Bring back transparent shells, I want to see that sexy technology god damn it!
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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I would like to buy an ipod and mod it but it would cost too much.
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!
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How did you get an SSD on it? 30 day battery is really impressive
Is this a kit or custom? Did you 3d print that case?
I'm not aware of any 3d print methods or materials that can have that level of transparency, that has to be injection molded.
In industrial 3D printing you can get this amount of transparency with clearcoat. You can send your model to them and they print and ship it to you for quite cheap. On pcbway it's UTR-8100 Idk if other sites have something similar.
There's a bunch of places selling replacement iPod shells, I think there's probably just one factory that makes them but the iPod mod scene is actually pretty extensive all things considered.
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Well that's awesome and I think I've found a new favorite sub.
Would the Rockbox firmware be an improvement?
I prefer the aesthetics of the classic iPod OS ☺️
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I'm curious about the 30 day battery
They sell 3000mah replacement batteries vs the original 850mah. I think some solid state drives can save power, but others can use more.
I used a modern 3000mA lithium ion battery which provides about 60 hours of music playback. That’s about 2 hours per day which is much more than I use!
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Could just be the regular battery not having to supply power to an energy sucking spinning disk.
I think the SSD uses more power than the original hard drives do. I bought an adapter for the iPod classic to put an SD card in it and there was a few articles about power draw being higher for ssds. I might be misremembering the comparison though, it's been a couple years.
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Probably the same original form factor but a new lithium ion
That's as long as some fiancés.
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Dude thats so cool! Thanks for sharing!
Is that a headphone jack!?
I like headphone jacks.
This needs an interrobang‽
You can tell whether I'm posting from my phone or my desktop by whether I use a ‽ or a ?!.
(This one was from my desktop despite the interrobang, but that's because I could easily copy-paste yours.)
Not that easily. I could read theirs, but yours was a box
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Jesus, I almost cried when I saw this
damn!
if you don't mind me asking:
how did you create the transparent casing? It looks really great and I'm not sure if it was 3D printed or some other way
Does it still count as “imadeit” if I made it using a hodge podge of other people’s parts? Haha, I ordered the custom shell from eBay ☺️ but it feels very high quality (not 3D printed)
As a 3d printer enthusiast, I object to you implying that 3d printed parts aren't high quality, while acknowledging that you're very correct.
agreed, sometimes it makes sense to accept that trying to do everything isn't worth it
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Shoulda used clear purple for that real nostalga hit.
But awesome work
Does it play FLAC?
Rockbox does support FLAC, with iPodLinux I'm not so sure (their ancient http site FAQ promises development via MPD, but that's not a given to have actually happened).
or Opus
Just Doom and Crysis.
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Cool.
Love personal playlists. I use an old phone with SD card to use Bluetooth into my home theater system.
That's dope!