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==Hardware== |
==Hardware== |
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* From the serial number I can see this is a iPod Video 30G of the initial fifth generation (not 5.5g) |
* From the serial number I can see this is a iPod Video 30G of the initial fifth generation (not 5.5g) |
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+ | * [http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html Specifications] |
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+ | * First contact: have a look to the [http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_Late_2006_Features_Guide.pdf Features Guide] (pdf) |
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==Tools== |
==Tools== |
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Just a quick inventory of what I could find under Debian, if not already covered in the rest of this page: |
Just a quick inventory of what I could find under Debian, if not already covered in the rest of this page: |
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==Using the original Apple firmware with a Linux computer== |
==Using the original Apple firmware with a Linux computer== |
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===Music=== |
===Music=== |
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+ | Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV |
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====gnupod-tools==== |
====gnupod-tools==== |
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gnupod-tools - command-line tools for the iPod family of portable music players |
gnupod-tools - command-line tools for the iPod family of portable music players |
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===Videos=== |
===Videos=== |
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+ | According to the specs, iPod can play the following video formats: |
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+ | * H.264 video |
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+ | ** up to 1.5 Mbps |
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+ | ** 640 by 480 pixels |
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+ | ** 30 frames per sec. |
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+ | ** Baseline Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio |
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+ | ** in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats |
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+ | * H.264 video |
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+ | ** up to 768 Kbps |
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+ | ** 320 by 240 pixels |
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+ | ** 30 frames per sec. |
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+ | ** Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio |
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+ | ** in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats |
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+ | * MPEG-4 video |
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+ | ** up to 2.5 Mbps |
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+ | ** 640 by 480 pixels |
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+ | ** 30 frames per sec. |
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+ | ** Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio |
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+ | ** in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats |
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====Encoding: ffmpeg==== |
====Encoding: ffmpeg==== |
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* {fr} see [http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/florent.bouchez/index.php?page=ipod this page], didn't try |
* {fr} see [http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/florent.bouchez/index.php?page=ipod this page], didn't try |
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===Calendar=== |
===Calendar=== |
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* {fr} see [http://www.estvideo.com/dew/index/2004/11/08/303-ipod-le-meilleur-ami-de-lhomme this page], didn't try |
* {fr} see [http://www.estvideo.com/dew/index/2004/11/08/303-ipod-le-meilleur-ami-de-lhomme this page], didn't try |
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+ | * A file .ics (iCalendar) or .vcs (vCard) in /Calendar |
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+ | * Apparently the todo list should also come by that way... |
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===Notes=== |
===Notes=== |
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* {fr} see [http://www.estvideo.com/dew/index/2004/11/08/303-ipod-le-meilleur-ami-de-lhomme this page], didn't try |
* {fr} see [http://www.estvideo.com/dew/index/2004/11/08/303-ipod-le-meilleur-ami-de-lhomme this page], didn't try |
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+ | * The Notes folder on your iPod can hold very large text files, but iPod can only display up to 1000 files, the first 4 kilobytes (KB) of text, or about 4096 characters will be shown for each note. When you view a long note on your iPod, it will be truncated (automatically shortened). To see all of the contents of a long note, just break it up into files that are smaller than 4 KB, then copy them to the Notes folder on your iPod. |
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+ | * You can write notes in UTF-8 also, cf [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61894 this article], you've to include to the note the following snippet: |
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+ | <?xml encoding="UTF8"?> |
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+ | ===Games=== |
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+ | There are some games available but I still didn't find anything free or opensource. |
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+ | <br>There are hacked games to be played with a hacked firmware 1.2.1 for those who want to seek for such things |
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+ | ===Lyrics=== |
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+ | No idea |
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+ | ===Audiobooks=== |
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+ | No idea |
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==Tests ipodlinux== |
==Tests ipodlinux== |
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dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr-video30gb-win.bin bs=512 count=1 |
dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr-video30gb-win.bin bs=512 count=1 |
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dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=part1.bin |
dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=part1.bin |
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+ | * Manual firmware flashing<br>Enter Disk Mode |
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− | * mkdir -p /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Artwork |
