[Ipodlinux-devel] linux on new (curvy, all-touch) ipod hardware

[William R S. <wi...@so...>]

hi all

i have a new 15G ipod. it's running the 2.0 firmware. there are no decent AAC
encoders for linux so i've converted a chunk of my music collection from FLAC
to MP3 format, but i'd really rather be using Vorbis to take advantage of the
superior compression ratio.

has anyone tried forcing patch_fw to patch the firmware and then booting it
up?

you can boot this ipod into "disk-mode", so i suspect it's possible to restore
the original firmware if it all takes on the aspect of a pear...

i can provide a copy of the 2.0 firmware if anyone wants to take a look.

thanks!

will

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William R Sowerbutts                                  wi...@so...
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