She then installed the open source Rockbox firmware, which opens up the capabilities of the hardware immensely. A new battery was then subbed in, along with a fancy clear front casing for the aesthetic charm of it all.Īfter the hardware modifications were complete, the iPod needed to be restored with iTunes to start working again. With two 512 GB cards installed, won’t be short of storage. Once opened, an iFlash Quad board was installed inside that lets the iPod use up to four micro SD cards for storage instead of the original hard disk drive. Careful hands and a spudger are key to avoid marring the pressed-together metal case. used the ever-helpful iFixit guide to learn how to disassemble the device safely. The iPod in question was a 5.5th generation model, prized for being the last to feature the Wolfson DAC with its good audio quality. had an iPod Video laying around, one of the more capable models that came out near the end of the product’s run, and set out upgrading it for duty in the pandemic-wracked badlands of 2022. Go to maybe 30k songs and you might start having problems.The classic iPod was the MP3 player to beat back in the day, loaded with storage and with its characteristic click-wheel interface. I think if you have about 10000 songs, you're probably OK. The issue is that there's less RAM in it so the more you add, the more problems you have. :)ĮDIT: But people have said the 5th generation Video iPod also does not have an LBA28 limitation and can go up to 2TB. :) I highly recommend stopping sync every 6 hours or so to give you a good checkpoint because one hiccup and it won't commit the sync for what you just put on it. it took me just about 2 days to do it, but you can do it. And I have 1.7TB on my 2.0.4 model with a 512GB and 3 400GB cards. Not sure if the HFS format of Apple lets you go higher but since we're limited to 512GB cards at the moment (in terms of feasibility and price), you can't really break 2TB just yet. For Windows, the limit would then be 2TB. Get a mainboard of 2.0.4 or 2.0.5 and you definitely can go beyond 128GB. The 1.x models of the iPod Classic have an LBA28 limit of 128GB which you can't really get around (except with the thick 160GB drives from that era).
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