Re: OT: iPod Touch and Linux?
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:26:16AM -0500, Scott Abbey wrote:
> Magnus Therning wrote:
>
> > My wife won an iPod Touch on a raffle last Friday. After playing with
> > it for a while I've almost given up on the idea of keeping it. A lot of
> > surfing and experimenting later I've found the following:
> >
> > * libgpod (which is used by both gtkpod and amarok) in Debian Sid only
> > has read-only support for the iPod Touch (requires a jailbreak and
> > installing SSH, which I've done). That seems to mean that iTunes is the
> > only way of syncing music and audiocasts onto it. Ouch.
> >
> > * It doesn't have a flash decoder. All it offers is a H.264 decoder.
> > This means that most videos on the web can't be watched. I've failed to
> > find details on how to convert flash (and other format) videos to
> > something that the iPod Touch could play. So even if I find a way of
> > sticking videos on it I still can't play them :(
> >
> > Does anyone have any pointers on these issues. Or is the only option
> > left to me to put it for sale on ebay and buy a Nokia N800 for the money?
>
> Personally, I would sell it and buy a N800.
>
> I don't know much about the Touch, never having owned an iPod, but I can
> tell you that several sites offer a flv(Flash) to * service. vixy.net is
> one. You can also use mencoder to transcode the flv to some other
> format[1].
>
> 1. http://www.linux.com/feature/56642
>
>
I have used graphics/ffmpeg to convert *.swf files to avi and mpg.
According to the man info it can also do flv. Something to try.
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Alexander J. M.
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