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+ | dd if=firmware.bin of=/dev/sdb1 |
Latest revision as of 21:33, 24 November 2010
Hardware
- From the serial number I can see this is a iPod Video 30G of the initial fifth generation (not 5.5g)
- Specifications
- First contact: have a look to the Features Guide (pdf)
Tools
Just a quick inventory of what I could find under Debian, if not already covered in the rest of this page:
- ipod - tool for retrieving informations from iPods
- Detection works well, but no idea what to do with normal mode
The default action is to create an IpodDeviceEventListener object and respond to iPod/HAL signals
- Detection works well, but no idea what to do with normal mode
- banshee - Audio Management and Playback application
- banshee-daap - Audio Management and Playback application (DAAP sharing plugin)
- python-gpod - a library to read and write songs and artwork to an iPod
- python-ipod - ipod library
See also 10 Alternatives to iTunes for managing your iPod
First time
scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 SCSI device sdb: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through sdb: [mac] sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
# file -s /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Apple Partition data (block size: 0): first type: Apple_MDFW, name: firmware, number of blocks: 131072, second type: Apple_HFS, name: disk, number of blocks: 58473976, # file -s /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb2: data # file -s /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb3: Macintosh HFS Extended version 4 data last mounted by: '10.0', created: Thu May 24 11:40:21 2007, last modified: Fri May 25 10:54:01 2007, last checked: Thu May 24 20:40:21 2007, block size: 4096, number of blocks: 7309247, free blocks: 7302027
Trying ipodpatcher:
$ ./ipodpatcher -l ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [INFO] Scanning disk devices... [INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod") - /dev/sdb [INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sdb [INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes [INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type [INFO] 0 63 131134 64.0 Empty (0x00) [INFO] 1 131136 58605111 28551.7 HFS/HFS+ (0xffffffff) [INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("macpod") [INFO] ************************************************************************ [INFO] *** WARNING FOR ROCKBOX USERS [INFO] *** You must convert this ipod to FAT32 format (aka a "winpod") [INFO] *** if you want to run Rockbox. Rockbox WILL NOT work on this ipod. [INFO] *** See http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodConversionToFAT32 [INFO] ************************************************************************ Listing firmware partition contents: Image 1: Main firmware - 7500800 bytes Image 2: RSRC - 5242880 bytes Image 3: AUPD - 1074176 bytes Image 4: HIBE - 33556480 bytes
Macpod to winpod
My ipod was formatted for Mac so I had to install iTunes on a Windows machine, I skip nasty details, the only Windows I have is at the office, the enterprise proxy blocking apple store website, having to go through a VPN thanks to openvpn, etc)
Just start iTunes, plug the iPod and the soft proposes to "restore" it.
now I get:
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 SCSI device sdb: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
# file -s /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: data # file -s /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb2: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID "*UOKJIHC", sectors/cluster 8, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 160650, sectors 58444470 (volumes > 32 MB) , FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 57019, serial number 0x38786c67, label: "IPOD "
$ ./ipodpatcher -l ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [INFO] Scanning disk devices... [INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - /dev/sdb [INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sdb [INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes [INFO] Part Start Sector End Sector Size (MB) Type [INFO] 0 63 160649 78.4 Empty (0x00) [INFO] 1 160650 58605119 28537.3 W95 FAT32 (0x0b) [INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") Listing firmware partition contents: Image 1: Main firmware - 7500800 bytes Image 2: RSRC - 5242880 bytes Image 3: AUPD - 1074176 bytes
echo -e "p\nq"|fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3648. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): Disk /dev/sdb: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty /dev/sdb2 11 3648 29222235 b W95 FAT32
Using the original Apple firmware with a Linux computer
Music
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
gnupod-tools
gnupod-tools - command-line tools for the iPod family of portable music players
Works apparently and sync with iTunesDB
mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/ipod gnupod_INIT -m /mnt/ipod gnupod_addsong -m /mnt/ipod .../music/*mp3 mktunes -m /mnt/ipod umount /dev/sdb2 eject /dev/sdb2
But seems to import blindly video files too, which aren't playable at the end, and both music and video files appear both in the Music and Video entries of the ipod, which is wrong. Gtkpod seems a better alternative.
Gtkpod
- gtkpod - manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Seems to work, didn't try much.
See below to add video support.
Contacts
Export from LDAP server
- Go to phpLDAPadmin interface
- export
- BaseDN: dc=addressbook,dc=yobi,dc=be
- Search scope: sub
- Search Filter: (objectClass=person)
- Save as file
- Export format: vCard 2.1
recode UTF8..latin1 addressbook.vcf csplit --prefix=contact --suffix-format="%04d.vcf" --elide-empty-files --silent addressbook.vcf /BEGIN:VCARD/ {*} cp contact*.vcf /mnt/ipod/Contacts/
Export from Mozilla
Photos
gpixpod
gpixpod - Organize photos on your iPod, freely!
- Not on Debian but Ubuntu...
- deb can be downloaded here and installed on Debian sid
- Works well, but I had to force the iPod model in Edit->Preferences
Others
tripod - iPod photo uploader
- I get KDE crashes :-(
kipi-plugins - contains IpodExport: Export images to an ipod device
- Same code as for tripod, didn't try
Should become possible with gtkpod in the future
Videos
According to the specs, iPod can play the following video formats:
- H.264 video
- up to 1.5 Mbps
- 640 by 480 pixels
- 30 frames per sec.
- Baseline Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio
- in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- H.264 video
- up to 768 Kbps
- 320 by 240 pixels
- 30 frames per sec.
- Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio
- in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- MPEG-4 video
- up to 2.5 Mbps
- 640 by 480 pixels
- 30 frames per sec.
- Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio
- in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Encoding: ffmpeg
- {fr} see this page, didn't try
- see this page, didn't try
- see this page, didn't try
- see this page, didn't try
- GUI for ffmpeg: vive!
