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• It's great how far this has gone. I've been the most popular kid at my school because all the other students want to know how to do this.

  Posted by: TVarmy on September 19, 2005 at 12:02 PM

• You don't need the whole "show package contents" step -- the 4G iPodLinux Installer actually has an option (available via the "Select an action" pull-down menu) that allows you to update podzilla and the kernel from the nightly builds you've downloaded.

  Note, also, that nobody's yet found a way to properly encode avis for the iPod photo under OS X... you have to use windows mencoder under Virtual PC. Gross.

  But an iPod with video is wicked awesome.

  Posted by: g_sassoverde on September 20, 2005 at 8:24 AM

• WOW!! This works. I have my own website ww.gadgetsonthego.net and I wrote about your awesome instructions. Here's a link:
  http://www.gadgetsonthego.net/2005/09/ive-got-ipod-video.html
  Thanks for making such easy to understand instructions. I am the first on my block with an iPod viDeo!!

  Posted by: gadgetsonthego on September 21, 2005 at 4:31 PM

• WOW!! This works. I have my own website ww.gadgetsonthego.net and I wrote about your awesome instructions. Here's a link:
  http://www.gadgetsonthego.net/2005/09/ive-got-ipod-video.html
  Thanks for making such easy to understand instructions. I am the first on my block with an iPod viDeo!!

  Posted by: gadgetsonthego on September 21, 2005 at 4:32 PM

• I converted a full 174 megabyte family guy episode (divx) to this ipod format and it turned out to be 1.53GB haha works like a charm tho as long as i dont try to fast forward, rewind or pause although that is expected i cant wait til the player supports compressed files

  Posted by: mechmess on September 26, 2005 at 9:01 PM

• I converted a full 174 megabyte family guy episode (divx) to this ipod format and it turned out to be 1.53GB haha works like a charm tho as long as i dont try to fast forward, rewind or pause although that is expected i cant wait til the player supports compressed files

  Posted by: mechmess on September 26, 2005 at 9:01 PM

• hey i have followed these instructions ezactly and double checked them but as soon as my ipod turns on i just comes with a folder and ! mark what can i do
  

  Posted by: chrisso44 on October 11, 2005 at 1:28 AM

• can i use this program for Windows? or is it just for macs?

  Posted by: apollo1331 on October 15, 2005 at 9:31 AM

• I think flip4mac will do the job of converting .avi on OS X
  I'll try and report later

  n

  Posted by: MNeto on October 17, 2005 at 11:42 AM

• Can someone post instructions for converting video for playing on the ipod photo with sound. Software used, settings, etc. Thanks

  Posted by: bsurma on October 19, 2005 at 5:59 PM

• I installed Podzilla with the builds listed above and i love the interface. but i have a problem it wont play the demo video.
  i installed it on a windows step by step. I found something that does seem strange to me. in your video you go straight to file browser then to videos then to your file. with mine i have to go to file browser ipod-control then go back on the broswer and then and only then can i see the file. when i click it is just says - 'No default action for this Filetype' Help?

  Posted by: regrethedays on November 1, 2005 at 7:26 PM

• I've found something for the mac that will encode the right format for the videos...something to do with DivX mencoders...(I don't understand all that stuff. But anyway, the software is at this website: a href="http://homepage.mac.com/major4/" I hope I did that right.... The software page is at: a href="http://homepage.mac.com/major4/download.html" Follow the instructions but, when the file is done being encoded, the extension will look like this: Video.avi.ff.avi. I deleted the ff.avi. part. Then it worked.

  Posted by: Stevanovich on November 7, 2005 at 9:46 PM

• I found some software that works on OS X that encodes movies with any format extension mencoder thingyz. Here is the website:
  http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
  Here is the download page:
  http://homepage.mac.com/major4/download.html
  Hope it works-it did for mine!

  Posted by: Stevanovich on November 7, 2005 at 9:52 PM

• It didn't work for me, when I rebooted my ipod I got a folder with an exclamation mark that says www.apple.com/support/ipod below it. lukily I can fix that if I restore my ipod but I'm really disapointed that it won't work.

  Posted by: bshap on January 15, 2006 at 7:52 AM

• I have an ipod nano. Does anyone know how to put videos on it? I also have windows. I'm willing to change my pc to mac if I can put video on my nano. Tanks for any help
  Checkout my ipod nano pic at http://thegratisguide.blogspot.com

  Posted by: philidias on January 22, 2006 at 11:40 AM

• i tried to put linux onto my ipod mini and when i turn it on i get a folder with a little triangle and it restarts again if anyone has any idea what to do please tell me

  Posted by: aitken on April 9, 2006 at 12:35 PM

• i tried to put linux onto my ipod mini and when i turn it on i get a folder with a little triangle and it restarts again if anyone has any idea what to do please tell me

  Posted by: aitken on April 9, 2006 at 12:35 PM

• if you like ipod video, you should try to use PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter, that's a good tool!

  http://www.yaodownload.com/video-design/video/ipod-video-converter/

  Posted by: kangta on May 14, 2006 at 8:48 PM

• im sorry guys im not a nerd i just got an ipod nano and i dont know how im supposed to understand all this stuff im not into all the cumputer technickal mumbo and my computer is windows and i really want to know how to get linux on my ipod nano with out all this complicated stuff so is someonbe could help me out i would rally apreciate it my email is beanlr_3@hotmail.com someone please help me.

  Posted by: nonerd on May 26, 2006 at 3:18 PM

• hey guys sorry but i dont know all the technickal mombo so if someone could help me out. Im trying to get the linux one my new i pod nano to watchvideos and play games and all the new stuff. but im just not good with it. My computer is windows xp but all this is to hard for me to understand so anyone that could help me out please do so it would be highly apretiated my email is beanlr_3@hotmail.com for any one that helps thank you.

  Posted by: nonerd on May 26, 2006 at 3:22 PM

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