Comments on: Hacking The iPod http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:08 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Carlos Lama http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Carlos Lama Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:35:54 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-55 Does anyone know of a Mac OS iPod hacking program that will work with 2nd generation Nano? I'm looking to replicate the method here, but iPod Wizard is Windows only, and doesn't work with 2nd gen Nano to boot! Does anyone know of a Mac OS iPod hacking program that will work with 2nd generation Nano? I’m looking to replicate the method here, but iPod Wizard is Windows only, and doesn’t work with 2nd gen Nano to boot!

]]> By: New Media Initiatives Blog » MW07 - Radical Trust: The State of the Museum Blogosphere http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-54 New Media Initiatives Blog » MW07 - Radical Trust: The State of the Museum Blogosphere Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:05:46 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-54 [...] to trusting users we need to trust time - it takes time and involvement to build a successful blog. Older posts can re-appear and become popular down the road. Seb followed up by pointing out F+N’s plugin that [...] [...] to trusting users we need to trust time – it takes time and involvement to build a successful blog. Older posts can re-appear and become popular down the road. Seb followed up by pointing out F+N’s plugin that [...]

]]> By: New Media Initiatives Blog » Telling More Of The Story With Technology http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-53 New Media Initiatives Blog » Telling More Of The Story With Technology Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:15:08 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-53 [...] Our blogs give people behinds the scenes info on exhibitions, technical how-to’s, interviews, and just plain arty fun, giving people yet another side to the Walker. Even our Minnapolis Scuplture Garden website has it’s own video tour! All of this is available at the kiosks in our front lobby, or from the comfort of your own home. [...] [...] Our blogs give people behinds the scenes info on exhibitions, technical how-to’s, interviews, and just plain arty fun, giving people yet another side to the Walker. Even our Minnapolis Scuplture Garden website has it’s own video tour! All of this is available at the kiosks in our front lobby, or from the comfort of your own home. [...]

]]> By: Terrible Toll http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Terrible Toll Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:45:19 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-52 The iPod lists the video podcasts along with the audio podcasts. I have tried everything to link to any of these files (audio or video) from the Notes as you can with the music files. However, still no success - has anyone else out there had any more luck with this? cheers - Tol The iPod lists the video podcasts along with the audio podcasts. I have tried everything to link to any of these files (audio or video) from the Notes as you can with the music files. However, still no success – has anyone else out there had any more luck with this?

cheers – Tol

]]> By: sunrunner20 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-51 sunrunner20 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:56:57 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-51 erroll: You need to import and convert the audio books to AAC. Its a relatively simple process and I have found it very useful by the fact that the ipod bookmarks the file so you start off where you left off. A detailed guide is available at Ipod Lounge http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116700 erroll: You need to import and convert the audio books to AAC. Its a relatively simple process and I have found it very useful by the fact that the ipod bookmarks the file so you start off where you left off.

A detailed guide is available at Ipod Lounge

http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116700

]]> By: Erroll http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Erroll Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:19:46 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-50 I recently purchased an iPOD nano. The hardware is nice but I am dissatisfied with the software. I like to listen to audio books rather than music. The itunes/ipod software slices and dices the titles requiring manual corrections. I am looking for a third party iPOD operating system that plays audio files from their windows compatible directories. I am testing anapod. Anapod does not seem to solve all problems at this point. If anyone can help please let me know. I recently purchased an iPOD nano. The hardware is nice but

I am dissatisfied with the software. I like to listen to audio books rather than music. The itunes/ipod software slices and dices the titles requiring manual corrections. I am looking for a third party iPOD operating system that plays audio files

from their windows compatible directories. I am testing anapod. Anapod does not seem to solve all problems at this point. If anyone can help please let me know.

]]> By: riemann http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-49 riemann Sun, 28 May 2006 20:20:51 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-49 so did anybody link to videos yet??? so did anybody link to videos yet???

]]> By: MuseumBlogs.org http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-48 MuseumBlogs.org Wed, 17 May 2006 21:54:42 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-48 [...] The Walker’s New Media Initiatives Blog looks at Hacking the iPod for audio tours and tells us why the Graphic Interchange Format is back in vogue. [...] [...] The Walker’s New Media Initiatives Blog looks at Hacking the iPod for audio tours and tells us why the Graphic Interchange Format is back in vogue. [...]

