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Archos 504 or a Rockbox'd 80gb video Ipod?

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patach:
Sorry, if I'm going off topic, I'm making what I feel is kind of a heavy decision just because either way I go is costing me a few hundred.

I've checked the 80 gb hard drives that you linked me, but found that the 80gb model's sporting a $300 price tag on pricewatch.  That's a good $400 all together with a gigabeat, I see.

Well, let me go back to rockbox and the ipod then.  Sure, the video is bad on the rockbox ipod version.  But is it a lot of trouble to quickly reboot to the original firmware?  That way I can listen to my oggs and Flacs and then if I want to watch a video podcast I can easily reset the ipod and boot back into the original firmware?  

Also, if there is a “no usb mode” then how can I drag 'n' drop files onto my ipod and have rockbox arrange them for me?  

I think a good compromise would be having Rockbox take care of my music files and the ipod's original firmware take care of my videos.  I certainly can put up with itunes on some fronts.  

Is this currently possible?  

mamboman:

--- Quote from: patach on July 17, 2007, 06:44:42 PM ---Sorry, if I'm going off topic, I'm making what I feel is kind of a heavy decision just because either way I go is costing me a few hundred.

I've checked the 80 gb hard drives that you linked me, but found that the 80gb model's sporting a $300 price tag on pricewatch.  That's a good $400 all together with a gigabeat, I see.

Well, let me go back to rockbox and the ipod then.  Sure, the video is bad on the rockbox ipod version.  But is it a lot of trouble to quickly reboot to the original firmware?  That way I can listen to my oggs and Flacs and then if I want to watch a video podcast I can easily reset the ipod and boot back into the original firmware?  

Also, if there is a “no usb mode” then how can I drag 'n' drop files onto my ipod and have rockbox arrange them for me?  

I think a good compromise would be having Rockbox take care of my music files and the ipod's original firmware take care of my videos.  I certainly can put up with itunes on some fronts.  

Is this currently possible?  

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yes, the reboot only takes a few seconds, my only gripe is the slow saving of database in RB and poor battery life, other than that, it's much better than the apple fw

squidkidd:
Rockbox has no usb mode, but apple's disk mode allows you to drag and drop your files organized how you want them and then you can browse them in Rockbox.  Rockbox itself does not organize your files, it just reads what is already on the harddrive.

I currently use the apple firmware of my RB'ed ipod for videos and Rockbox for everything else.  That setup works wonderfully.

Regards,
Brian

patach:
How much of a sacrifice is the battery life on a rockbox'd ipod?

mamboman:

--- Quote from: patach on July 18, 2007, 01:02:58 AM ---How much of a sacrifice is the battery life on a rockbox'd ipod?

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i am getting abt 9-10 hrs compared to 22+ hrs with original apple firmware on my 5.5G 80GB

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