- Requires several packages for compilation: I had to add vobcopy, libgnomevfs2-dev, libvte-dev, libdvdcss2-dev (from Marillat), libdvdread-dev, libdvdnav-dev, libavformat-dev and their dependancies, see README
- I had to force ./configure --prefix=/usr/local to send it to /usr/local/ at installation
- Copy examples/preferences to ~/.vive/preferences
- By default it seems it will encode the videos as following:
ffmpeg -y -f mp4 -b 700k -s 320x320 -ac 2 -ab 192k -comment "Encoded by Vive" -i "/path/to/video.file" "/path/to/video_output.mp4"
Import: gtkpod
We can recompile gtkpod and add the video support:
# apt-get build-dep gtkpod # apt-get install libmp4v2-dev $ apt-get source gtkpod $ cd gtkpod-0.99.10 $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b $ cd .. # dpkg -i gtkpod_0.99.10-2_i386.deb
Now to import, simply mount the ipod, launch gtkpod, load ipod, add file -> select the video file, save changes, quit gtkpod, umount ipod, eject ipod, enjoy!
Calendar
- {fr} see this page, didn't try
- A file .ics (iCalendar) or .vcs (vCard) in /Calendar
- Apparently the todo list should also come by that way...
Notes
- {fr} see this page, didn't try
- The Notes folder on your iPod can hold very large text files, but iPod can only display up to 1000 files, the first 4 kilobytes (KB) of text, or about 4096 characters will be shown for each note. When you view a long note on your iPod, it will be truncated (automatically shortened). To see all of the contents of a long note, just break it up into files that are smaller than 4 KB, then copy them to the Notes folder on your iPod.
- You can write notes in UTF-8 also, cf this article, you've to include to the note the following snippet:
<?xml encoding="UTF8"?>
Games
There are some games available but I still didn't find anything free or opensource.
There are hacked games to be played with a hacked firmware 1.2.1 for those who want to seek for such things
Lyrics
No idea
Audiobooks
No idea
Tests ipodlinux
- I repartitioned the iPod as explained here
but the svn server seemed to be down so I could not try further.
Tests Rockbox
Installation
- I installed rockbox by following these instructions
- To start the Apple firmware, maintain the hold switch during reboot
- I added the FrostBox theme from rockbox-themes
- I added the tango iconset from rockbox iconsets
Usage
- Rockbox will scan the whole partition and find files in itunes DB too, you can update the DB through the settings->general menu
- It can play mp3, m4a,... files
- It can show pictures including zoom into high resolution
- Seems it cannot see video files, at least those in the iTunes DB
Tests loader2
cf http://www.ipodlinux.org/Loader_2 it is possible to get both rockbox and ipodlinux together... still with access to the Apple firmware.
Very easy to install:
wget http://www.ipodlinux.org/images/b/b3/Ipodloader2-2.5.tar.gz tar xzf Ipodloader2-2.5.tar.gz ./ipodpatcher /dev/sdb -ab loader.bin
Test ipodlinux 2
Installation
Ok following the instructions for 5.5G was much easier!
- Install loader 2, cf previous point
wget http://de.dataghost.com/ipl/exp20070305/kernel-dg-all-iPods-improved-20070305.bin wget http://www.josh.sys-techs.com/ipl/ipod_fs_220606.tar.gz mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/ipod cd /mnt/ipod tar xzvf path/to/ipod_fs_220606.tar.gz cd - sudo cp kernel-dg-all-iPods-improved-20070305.bin /mnt/ipod/linux.bin wget http://josh.sys-techs.com/svnbuilds/podzilla2-1414.gz wget http://josh.sys-techs.com/svnbuilds/appearance-1262.zip wget http://josh.sys-techs.com/svnbuilds/pzmodules-1414.zip mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/ipod install -m 755 podzilla2-1414 /mnt/ipod/bin/ mkdir -p /mnt/ipod/usr/lib /mnt/ipod/usr/share ( cd /mnt/ipod/usr/lib; unzip $OLDPWD/pzmodules-NNN.zip ) ( cd /mnt/ipod/usr/share; unzip $OLDPWD/appearance-NNN.zip ) ln -s /bin/podzilla2-1414 /mnt/ipod/bin/podzilla
Usage
I get an error about unable to connect to mpd at boot time and I cannot play music
Tips
- Disconnect (from http://home.c-otto.de/ipod/) :
With Linux you normally get the "Don't disconnect" message whenever you insert the cable/dock. With the "eject" tool (for ejecting CD drives) you can disconnect the ipod from your computer but still have the power connection to recharge the batteries. - Reset (from http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/)
1. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
2. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step. - Disk Mode
First apply reset as above then when the Apple logo is shown, hold select+play buttons several seconds.
To exit disk mode it seems you've to reset again. - Backup macpod
dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr-video30gb-mac.bin bs=512 count=1 dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=part1-firmware.bin dd if=/dev/sdb2 of=part2.bin
- Backup winpod
dd if=/dev/sdb of=mbr-video30gb-win.bin bs=512 count=1 dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=part1.bin
- Manual firmware flashing
Enter Disk Mode
dd if=firmware.bin of=/dev/sdb1