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Hello, sur Linux, vous arrivez à gérer votre iPod? Ça fait depuis janvier que je cherche une solution.

1- Rythmbox le détecte, synchronise ma musique mais quand je le débranche, il n’y a rien dessus. Pareil avec Strawberry 🍓

2 - J’aimerais installer Rockbox mais j’ai toujours la même erreur « SSL handshake failed » comme beaucoup sur Linux apparemment.

Repouets bienvenus parce que j’ai vraiment plus d’idées.
#ipod #mastohelp

Old Apple stuff I got over this weekend.

The Mac mini server is from a friend who had it sitting in the server room at his workplace. I'll give it a power up soon to see if it works. Maybe recreate the Mac server setup that Mike had created years ago at the old workplace :)

The IIGS keyboard and 1st gen iPod were from an eBay seller. The serial number on the box matches the iPod, so that's nice. The seller didn't know if the iPod worked, so I tried it out on my 12" PowerBook G4. It works fine, except for the dead battery. It is full of Russian and Ukrainian language lessons and a Mars Volta album.

So I’m freshly on Linux (Mint) and would like to manage the music on my iShuffle, to which I have an emotional attachment despite a desire to get away from Apple in general. I’d like to access my iTunes library but am willing to let it go and make a fresh start if need be—although I’m guessing iTunes is required for use of the iShuffle . . . ? I see there are ways to put iTunes on Linux, but at a glance it looks complicated. What’s my best approach?

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Just to be safe, I put it in the thicker chassis for now. The connector was a bit tricky, so I had to place some foam underneath. I also got an extra flex cable (the molds are slightly different) and a connector socket—let's see how that works out. Maybe this new flex will also fix the left-right balance issue specific to the flex itself.

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Aftermarket iPod batteries cost around 1000₺ if you could even import them (you can’t due to import restrictions). Custom 3000mAh batteries go for over 2000₺ (including taxes), while the battery I’m using costs just 55₺ today on marketplace sites. 🤡

Since these batteries weren’t selling due to lack of demand, distributors and resellers are offloading them cheaply. And because the connector is a flex + socket type, not many people repurpose them, making them even cheaper.

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Thanks to the SD card mod, the device will now consume less power, but I figured I might as well upgrade the battery beyond the standard capacity while I’m at it.

Normal iPod batteries are around 650-850mAh. Standard LiPo batteries have the same voltage, just connected via a flex cable to the motherboard.

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There’s a balance issue with the headphone jacks on the replacement ipod flex cables (probably due to capacitors on the flex). The left side is about 12% louder (yes, I tested it with stereo test music and IEMs in short bursts). Some reviews mention the same problem.

whilst the 20 year old #iPod with #rockbox is pretty decent, it's ui is showing its age. I'm working on going back to an offline #music collection and now I'm trying to decide between getting a budget #DAP or picking up a #DAC dongle to use on my phone (and maybe computer).

The tempotec offerings look decent for entry level stuff that might be compatible with my terrible hearing.

I'd also like to get the wireless porta pros. I bought the wired ones on accident. They work with my bt xceiver tho

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So now I'm torn between using my old Zune HD or the iPod Nano 2nd Gen I picked up last year as my EDC retro player. The Zune is the superior device in every way except actually getting music onto it now that I've completely migrated away from Windows. Is it worth maintaining a Windows 7 VM and manually converting anything I want to transfer from ALAC to MP3? ...Maybe it is?