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I Made This

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Did you make something? Do you want the fleeting rush of endorphins that come with affirmation from strangers? Do you think what you made is neat? Share it here!

Paintings, movies, music, drawings, models, gardens, houses, snowmen, sandcastles - if you made it, you can post it.

RULES:

Some things you make are not to be shared. These include:

Do not be a jerk.

- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, or bigotry of any kind.

- Don't try to sell stuff unless people ask. You can post your Etsy (or similar) if someone prompts you. No spamming self-promotion.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

HOW DO I GET ONE OF THESE

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s nice to have the built in OS support though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah that'd be nice, but, lost technology; no longer exists.

Build it yourself or get nothing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Veronica Explains just posted a whole video of how to do this.

https://youtu.be/8fP6bnsobJ4 (She hasn't posted it to PeerTube yet...)

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Now do my boy, Zune ❤️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Yo...I still have two HDs that work... they're amazing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How much to make one for me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm actually thinking of starting up making things like this if people would buy them. How much would you be willing to pay?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Depending on audio quality, $150-200. They've got rockbox on them right?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's fully open-source, too, so anyone can contribute to making improvements and a company can never discontinue it.

Tell that to Yuzu.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Rockbox is the GOAT

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I ‘member putting a movie on a tiny little Nano. And Doom. ~~Girls~~ nerds loved it. Simpler times.

Both made possible by Linux IIRC!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I got my 2 Gen Nano in 2008 and ditched iTunes after day one, EphPod worked just fine.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

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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