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.
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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.
Veronica Explains just posted a whole video of how to do this.
https://youtu.be/8fP6bnsobJ4 (She hasn't posted it to PeerTube yet...)
Veronica Explains is a godsend
Now do my boy, Zune ❤️
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.
Yo...I still have two HDs that work... they're amazing
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
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.
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
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 ‘member putting a movie on a tiny little Nano. And Doom. ~~Girls~~ nerds loved it. Simpler times.
Both made possible by Linux IIRC!
I got my 2 Gen Nano in 2008 and ditched iTunes after day one, EphPod worked just fine.
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.
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