[wellylug] 5G Ipod video and linux firmware

[Steven Gilberd]

I strongly recommend rockbox (http://rockbox.org) - it's brilliant! I
usually get around 14.5 hours of battery life from mine, playing q3 ogg
files (~112kbits/sec) and a modest amount of GUI usage. I recommend you
change the default skin - it looks ugly, and any skin with peak meters will
eat the battery like there's no tomorrow (the default skin falls into this
category).

It also manages its own database, so no need for itunes etc.

Cheers,
Steve

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:56:43 +1300, Alex Thomson
<Alex.Thomson at solnetsolutions.co.nz> wrote:
> I have installed roxkbox on mine (tried installing linux, but couldn't
> for the life of me get it working).  Interface looks nice, and has quite
> a few little toys, etc.  I find now that the battery drains very quickly
> with it though.
> 
> I think rhythmbox works the same way as iTunes in the way you get music
> on there (for normal iPods)
> 
> Steve Macdonald wrote:
>> I have just been given an ipod video, have noticed there is the
>> possibility of putting something like podzilla on. Has anyone ever
>> tried this? Or any other linux firmware?
>>
>> If not what is the best option re apps on ubuntu regarding setting up
>> playlists and transferring music to the ipod
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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