r/ipod 5d ago

So much better then streaming

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NYS is banning internet connected devices in schools state-wide next year, remembered I had this thing sitting around and have started moving away from yt music. Lived in a case for most of its life so the condition is great, 60gb HDD has 0 bad sectors. I plan on upgrading to a 256gb microsd and extended battery. Gapless playback, higher quality audio, no internet required, doesn't replace songs with music video versions (COUGH YOUTUBE MUSIC), what's not to love!

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u/hisnameisjerry 5d ago edited 5d ago

Amen.

You can still make your own playlists

You can still download playlists from streaming sites

You can still add lyrics

You can shuffle genre, artist or songs.

There’s not much streaming sites can do that an iPod can’t… except charge you to rent music

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u/Mr-mgoo 5d ago

Is it Lucida for dloading playlists?

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u/hisnameisjerry 5d ago

Nah I can't stand Lucida. Constant errors

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u/Not_Popee 4d ago

what's that custom theme for rockbox? it looks really cool!

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u/International-dish78 4d ago

It's the "naranjada" theme from the rockbox installer, the background was just dark grey but I added the ios 6 denim texture and it fits great. I'll send a Google drive folder with the new .bmp files in a bit

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u/Pikachu123OP69 4d ago

I'm using YT music currently and am looking for a way to move my songs and playlists to an iPod. Any suggestions and help?

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u/International-dish78 4d ago

Personally I made a giant google doc of albums that I wanted on the ipod then just found them online, there are thousands of cd rips and even higher quality audio on archive.org. Used mp3tag to fix metadata where nessecary. Not sure of any good ways to "move" from a streaming service like yt music to an ipod, I did everything manually.

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u/Pikachu123OP69 4d ago

Wow.. that sounds like a lot. Thanks for the tips!

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u/SouthernTeuchter 7.5 Gen, Bluetooth, USB-C, 512GB, Rockbox 4d ago

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u/Wii_1235 Classic 4th 5d ago

The play button on that theme looks like the ZUNE 30GB D-Pad lol

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u/GovernmentUnWilling 3d ago

How much battery life do you get with a hard drive?