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1TB Rockbox'ed ipod video possible?

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Carson Dyle:
Makes sense.

Would the standard Rockbox build for the iPod Video work with and recognize all of the drive? Say a 1 TB model.

torne:
Yes, unless it has 4KB sectors and fails to emulate unaligned accesses. This should not be a problem with 2.5" drives, since any drive that is intended to work in a normal computer (laptop) *must* do this otherwise normal PC operating systems won't work. Some 1.8" drives suck, though  :)

TexasRockbox:

--- Quote from: saratoga on August 30, 2011, 01:21:14 AM ---I doubt you'd be able to run a larger drive off the internal power supply anyway.  Probably not enough current to spin it up.

--- End quote ---

Size, voltage & current would definitely be issues to overcome.

2.5" drives are (usually?) 5vdc rather than 3.3vdc.

I have a Vosonic VP8870 (lousy firmware) that uses a 3.7vdc Lithium-Ion battery.  It has a voltage converter to get the 5vdc necessary for the drive.  Battery life is pretty bad -- even with SSD.  Still, WD and others have introduced 1TB 9.5mm height 2.5 SATA drives.

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