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Offline seani

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Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« on: May 26, 2007, 10:21:20 AM »
Do any of the Rockbox supporterd HD players accept a CF with a suitable adaptor?

With the price of a 16Gb CF card approaching £100, I'm tempted to experiment if the player itself is cheap enough.

Obviously a Rockbox supported player with a CF slot would be better, but even non-Rockbox supported are few and far between.

The only (non-Rockbox) contender is a NexBlack, and this has quite a few limitations of its own.
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Offline gnu

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2007, 10:42:29 AM »
Ipod minis work with some CF cards. I don't know of any other player.
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Offline DefineByte

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2007, 12:00:08 PM »
Somebody was (is?) working on it for other iPods. The link is from April; I don't know the current status of it.

http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/767/put-flash-memory-into-almost-any-ipod
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Offline nls

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2007, 12:02:48 PM »
Here http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MiniCF is a page in our wiki about converting ipod minis to CF.
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Offline seani

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2007, 05:19:05 PM »
Thanks folks. Now looking for a cheapish iPod mini to convert for the gym   :)
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Offline gnu

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2007, 08:26:52 AM »
Why? For that money (ipod mini + flash card) you could buy a flash based DAP!
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Offline ColdSphinx

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2007, 01:24:55 PM »
Why not? If you want rockbox AND a flash drive...and perhaps can't programm well enough to port...
Also it's an option to fix a broken player :)
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Offline Vortex

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2007, 01:36:40 PM »
Besides there are no flash based DAPs that have a capacity of 16GB.

I think the largest you could currently get would be a Sansa e280 with a 2GB microSD card (=10GB).
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Offline seani

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2007, 05:41:10 AM »
Well, this is it. At ~£100 for a 16Gb CF, I'd be happy with that spec. for that price. The accessories market is second to none, and if I Rockbox it, I don't have any of the usual limitations.
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Offline soap

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2007, 09:04:54 PM »
Quote from: seani on May 30, 2007, 05:41:10 AM
The accessories market is second to none, and if I Rockbox it, I don't have any of the usual limitations.

Depending on your definition of "limitations":
You will have greatly reduced battery life:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodRuntime
You will not be able to use all iPod accessories:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodAccessories
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Offline jambamkin

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Re: Hard Disk players accepting Compact Flash replacement
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2007, 06:28:16 PM »
The creative Zen micro accepts compact flash cards, last i knew people were getting 8GB running fine. Although its not a Rockbox supported player  :(
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