]]> By: Brent Gustafson http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Brent Gustafson Fri, 12 May 2006 15:16:29 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-47 Peter, the tagged files in this example is strictly for the Nano's we pass out to patrons. For our podcast, we tag them differently. This is because we expect people to have other music on their own iPods, so we need a way to silo the MP3s into groups when there's other music present. If we don't, then all of the artists, or artwork get mixed in with all their other music, making it difficult to really find what you're looking for. It's not an ideal tagging solution but it's something we have to be aware of. Since we don't have that problem with the Nano's, we can tag it a little better. As far as I "real" museum mode, there isn't much change that I'd want. In fact, it would be very simple. Here's a list of what my wish list would be: - Let me link to a tag list in Notes. For example, I can make a link to "ipod:music?genre=rock" which gives me a list of everything in the rock genre. But instead I want to do "ipod:music?genre" which gives me a list of every genre, using the ID3 tags like in the real iPod OS. Same for every other ID3 tag option. - Like the above, let me link to non music things as well, like Anatole posted. This way I can retain my Calendar stuff. I could link to "ipod:calendar?cal=walker" and it would go to the Walker calendar in the iPod OS. You could do the same for video or photos as well. This would help out a ton. - Make it harder to get to the default iPod OS interface. Holding the Menu button makes it too easy for someone to accidentally get out of it. Make it a code or something (Up, Down, Left, Right, Select for example). Something people won't accidently stumble upon. - Let me list mp3s by other tags. For example, there's no way to list by Year or Grouping, the same way you list by Artist or Album. Give me more options there, so I can use the ID3 tags in better ways. Basically, I would like to use Notes to build just the Main Menu, and then have it link to the iPod OS in the next screen and use the ID3 tagging structure from there. It's little tweaks to what they already have and it would basically allow you to do exactly what I did but without hacking the iPod at all. In fact, it would be better because you could get rid of the iPod Settings menu option. If you're able to pass these along to your friends at Apple that would be great. Adding all of this would basically be the ultimate Museum interface for me. Peter, the tagged files in this example is strictly for the Nano’s we pass out to patrons. For our podcast, we tag them differently. This is because we expect people to have other music on their own iPods, so we need a way to silo the MP3s into groups when there’s other music present. If we don’t, then all of the artists, or artwork get mixed in with all their other music, making it difficult to really find what you’re looking for.

It’s not an ideal tagging solution but it’s something we have to be aware of. Since we don’t have that problem with the Nano’s, we can tag it a little better.

As far as I “real” museum mode, there isn’t much change that I’d want. In fact, it would be very simple. Here’s a list of what my wish list would be:

- Let me link to a tag list in Notes. For example, I can make a link to “ipod:music?genre=rock” which gives me a list of everything in the rock genre. But instead I want to do “ipod:music?genre” which gives me a list of every genre, using the ID3 tags like in the real iPod OS. Same for every other ID3 tag option.

- Like the above, let me link to non music things as well, like Anatole posted. This way I can retain my Calendar stuff. I could link to “ipod:calendar?cal=walker” and it would go to the Walker calendar in the iPod OS. You could do the same for video or photos as well. This would help out a ton.

- Make it harder to get to the default iPod OS interface. Holding the Menu button makes it too easy for someone to accidentally get out of it. Make it a code or something (Up, Down, Left, Right, Select for example). Something people won’t accidently stumble upon.

- Let me list mp3s by other tags. For example, there’s no way to list by Year or Grouping, the same way you list by Artist or Album. Give me more options there, so I can use the ID3 tags in better ways.

Basically, I would like to use Notes to build just the Main Menu, and then have it link to the iPod OS in the next screen and use the ID3 tagging structure from there. It’s little tweaks to what they already have and it would basically allow you to do exactly what I did but without hacking the iPod at all. In fact, it would be better because you could get rid of the iPod Settings menu option.

If you’re able to pass these along to your friends at Apple that would be great. Adding all of this would basically be the ultimate Museum interface for me.

]]> By: Off Center » Centerpoints 1.6 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2006/05/05/hacking-the-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Off Center » Centerpoints 1.6 Thu, 11 May 2006 22:20:46 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=196#comment-46 [...] • Walkerhacker: If you haven’t read it, check out Brent’s fascinating post about hacking iPods for use in the Walker galleries.   [...] [...] • Walkerhacker: If you haven’t read it, check out Brent’s fascinating post about hacking iPods for use in the Walker galleries.   [...]

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