I hate depending on an Internet connection and listening to ads (even as a paid customer), so local media is the only solution for me. And it’s getting so hard to find phones with SD cards that I might have to start carrying around an MP3 player too.
I have a couple iPod classics, one has a dead battery but the other runs just fine. What all are the options for keeping these alive?
The repair depends on the iPod you have, but as long as it’s a Classic then it’s all much the same, and all pretty straightforward once you’ve got your head around it. The Minis are decent candidates for upgrading too, but you have to really careful not to damage the clickwheel cable. I did that on my first Mini, and almost threw it through the wall…
Watch some of the early Dankpods videos to get some idea of what you can do.
My next project is a 7th gen Classic that needs to be flashmodded. I’m planning on putting 512gb in that one.
I’d recommend installing a Plex server at home and using it to manage all your music. You can use the Plexamp app (available on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux) to stream music from your server, and the mobile apps have the ability to download playlists for offline listening. The basic features in Plexamp are free.
IMO streaming your own media is the best of both worlds. Plexamp has a bunch of awesome features too.
Plex still relies on an internet connection and limited phone storage though. iPods are just there, waiting for music to be put on them, music that you can still listen to even if your internet shits out.
No, I mean the phone’s storage limits how much you can download. If you’ve only got 64gb, then that’s your lot. With the more recent iPods (5G Classic onwards) you can easily drop a 512gb SD card in. I’ve seen 1tb done, but don’t know how stable that is.
I’d try Jellyfin but I don’t know if it has a good equivalent to Plexamp. I saw something called “Jellyamp” but it looked like a desktop-only app, and seems abandoned now.
I’d be looking for some of the fancier features that Plex and Plexamp have, like their sonic analysis (machine learning analysis of your music) that can suggest similar songs, fades between tracks, gapless playback for albums, etc.
I hate depending on an Internet connection and listening to ads (even as a paid customer), so local media is the only solution for me. And it’s getting so hard to find phones with SD cards that I might have to start carrying around an MP3 player too.
I have a couple iPod classics, one has a dead battery but the other runs just fine. What all are the options for keeping these alive?
The repair depends on the iPod you have, but as long as it’s a Classic then it’s all much the same, and all pretty straightforward once you’ve got your head around it. The Minis are decent candidates for upgrading too, but you have to really careful not to damage the clickwheel cable. I did that on my first Mini, and almost threw it through the wall…
Watch some of the early Dankpods videos to get some idea of what you can do.
My next project is a 7th gen Classic that needs to be flashmodded. I’m planning on putting 512gb in that one.
I’d recommend installing a Plex server at home and using it to manage all your music. You can use the Plexamp app (available on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux) to stream music from your server, and the mobile apps have the ability to download playlists for offline listening. The basic features in Plexamp are free.
IMO streaming your own media is the best of both worlds. Plexamp has a bunch of awesome features too.
Plex still relies on an internet connection and limited phone storage though. iPods are just there, waiting for music to be put on them, music that you can still listen to even if your internet shits out.
Can’t you use Plex entirely locally, other than the authentication?
Do you mean that Plexamp limits how much you can download?
No, I mean the phone’s storage limits how much you can download. If you’ve only got 64gb, then that’s your lot. With the more recent iPods (5G Classic onwards) you can easily drop a 512gb SD card in. I’ve seen 1tb done, but don’t know how stable that is.
I use Jellyfin which covers all my personal streaming needs. But yeah, still not the same
I use iBroadcast and love it; the devs are super-responsive to feedback.
I’d try Jellyfin but I don’t know if it has a good equivalent to Plexamp. I saw something called “Jellyamp” but it looked like a desktop-only app, and seems abandoned now.
I’d be looking for some of the fancier features that Plex and Plexamp have, like their sonic analysis (machine learning analysis of your music) that can suggest similar songs, fades between tracks, gapless playback for albums, etc.