Editing IPodLinux (section)

==  Compatibility ==

According to the iPodLinux wiki, "developers have succeeded in getting <nowiki>[the following features]</nowiki> to work- it does not imply that the feature is ready for widespread use."<ref name="ps">{{cite web |url=http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Project_Status&oldid=22760 |title=iPodLinux: Project Status |date=November 14, 2008 |access-date=December 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140619214541/http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Project_Status&oldid=22760 |archive-date=June 19, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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! [[Generation]]
! Date<ref group="note">Date that the iPod was originally released, not the date it was supported by iPodLinux.</ref>
! class="unsortable" | [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]]
! class="unsortable" | [[Input/output|Input]]
! class="unsortable" | [[Serial communication|Serial]]<ref group="note">Serial is required for the remote to work.</ref>
! class="unsortable" | [[Hard disk drive|Hard drive]]
! class="unsortable" | [[Loudspeakers#Piezoelectric speakers|Piezo]]
! class="unsortable" | [[audio file format|Audio]] playback
! class="unsortable" | [[Sound recording and reproduction|Audio recording]]
! class="unsortable" | [[IEEE 1394 interface|FireWire]]
! class="unsortable" | [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]]
! class="unsortable" | Power management
! class="unsortable" | Video out
|-
! [[iPod classic#1st generation|1G]]
| {{dts|2001-10}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{no}}  || {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#2nd generation|2G]]
| {{dts|2002-07}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{no}}  || {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#3rd generation|3G]]
| {{dts|2003-04}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5">Neither [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]] nor [[IEEE 1394 interface|FireWire]] communication drivers exist yet for these models. Instead when a USB device is plugged in, the iPod prompts the user to restart the iPod into disk mode.</ref>|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4">A basic battery meter and deep sleep functions are available.</ref>|| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#4th generation|4G]]
| {{dts|2004-07}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2">Currently podzilla accesses the piezo directly- there is no kernel driver.</ref>|| {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref3">Only  recording via microphone works on these models, no line in.</ref>|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#4th generation|Photo]]/[[iPod classic#iPod with color display|Color]]
| {{dts|2004-10}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref3" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{no}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#5th generation|5G]]
| {{dts|2005-10}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{n/a}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{no}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#5th generation|5.5G]]
| {{dts|2006-10}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{n/a}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{no}}
|-
! [[iPod classic#6th generation|Classic]]
| {{dts|2007-09}} || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}
|-
! [[iPod Touch]] and [[iPhone]]<ref group="note">Will probably not be supported. iPhone and iPod Touch (OS X) homebrew software is already available.</ref>
| {{dts|2007-09}} || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}
|-
! [[iPod mini|Mini 1G]]
| {{dts|2004-01}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod mini|Mini 2G]]
| {{dts|2005-02}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{n/a}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod nano|Nano 1G]]
| {{dts|2005-09}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref2" />|| {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{n/a}} || {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref5" />|| {{partial}}<ref group="note" name="ref4" />|| {{n/a}}
|-
! [[iPod nano|Nano 2G–7G]]
| {{dts|2006-09}} || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}  || {{no}}
|-
|}
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As of August 5, 2006, only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPod are officially supported by iPodLinux,{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} although newer generations are also partially compatible.<ref name="ManualInstallation">{{cite web |url=http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Manual_Installation&oldid=19063 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140619214544/http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Manual_Installation&oldid=19063 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2014 |title=iPodLinux: Manual Installation |date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=December 24, 2007 }}</ref> The iPodLinux project does not plan support for the [[iPod shuffle]] due to the lack of a [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] compiler for the shuffle's DSP57000 core, as well as the fact that the iPod shuffle lacks a screen.<ref name="Generations">{{cite web |url=http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Generations&oldid=23045#iPod_Shuffle |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140619214545/http://ipodlinux.wiki/w/index.php?title=Generations&oldid=23045%23iPod_Shuffle |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2014 |title=iPodLinux: Generations |date=March 21, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref>  While later generations work fine for many uses of iPodLinux, not all features work; these later generations will not be officially supported by the project until most or all features from the earlier iPods work on them. Installers are in the process of being made. As of now, there is Installer 2.3 for [[Microsoft Windows]] or [[Linux]] which can install on any generation [[iPod]] (except for the iPod shuffle and [[iPod nano]] 2nd generation). As of April, 2008, iPodLinux does not work on the new iPod firmware included with the second and third generation iPod nano or the 6th generation iPod Classic, and installer 2 cannot be used to install iPodLinux on 5.5th generation iPod. In addition to that, the much spoken about audio recording feature currently does not work on the latest ipodlinux/zeroslackr builds. In ipodlinux, an under development message is given under recording, while in zeroslackr, recording is not displayed at all.

Arguably one of the project's more notable accomplishments is its [[video player (software)|video player]], released months before rumors about Apple's Video iPod began to spread. This video player only plays uncompressed [[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]] files, which are basically just a series of [[bitmap]] formatted frames with an audio overlay that commonly loses sync with the video output. A new compression technique called ''MoviePod'', released in 2006, enables people to put more video content on their iPod. This function continues to be developed and is a useful function for users of older iPod (especially nano users that, with the help of iPodLinux, can get an extremely small [[Home theater PC|media center]] that can be held in the palm of the hand).<ref name="MVplayer">{{cite web |url=http://ipodlinux.org/w/index.php?title=Mv_player&oldid=14006 |title=iPodLinux: Mv player |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=September 30, 2006 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

podzilla 2, the second generation of podzilla, and commonly known as pz2, has superseded the original version of podzilla. It included several new features, most notably modularity; users can install new applications without recompiling all of podzilla. This version is the only working set of Podzilla official that will run on 5.5G iPods.