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The Best Way To Hack The iPod: 6 Terrific iPod Hacks

 

The iPod is a deeply personal tool. The music, calls, calendars and also notes you keep on it reveal a whole lot about your personality. From playcounts to playlists, our iPods could tell others what we take pleasure in, just how we think as well as that we are. Yet if you truly intend to change your iPod into an engine of severe personal expression, why not tailor-make it?

Hacking your iPod - whether it's modding the instance, setting up customized software, or tearing it up and doubling the memory - can change the common music and also media player right into something one-of-a-kind.

Keep in mind: You must understand that trying any of these techniques lugs the danger of spoiling your device.

 

1. Penguin power

iPod Linux is the crucial hack, table risks for several of the various other hacks you might wish to attempt. It totally supports iPods in generations 1-3, as well as has actually been effectively installed on all others with a screen. You must get hold of 'Podzilla', which will certainly include a graphical interface to iPod Linux. There are several variations of Podzilla available from which to choose. When installed, iPod Linux as well as Podzilla will allow you boot your iPod to a barebones Linux setting. In addition, it will certainly offer as the structure for many various other hacks.

 

2. Wikipedia on the move

Now, you can get it on your iPod and also lug Wikipedia with you anywhere you go. It's not yet offered for all designs of iPods; nano and also video customers are left out for currently, and also given that there's no display on the iPod shuffle, there's no point in setting up Wikipedia. You will require to set up iPod Linux.

 

3. Dual your memory

Not content with the 4GB of memory on your iPod nano? You'll need to buy a busted nano from ebay.com. Open up your functioning nano, solder the memory chip from the damaged nano to the empty pad in the functioning one, seal it back up, and execute a manufacturing facility reset.

 

4. Mobile flicks on the move

Transfer movies on DVDs to your iPod easily as well as totally free making use of a totally free software program (HandBrake) readily available for both Mac and Windows. Be warned though: unless you make use of an analogue capture method, it's prohibited to tear DVDs you possess onto your iPod.

For Mac (as well as Linux) users, get a free copy of HandBrake. Handbrake is already offered as a Universal binary - good news for those that have a new MacBook, Mac mini, or imac - as well as can tear video from DVD straight to MPEG-4 video clip, the style you'll have to enjoy it on your iPod. Windows users require to make a few extra steps. Get a DVD ripping program such as DVDFab Decrypter or DVD Decrypter. Transform your video to AVI using a decoding device. Lastly, convert the AVI file into MPEG-4 video that can use your iPod using Videora iPod Converter.

 

5. iPod to TV

Desire to watch content from your iPod on your TELEVISION? You can easily do so by purchasing a 4 15 iPod AV wire from Apple or utilize a basic mini-jack to three-plug RCA cable television. Establish your iPod to result to TELEVISION, plug in the wire via the mini-jack, and connect the RCA connections into a TV using a non-standard configuration, visit hackolo.com.

 

6. Pac attack

Many thanks to iPodMAME, you can play Pac-Man on your iPod. This hack will mount a version of MAME, the arcade game emulator program, on your iPod. Similar to the Wikipedia hack, iPodMAME needs that you first set up iPod Linux. The program features romsets (the collection of data consisting of all the game data) consisting of one for Pac-Man. PodMAME should deal with any kind of iPod with a colour screen.

 
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