Easy2BPPConv

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Obsolete Project

This project is very old (and therefore very useless). I don't intend to work on it any more.

 

About

2bppconv is a program for http://ipodlinux.org/ that allows you to convert existing movies (that are encoded with MEncoder) to 2 BPP, which is the grayscale format of the Apple iPod's screen. Without this, your movies cannot work on non-color iPods. Basically, there have been reports of a lot of people having problems with 2bppconv on the http://ipodlinux.org/forums. I have compiled a version that only runs on Windows right now, but does not need Cygwin or any other source. Also, it has a somewhat more easy to use interface.

 

Instructions

  1. Extract contents of the download.
  2. Using MEncoder (not included), properly encode the file.
  3. Put the movie that you encoded into the directory that you extracted everything to.
  4. Double-click on Converter.exe.
  5. For input file, type in the name of the file that you want to convert (that you put into that directory in step 2).
  6. For the output filename, just type in anything you like so that it has a .avi extension.
  7. If all went well, your file should appear.

 

Changelog

.5 Beta - First Public Release; a Little Buggy, but it Works.