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   Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 00:35:38 JST Seasons of Jason

   This is my iPod's battery status after playing music on shuffle for 72 hours straight. It probably still has another 7 or 8 hours left in it!

   (My first battery rundown test)

   This is remarkable!

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 00:59:48 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • alerich

     @alerich Open source to the rescue! There's a project called RockBox that acts as alternative firmware. This allows you to change up the UI, play FLAC, and simply drag and drop content onto your iPod (works on Linux, macOS, and Windows).

     Or, you can absolutely use iTunes on Windows or Apple Music/Finder on macOS still.

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     alerich (alerich@norden.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 00:59:49 JST alerich

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     @killyourfm This would be nice in my car. Do you still need iTunes/Music to sync files? How about flac?

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     lxnauta (nausahaver@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 01:57:27 JST lxnauta

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     @killyourfm, thanks for this. I had an ipod Shuffle almost 20 years ago, but also loved the idea of the wheel in the iPods, I still find it more interesting than touchscreens. So inspired by there posts I bought a Classic. Today I installed Rockbox and it's rocking! By the way, what's the theme you're using there (if it's Rockbox)?

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 01:57:27 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • lxnauta

     @nausahaver NICE! Welcome back to the fold, and it’s awesome that you went with a Classic. Maybe I’m biased, but they *still* look and feel modern to me. Modded or regular?

     I wasn’t using Rockbox in this photo since I wanted to test battery life with out-of-box firmware, but:

     iLike is a good choice if you want something that looks similar to the iPod OS: https://themes.rockbox.org/index.php?themeid=1249&target=ipodcolor

     I’m a sucker for retroTape: https://themes.rockbox.org/index.php?themeid=866&target=ipodcolor