iPod with custom shell, new screen, 512gb SSD, and a 30 day battery

Is that a headphone jack!?

I like headphone jacks.

Bring back transparent shells, I want to see that sexy technology god damn it!

I'm curious about the 30 day battery

Now do my boy, Zune ❤️

Dude that thing is sick. I use my phone for music, and it's okay except for the dozen spam calls I get every day interrupting it. And there's no setting for that, of course.

Are you preparing for a zombie apocalypse?

Anyway, this is the coolest shit I have ever seen today, and maybe the best one here on Lemmy!

Yeah but is it still locked to iTunes? Cause fuck that noise if it is.

Otherwise... I'll take 3

Edit: looks like it is... damn

Shoulda used clear purple for that real nostalga hit.

But awesome work

Do you have a guide or a part list or anything? I still have my iPod I bought new in 2006 but it hasn't seen use in many years for a slew of issues, the main one being the headphone jack itself failing, but I'd love to refresh it like this.

Always cool to see ‘retro’ tech brought back, especially with major overhauls. Kinda wish Apple still did dedicated ‘dumb’ MP3 players, if I’m being honest.

That's dope!

I still got Planet of the apes on mine. They wanted people to know it can run mp4's on that little screen.

Cool.

Love personal playlists. I use an old phone with SD card to use Bluetooth into my home theater system.

Well that's awesome and I think I've found a new favorite sub.

Dude thats so cool! Thanks for sharing!

damn!

if you don't mind me asking:
how did you create the transparent casing? It looks really great and I'm not sure if it was 3D printed or some other way

I would like to buy an ipod and mod it but it would cost too much.

What's that little black thing that kinda looks like a tiny antenna in the top right corner, right next to the battery indicator/percentage?

Is this a kit or custom? Did you 3d print that case?

Does it play FLAC?

One day I will upgrade my Zune 2nd gen into a modern device, like this. I can only hope the software keeps working for syncing, at least until someone writes a custom OS for it.

Veronica Explains just posted a whole video of how to do this.

https://youtu.be/8fP6bnsobJ4 (She hasn't posted it to PeerTube yet...)

Can you put music on it without iTunes?

Okay I’m jealous.

Jesus, I almost cried when I saw this

I would pay a decent amount of money for this.

Would the Rockbox firmware be an improvement?

How did you get an SSD on it? 30 day battery is really impressive

Pro tip: you can replace the clicker with an iPhone taptic engine, I forgot which one you should use but a quick Google should tell you.

Nice! I keep meaning to order a clear shell for my 5.5 Gen, but have done a battery and flash swap on it. My 4th Gen and my 2nd Gen mini are also flashed and they've been amazing too.

So cool! Thanks for sharing

How much to make one for me?

Use a LOD cable and an external amp. No DAC since the iPod classic has/had a good one internally (for then time at least)

You beauty! How did you install 30 days battery? Where did you get it from ?