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iPod 5G Video: Rockbox AND Apple Firmware without iTunes Plan
jamoiholland:
--- Quote from: GodEater on February 21, 2008, 10:40:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: jamoiholland on February 21, 2008, 07:37:36 AM ---Anyone know where to get old OFs for iPods?!?
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http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/
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Thanks for the link, but it only seems to give the most recent firmware for the various flavours of iPod hardware? I'm thinking maybe the OF (for 5G for example) of about 2 years ago may have not had either the controls that enforce either 1) having files in /iPod_Control/Music/ or 2) having 55/57 characters for the filepath of the files?
jamoiholland:
Ok, for anyone still watching this thread, I went back the original Apple firmware (OF) that came with my iPod, by using the CD that came with the iPod packaging that I luckily still have! Even with this version of OF (1.0) it looks like the restrictions are still in place i.e. maximum path for a music file, and having to be under the /iPod_Control/Music/ folder :'(
What I really need now inorder to make this work is something to sort the file pathnames out to under the limit, then it would all work fine! But that would make the directories look pretty ugly, and I'm not sure how it would work either, 10 chars for artist, then 10 for album and 10 for the song?
The only thing in my setup not taken care of by Rockbox is the iTrip functionality, that's all I use the OF for. If that code gets sorted in a future release it's happy days, might just wait for that or investigate other ways of hookingup the iPod to the car, through the 3.5mm jack output instead...?
robin0800:
you can use this to change file names
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
might help you
jamoiholland:
--- Quote from: robin0800 on March 09, 2008, 05:26:56 PM ---you can use this to change file names
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
might help you
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Cool, cheers for that link, I'll give it a go...
jamoiholland:
--- Quote from: jamoiholland on March 18, 2008, 05:05:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: robin0800 on March 09, 2008, 05:26:56 PM ---you can use this to change file names
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
might help you
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Cool, cheers for that link, I'll give it a go...
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Hmmm, its not really doing the deal for me, but thanks anyway for the suggestion! Headphone output to the car stereo it is... Just gotta work out how that's gonna work, next project...
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