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Videos w/ sound
Noxneo:
Same as Yotto. The aim is to make a complete firmware, not just some kind of patch for the iPod.
gnu:
--- Quote ---IPL currently only plays decompressed videos so they are fairly large.
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(my emphasis added)
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You're partly right: Ipodlinux itself (the OS) only plays uncompressed AVI; but the MVPD player plays videos with compressed video and uncompressed audio. A 20 min movie is about 100 Mb with crappy audio.
And if I had a Ipod video, I wouldn't use any Rockbox/IPL video player since they'll NEVER reach the same quality/filesize as the apple OS. [/rant]
Noxneo:
--- Quote from: gnu link=topic=6643.msg59764#msg59764 I wouldn't use any Rockbox/IPL video player since they'll NEVER reach the same quality/filesize as the apple OS. [/rant ---
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That is, until we solve the whole audio decoding problem. When that'll be solved, I think things will go faster concerning the development of a video player (fast forward function, bookmark function, etc.)
gnu:
Without using the Wolfston chip in the Ipod 5G, we'll never be able to play mp4 - simply because we havent got the necessary processing power (even with both CPUs)!
So we'll never have the same quality/filesize.
Llorean:
Broadcom. The Wolfson chip is the Audio chip, not the extra video processor.
As well, MP4 is not a format, it's a container. MP4 videos can have a variety of different formats of video in them, including but not restricted to MPEG-4, which is I assume what you're referring to.
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