• SeekPie
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    716 hours ago

    I have my iPod 5th gen running on RockBox. IMO it’s even better than the stock firmware because it can play flacs.

    • @exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de
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      510 hours ago

      And ogg and m4a and opus and so many more. I have an ipod 6th gen runnung rockbox. Its great. If the harddrive dies I’ll replace it with sd-cards and still keep uaing it.

      • SeekPie
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        122 minutes ago

        Yeah, I have the iFlash solo, works great.

      • SeekPie
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        119 minutes ago

        Oh, yeah, I played it too, got used to the controls enough to start having fun, though didn’t finish any level.

    • @Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      It’s a shame rockbox doesn’t support video playback though.

      How is stability for you? My 7th gen with about 750gb is pretty unstable, mostly I have a lot of difficulty transferring since the iPod crashes 15gb in all the time.

      • SeekPie
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        117 minutes ago

        Mine’s been great, though I have only about 2 GB of music on there.

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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      313 hours ago

      Rockbox is cool, I just wish it was able to replace the base system without touching the UI. Something about it just feels off on an iPod. Even supposedly iPod-accurate themes just feel uncanny.

      • SeekPie
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        120 minutes ago

        I’ve been using the adwaita dark one, matches my GNOME Fedora desktop on my PC.

    • mesamune
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      14 hours ago

      Same, someone also added a new battery at some point so I have an awesome weeklong working device. And after rockbox, its even better.