MikModPodzilla

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The article's title is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is: mikmodpodzilla.

NOTE: This *DOES NOT WORK* on Nanos, and quite possibly any iPod other than 1g,2g,3g, and 4g monochrome. Sorry.

mikmodpodzilla Is a variant of podzilla with the MikMod engine integrated into it. It's not meant to be a long-term distribution variant of podzilla, just something for now, so that we can play our Music Modules on our iPods.

It supports all mod formats from MikMod 3.0.3 (http://www.tfn.net/~amstpi/mikmod.html). The 1g-3g iPod is only capable of playing up to 12 concurrent voices before it starts to get glitchy. The 4g+ iPod can handle up to 22 concurrent voices. (right image)

The image on the right shows a development version of the MikMod interface, better suited for proper integration with podzilla. It will be released with this look soon.

Usage

• Menu - exit
• Play - play/pause the song
• Action - switch between volume and scrubbing (scanning) mode
• Wheel - adjust volume, scanning in a song
• Prev Track - go to previous song in playlist
• Next Track - go to next song in playlist

Currently, all of the above operations work, although pause and prev/next track are audio-glitchy.

Current Status

Third (CVS) version released. 2005-06-20

• Includes all CVS updates to this point in time
• podzilla hooks are in CVS, so no patching of podzilla is necessary.. just a quick rebuild with the MIKMOD define.
• MikMod patch and Mikmod mirror available in the current release directory (http://patsy.cis.rit.edu/Software/iPod/2005-06-20_mikmod)
• Shuffle enabled by "Settings" menu
• MikMod moved into the "Music" menu.

Second version Released. 2005-04-08

• Source, binary, and readme are available in the release directory (http://patsy.cis.rit.edu/Software/iPod/2005-04-08_mikmod)
• Various visual updates
• Shuffle play of playlist
• Added "Loading" screen (shown above)
• Remote support added

First Version Released. 2005-04-04

• Source, binary, and readme are available in the release directory (http://patsy.cis.rit.edu/Software/iPod/2005-04-04_mikmod)
• It only will play "Default.mik" playlist from the main app (menu selection)
• other playlists selectable from the file browser. (navigate to a .mik file, press "action")
• Based on the CVS release from that night.

Future Development

• Fix the bugs listed in the text file in the above directory
• more and better visualizations
• play songs from the file browser, rather than just playlists
• Better integration with podzilla.