win32/ipodpatcher.exe
7)run ipod patcher (note:in vista run it as admin)..a command window should open up and give u information about ur ipod
8)press i followed by enter to install rockbox
9)after some time ti should say it has installed successfully...pres enter to quit
10)disconnect ur ipod from itunes..it should now boot into rockbox...if it doesnt then press and hold select and menu buttons.
11)Now rockbox is installed all u have to do is take whatever video u want and convert it into mpeg-2 format...make sure to set the resolution of ur converted video same as tat of ur ipod ipod during converting.
12)copy whatever music or videos(in mpeg2) to ur ipods directory..no need of itunes or anything just simply copy paste.
13)on ur ipod browse to the video u want to play and just start playing..enjoy
WARNING:this may void ur ipods warranty
