No Winamp Support in new iPods possible - yet

[will]

Apple have decided to not let 3rd party apps work with the iPod anymore.

More details here: http://ipodminusitunes.blogspot.com/

[Rocker]

fuckheads.

[stromfresser]

I'm sure some clever coders will find a possibility to workaround soon

[Ojay]

Originally posted by stromfresser
I'm sure some clever coders will find a possibility to workaround soon

Sure, but that might involve "reverse engineering" and that will never find its way into Winamp. (?)

[kzuse]

Luckily I own an "old" iPod (5G).

Now the next mp3 player I'll buy will certainly NOT be an Apple one. And I think if many people think so, Apple might change their mind?

Being able to organize it using Winamp is one of the essential things in my usage behavior of the iPod!

[will]

obviously, people are working on circumventing these restrictions. If (or perhaps when) they succeed, we will look closely at the findings and if we can include them in winamp (from a legal perspective) we will.

[wnmnkh]

No surprise, since the ipod was actually intended to work on only itunes at the first time (it was possible until 5G b/c restriction had been cracked.)

[CraigF]

Originally posted by wnmnkh
No surprise, since the ipod was actually intended to work on only itunes at the first time (it was possible until 5G b/c restriction had been cracked.)

actually, thats incorrect. the file's to manage the ipod have always been stored publically on the device. the only difference is the inclusion of a per-device checksum in the file now for newer devices. If the method to generate the checksum is found, the problem is circumvented. Up until this, it was easy to look at the file, and the way the data contained was organised within.

[kafkef]

crap.. i was looking forward to use winamp when i buy me an ipod classic. hope they find a way around.

[xamphear]

Attention Winamp Developers:

http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html

Get the source code for the hash calculation here:

http://main.wtbw.co.uk/hash58.zip

[Benski]

Originally posted by xamphear
Attention Winamp Developers:

http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html

Get the source code for the hash calculation here:

http://main.wtbw.co.uk/hash58.zip

Very good news!

[xamphear]

I played a very small role, but I'm glad to have been able to help. I can't wait for Winamp support to be in place, and if you guys need someone with a Classic to help you test, feel free to contact me.

[bowmanWA]

So when can we expect to see this implemented in pmp_ipod and/or ml_ipod?

[homes32]

36 hrs. to crack and how much time and resources did apple did apple waste on implementing this instead of making a better product?

[kafkef]

hope it's done by next week
buying a 160gb classic