The drag and drop multi-format media player for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch vlc4iphone, is now ZodPlay.

ZodPlay 0.9.5 has been released to ZodTTD.com Beta Testers. A big welcome to all those who have recently joined!

I've been busy coding away at a faster, more compatible, and feature rich version of vlc4iphone when I was told to give the FFmpeg frontend FFplay a try. I did and it's been working great!

Why the change of names? The ZodPlay name was chosen as to not force this media player on any certain technology. While I will most likely rely on FFmpeg and/or VLC functionality in the future, this just gives me more freedom. In short, making things futureproof.

What's new in ZodPlay since vlc4iphone 0.9.0? Here's a short list:
- File browsing. No longer be restricted to any one directory. Browse any location you choose.
- EVEN MORE media formats supported (performance depends on resolution) such as FLV, XviD, H264, MPEG4. AAC, FLAC. Though untested, subtitles should also work.
- Audio visualizer plays during audio. No more blank screen!
- More stable.

This is a large application weighing in at over 20MB! Be sure to free enough Application partition space before installing.

I am truly appreciative of the support I've been getting for this... "

1. Donate to zodttd
2. Make a video of one of his great emulators and show him.

The Open Pandora has been moving along over the past month especially with ZodTTD showing videos of his psx4pandora Playstation emulator running games at full speed and the new addition of Bluetooth connectivity.

This is seriously looking to becoming a must have gadget this year.

Pictured above, the new gamepad will give iPhone and iPod Touch users the ability to play games the way they were intended to be played, on a gamepad. On May 17th, the first prototype had been completed. The team gave the controller a psp look. It looks very sleek, and doubles as a protective case. Things are progressing fast and no modifications have to be made to use it. You simply slide in your iPhone and it locks into the controller via the dock connector. There will be full source code and SDK support in the near future! iPod Touch users will be able to buy a seperate controller specifically designed for the iPod Touch providing a snugger fit. The team does plan on manufacturing the controllers, and prices are said to be well worth what it will give to the iPhone.
A few prototype photos have been posted on icontrolpad.com, but for more news, updates, and ordering info, check out ZodTTD: Home Of Homebrew or iControlPad - Add real gaming controls to your iPhone!

ZodTTD, um emulador para o iPhone e o iPod Touch que roda games do Super Nintendo foi atualizado. A primeira versão desse emulador continha muitos erros que foram corrigidos nessa nova distribuição.

Confira o vídeo:

gpSPhone, the Gameboy Advance emulator, has been updated to v1.5.0. New changes in this release includes:

- Added support for both scaled/unscaled landscape and portrait view settings.
- Added support for firmware 1.1.3’s “mobile” user. gpSPhone should run well on 1.1.3 now.
- Added hardware accelerated scaling for better performance and look.

This release should be very stable and slightly faster. You now have the option between portrait and landscape mode. Hardware scaling gives a smoothed over looking picture, which some may prefer, with the advantage of performance.

A big thanks to Exophase, the author of gpSP, for his continued work on emulation. Without him, gpSPhone couldn’t exist.

For public domain ROMs (legal homebrew games) , head to Kojote’s great site: http://www.pdroms.de

Downloads for gpSPhone v1.5.0 can be found by visiting the Download section. It is available at the ZodTTD.com public Installer.app repo.

All you folks who earned your manhood (or womanhood) in the trial-by-fire that is the 1.1.3 jailbreak can now play rousing tournaments of Mario Kart with ease, and the scaling and use of OpenGL should make it a lot prettier.

In case you hadn't noticed, Zod also has a cool new look for his blog that's worth checking out.

(Source: ZodTTD)

Very soon ZodTTD.com applications such as snes4iphone, gpSPhone, OpenTTD.app, and psx4iphone will be receiving updates to fully support firmware 1.1.3 change to using the ‘mobile’ user instead of ‘root’. There is however a quick fix for those who want these and other applications to work with 1.1.3. You must chmod (set permissions) to 777 to the /var/root/Library/Preferences/ directory and also chmod 777 the directories used for external files such as ROMs, usually somewhere within /var/root/Media/.

More news to come shortly. Thanks for the continued support everyone!

"Very soon" is now the current estimate. Be patient -- this ain't Duke Nukem Forever, and he didn't say When It's Done™ so we're safe.

(Source: ZodTTD.com)

snes4iphone is being worked on more as we speak. Performance will increase, the tricky part will be to maintain or improve compatibility. In v0.4.1 the addition of landscape mode is included and the GUI has been replaced with a more familiar look.

The ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) for the public version of snes4iphone is about a week or less.

Though remember there will be constant beta tests to be had for registered ZodTTD.com forum members who donate. Especially with some great software lined up. ZodTTD.com Beta Testers Club members get to see releases before being made public. So there’s always lots to enjoy.

Other Project Status:

- gpSPhone: This project will soon receive a large update that will include both landscape and portrait mode! ETA: 1 week

- psx4iphone: This project is being worked on as you read this, though it’s a long process. It’s basically being rewritten from scratch by Hlide and I. It will introduce some unique techniques for squeezing extra performance out of the dynamic recompiler and emulation of devices such as the GPU, SPU, and CDROM interrupts. ETA: 2+ weeks

- OpenTTD.app: This project will receive support for control and shift key input in an upcoming update. ETA: 1 week

He wrote this on the 23rd of January -- 6 days ago. This means that, assuming he's on schedule, we should be seeing snes4iphone released this week, along with big updates for gpSPhone and OpenTTD, followed by a complete rewrite of psx4iphone in the next two or three weeks. We are eagerly awaiting his releases.

In the mean time, Zod, after you've released everything, grab yourself a cup o' chamomile, put on some fuzzy bunny slippers and a robe, spark up a stogie and just relax. You've earned it.

For the rest of you, enjoy a video of the latest version of snes4iphone to whet your appetite.

(Source: ZodTTD.com)

But for those of you who are lucky enough to be testing out the beta version of SNES4iPhone, here is a repo link to a bunch of roms.

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SNES Roms Repository Link:
Installer > Sources > Edit > Add
http://snesrepo.servegame.com

Here is a video of the SNES4iPhone in action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YwOsQPwHWxg

Source: an ipodtouchfans thread

As seen here, zodttd is allowing those who donate to beta test it. This may all be happening as soon as tonight! (Not guaranteed)

Keep an eye out for these two threads (the zodttd.com thread, the ipodtouchfans.com thread), as I'm sure zodttd will be sticking his head in one, if not both, of threads later tonight with an update.

- Jody Mitoma