Always cool to see ‘retro’ tech brought back, especially with major overhauls. Kinda wish Apple still did dedicated ‘dumb’ MP3 players, if I’m being honest.
I’ve seen a few open hardware projects for “dumb” MP3 players over the years. I found this article on the Tangara project and am tempted to build one.
Edit: Scrolled down and saw someone already posted this.
Bet you could manage with a microcontroller and some parts. Use a bare chip, solder it all fancy (might take a few tries, use something cheap, order in bulk, attach the big expensive drive last), print the case, etc. Bet there’s even a guide out there somewhere.
Yeah it’s nice to have the built in OS support though
Yeah that’d be nice, but, lost technology; no longer exists.
Build it yourself or get nothing.
Do you have a guide or a part list or anything? I still have my iPod I bought new in 2006 but it hasn’t seen use in many years for a slew of issues, the main one being the headphone jack itself failing, but I’d love to refresh it like this.
Look at then_three_more’s post in this thread
Ditto. My 5.5g ipod video looks like he’ll, but I’d like to bring it back to life.
So cool! Thanks for sharing
HOW DO I GET ONE OF THESE
Can you put music on it without iTunes?
Typical Apple, they probably won’t even tell you that you need a 2007 MacBook with a 12 second battery life to make this work. That’s how they get you.
It looks like funar2000 supported it at least at some point.
I can still connect my iPod to the current macOS
There is rockbox that is an alternative firmware that adds every feature missing by default
Yes. I still use my classic regularly. 20 000+ songs on it without ever being connected to itunes. Rhythmbox for linux works great when I want to switch things up. Winamp did the job back when I was still using windows. Maybe you were forced to use itunes briefly back when the ipod was first released, but it didn’t take long for other programmers to figure out how to make their software compatible.
The issue I have had with ipods in general is even with third party management, you had to make a Playlist for everything. I wanted to dump my library of A-Z folders and use the device like a file structure.
I’m in the minority, but I stopped making Playlists/mix cds/mixtapes when I graduated high school.
Try Rockbox (firmware)
It may be better these days, but when it was needed most, it wasn’t as mature.
Nice!
What’s that little black thing that kinda looks like a tiny antenna in the top right corner, right next to the battery indicator/percentage?
💀
Let me tell you son. Back in the day, headphones used to have a wire
I thought it was copper. 🤔
I thought it was an bt transmitter before I saw the cable in the bottom of the shot. A lot smaller then the fm transmitter I have.
I know the angle is a bit weird, but that is a wired headphone/earbud cable. The cable just has a 90 degree bend at the end.
How did you get an SSD on it? 30 day battery is really impressive
How much to make one for me?
I’m actually thinking of starting up making things like this if people would buy them. How much would you be willing to pay?
Depending on audio quality, $150-200. They’ve got rockbox on them right?
Yeah but is it still locked to iTunes? Cause fuck that noise if it is.
Otherwise… I’ll take 3
Edit: looks like it is… damn
It’s a quick Google search for an alternative software that is pretty user-friendly and independent of Apple.
Also I suggest replacing the Hard drive with a card that lets you put in SD cards.
Back in the day, I used to rock iPod Linux. Looks like it’s still about http://www.ipodlinux.org/
There was also rockbox that let you play flac on iPod. https://www.rockbox.org/
Or less exteme, I’m sure that foobar2000 had plugins for managing your iPod.
Rockbox is the GOAT
I ‘member putting a movie on a tiny little Nano. And Doom.
Girlsnerds loved it. Simpler times.Both made possible by Linux IIRC!
it let’s you use the iPod like a USB drive where you can play anything that you put on there. it can also play ogg vorbis or vorbis or a lot of at her formats.
I got my 2 Gen Nano in 2008 and ditched iTunes after day one, EphPod worked just fine.
If you like this aesthetic, perhaps check out the Tangara on Crowd Supply. https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara
It’s fully open-source, too, so anyone can contribute to making improvements and a company can never discontinue it.
It’s fully open-source, too, so anyone can contribute to making improvements and a company can never discontinue it.
Tell that to Yuzu.
Now do my boy, Zune ❤️
Yo…I still have two HDs that work… they’re amazing
Man, the Zune was the best MP3 player experience in its day… They even had the OG music subscription service. For $15 bucks a month and then they let you keep $15 of music forever. So it was a no brainier if you’d buy an album a month anyway.
Are you preparing for a zombie apocalypse?
Anyway, this is the coolest shit I have ever seen today, and maybe the best one here on Lemmy!
If I was I’d be playing the theme song from 28 Days Later in the picture ☺️. Thank you!
Decrufting before I click to listen
https://open.spotify.com/track/5jMuXTa5hECm37P7C0mbIB
Edit: Ah yes, F♯ A♯ ∞, a classic!
“post rock”? And it’s bagpipes? Hmm interesting
Edit: okay it got better after a couple minutes, nice
Okay I’m jealous.
I would like to buy an ipod and mod it but it would cost too much.
I still got Planet of the apes on mine. They wanted people to know it can run mp4’s on that little screen.
Dude that thing is sick. I use my phone for music, and it’s okay except for the dozen spam calls I get every day interrupting it. And there’s no setting for that, of course.
Many phones have “Do not disturb”-mode, or even airplane mode.
You can also go into the settings and disconnect from your mobile provider if you really want peace and quiet.
Android actually automatically rejects spam calls if you tell it to. They’ve had it for over half a decade now.
I think they mean no setting to continue playing music. Most people want to leave the phone active, no matter how annoying, in case they get something important.
Make a do not disturb option that blocks calls from numbers you don’t know. Everyone you care about can still reach you easily.
Everyone that makes it through the spam filter goes straight to voicemail unless they’re a contact. That is way.
And then I never check the messages because anyone important will just text me.
For real I wish there was a way to get my phone to play only music through headphones or speaker. Any time I get a notification I want it only through my phone’s speaker and not what I’m listening to music to.
Check out pre-android Sony Walkmans - they are the absolute shiznit.
With that playlist feature that’s never been ported? Somebody posted about it here. Lets you choose a vibe from your local music, offline. Goes by BPM and something.
I think you’re referring to Sony’s ‘SensMe’ function. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to use it because it relies on their proprietary software which isnt available for my OS. Would be great to have it baked into the device.
Yes, you’re right! Hope somebody develops a similar cross-platform feature someday.
That would be amazing!
