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Bubba
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Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 13, 2007, 04:18:37 pm
Well fuck me, i never knew about this, despite it being nothing new.
Prompted by the "main source of music" topic, i thought i'd have a look at how to tweak your iPod and discovered the rather fantastic Rockbox:
http://www.rockbox.org/
Takes about 10 mins to install and will allow the playing of .flac, .ogg, and many other formats on your iPod as well as lots of other goodies like a graphic equalizer, games, *gapless playback*, browse by folder and many other features that the shite Apple firmware still haven't implemented.
I'm very happy indeed.
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#1 Re: Play .flac on your iPod
July 13, 2007, 04:22:33 pm
gapless playback. fuck me. apple. Orange Macintosh should bring out an iPOD - it would be loads better.
i could google it but what is .flac, and why?
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Bubba
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#2 Re: Play .flac on your iPod
July 13, 2007, 04:29:49 pm
.flac is a compressed format that lossless so is like having a direct copy of the original CD - sounds better than mp3 and future proofs anything you rip or download.
Previously i would download the .flac, then convert to .mp3 and then xfer to the iPod - now i just drag and drop it. The gapless thing may have been implemented by apple now but i have a 4g ipod and it wasn't done retrospectively so in order to listen to a dance mix that had track markers, you'd have to get iTunes to convert it all into one track first. A right pain.
Also, i hate the way iTunes forces you to browse your music by tags....rockbox let's you navigate that way but also using a normal file/folder interface too.
Very nice bit of firmware, and also works on other music players, not just iPods.
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#3 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 13, 2007, 04:31:43 pm
Does MyMP3 Pro support .flac?
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Bubba
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#4 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 14, 2007, 02:35:47 pm
No idea mate. Don't even know what MyMP3 is.
I forgot to say that Rockbox is installed as a dual boot, so you can still use the original crappy apple firmware if you should want to
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#5 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 14, 2007, 05:23:41 pm
MyMP3 Pro is Steinberg, same as Cubase (which is why I use it). A most excellent program. I'll have to have a look. my version is a bit old so may not work with .flac.
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#6 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 15, 2007, 05:32:52 pm
Reading this thread I thought I would give this Rockbox thing a try, and tech wise, following Bubs is often a wild and exciting ride, so I installed it yesterday. Its very different to the Ipod firmware, but I love that I can dual boot, so I can get back to ipodOS easily. If you do install it be sure to get some different fonts, or have a magnifying glass handy. Very very good. A big improvement!
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#7 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 15, 2007, 07:05:44 pm
easy to do Dobbin?
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Bubba
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#8 Re: Play .flac on your iPod...and much more
July 16, 2007, 11:34:18 am
Quote from: dobbin on July 15, 2007, 05:32:52 pm
and tech wise, following Bubs is often a wild and exciting ride
It is very easy to install.
Takes a bit of getting used to as the controls are a bit different to the Apple firmware.
It's not a full release version so occasionally crashes on my 4g iPod, but I really like it a lot.
As Dobbin says, change the font from the default ones - you have to download the fonts pack seperately, and install them into a fonts folder in the main tree.
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