Saturday, 28 October 2006

Make a scree aver for your iPod 5G

I'm not sure why your iPod needs a scree aver, or whether this particular effect can really be called a scree aver, but since several of you have sent us this tip, there must be some interest in it! This how-to is so short I'm going to re-post it all it here:
  1. create a folder on your iPod named "Demo Mode" - this requires that you have Disk mode enabled on the iPod.
  2. in iTunes, rename any video "Demo"
  3. keep the iPod co ected and let it and iTunes idle for 2 minutes
  4. magically the "Demo" video will start to play
So really this i 't a scree aver so much as a tethered demo mode, which would have some usefulne in a retail or kiosk setting but not so much usefulne in any other setting. Plus, I think you can already designate videos (and certainly slideshows) to repeat or loop, so I'm not sure this is really needed it all! I may be wrong about videos repeating, though, so don't quote me.

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