can roxbox read videos on an ipod video?

[salomon_freeski]

hi im kinda new with this thing and i use an ipod video 5g....i just downloaded rockbox on my ipod and it works really well but as some people know there is some podcast that eexist and i dont know how to watch them plz help me or else i think ill take rock box off even if ity works great
thx

salomon_freeski

[GuitarRocker2562]

Rockbox can only play MPEG 1 and 2 videos, not MPEG 4 which is what the videos in apple's os use. So, your answer is no. If you want to play your podcasts just restart your iPod and put hold on as it starts to boot, if you did it right it wil boot into apple's os and you can play yuor videos. To get back to Rb just restart and keep hold off.

[sersoft]

mpeg2 files are still pretty good, I think it's the same codec that your satellite dish uses  

and it allows me to play video files with full quality and full framerate on my small ipod nano.

you just need a different video converter like vlc to convert your video files.

[dionoea]

mpeg2 files are still pretty good, I think it's the same codec that your satellite dish uses  

and it allows me to play video files with full quality and full framerate on my small ipod nano.

The ipod nano's LCD is much smaller than video ipod's, hence it has to decode smaller images which take less time to render. You can't play videos at full framerate on the video ipod with mpegplayer. You need to use the Apple Firmware to get decent video playback.

[PixelFox]

Rockbox will also not play .mov files (but apple's firmware does) still i'd suggest finding a converter somewhere and encoding them in Mpg2

[markun]

Rockbox will also not play .mov files (but apple's firmware does) still i'd suggest finding a converter somewhere and encoding them in Mpg2

I would suggest you just watch videos with the original firmware, the quality will be much better.

[Chronon]

And you have access to the TV Out in the original firmware.