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Is there a mp3 player with 250gb (or more) that works with RockBox?

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djfonplaz:
I really like this project, RockBox is imo one of the best things ever done for mp3 players!
What I'd like to know is : I always see it for players with (more or less) 4 to 50gb, nothing more (as "stable").

I watch http://build.rockbox.org/ , but I don't see any players of 250gb with RockBox full support. Why this?
I'm looking for a great player with rockbox, but with more space (250gb, only for music; I don't mind about video/radio/apps)...

torne:
Mostly because nobody really sells 250GB MP3 players, so it'd be difficult for Rockbox to support players that don't exist.

Other than the Archoses and the Gigabeat S, which have special caveats, all of the hard disk players we support can be pretty easily upgraded to the largest disk of the type that fits in the player and Rockbox will still work fine. e.g. 240GB disks are available which fit into the iPod Video and many people use these with Rockbox. Larger capacity 1.8" hard disks are expensive to come by...

djfonplaz:
Uhm, but which ipod video do you mean as 240gb? Watching http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodPort I see only (at max) 1st Gen Classic (80GB / Thick 160GB), with is Unstable. What do you mean so? And only ipod can guaranteed this? (I'll avoid to buy Apple products)

torne:
No iPod *comes with* a 240GB disk (at least, not from Apple) - people buy 240GB drives with the appropriate interface and replace them. Some websites sell already-modified players, also. You can do this on any MP3 player we support that has the right interface and physically has room for the drive in question. Any size should work on any player it's physically and electrically compatible with (except the Archoses and the Gigabeat S as I mentioned, which have issues). People upgrade iRivers, Gigabeat F's, other hard disk based devices we support.

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: torne on March 05, 2012, 12:18:08 PM ---People upgrade iRivers, Gigabeat F's, other hard disk based devices we support.

--- End quote ---

Not to mention that people also upgrade HDD based players with flash memory.  My main player is an Ipod Mini with 32GB flash memory :) Either way, I've never heard of *any* player being sold with more than 160GB. You need to build it yourself. As for flash memory upgrades see http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/CFModGuide -- might be useful for HDD upgrades as well.

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