@@tylerevansfoothill Spray paint cans work just fine - do it with a few thin coats letting it properly dry in between so it doesn’t leave thick runs on the inside (even if it does, you won’t see that on the outside unless you’re using a paint with pearl or flake in it). The nice part is it can’t be scratched off from the outside. You can scratch the case, of course, but the color is still there.
coming to this video right after watching their last, the second he talked about a segue i thought about them and then when he said they were his sponsor his sponsor his sponsor his sponsor I laughed so hard lmao
Really like this upgrade, especially the haptics, being a subtle but classy change. One side effect of the USB-C change and bulkier backplate is that the iPod won't be compatible with any of the original peripherals and speakers that these used to plug into. I'd love to see you do an upgrade to an old iPod stereo setup.
@@AmartharDrakestone Paradox also asks the question of "When is it a new ship?". Just the fact that we are discussing this, it is enough evidence to this is the iPod of Theseus
Normally I like transparent technology, I think it's looked really good in your past projects. However, I just don't like the look here. Maybe it's because I just think the original color/material design of the iPod is so good and "premium looking".
Transparent enclosures work well when you can see the details of the circuitry inside. The don't work as well when your entire back is obscured by a giant battery pack and tons of Kapton tape. A frosted or solid color look would be better, in my opinion. But, it's his build. If he likes what he built, that's all that matters.
@@AmartharDrakestone Yeah, once he had the battery and haptic motor taped in, all I could see was that tape and how it looked bad with a transparent shell. I agree, I'd have at least gone frosted if not a solid color.
Get some solder paste, lol. It is slightly sticky for the component until the hot air can start to melt the solder which heats faster because its not stuck to the pad already... paste is a game changer and very easy to use. If you learn to apply the right quantity of paste for the pad and pin size then you can even be sloppy with application and most the time it will perfectly align with the pads when the paste flows.
Tip for the hot glue: if you want a really good bond: cut of a small amount of hot glue, place it where you want to melt it and use your hot air station to melt it (medium temp, low airflow). You bonding will be amazing and it saves you on waiting for it get hot…
Dude! This is something we were really missing! Just the experience of having your favorite 150 songs in your pocket was incredible! I miss having an isolated music device completely separate from my phone.
@@MyLibertyTV No phone is a feature. More to the point, no cloud dependence, attack footprint, data mining, upgrade treadmill, or otherwise vendor-controlled or commerce-oriented software with ulterior motives is a _massive_ feature.
Standalone hardware players are still a thing, and most of them blow this kludged-up iPod out of the water in every aspect while costing less than he spent just on parts. Some of them even run Rockbox OOTB.
Yeah, I enjoy my music via walkmen Cassette. No interruptions, all my favorite mixes on tape. It's just fun to do and tangible. It's amazing how not having notifications and phone calls interrupt your music really helps you focus.
THANK YOU! Never heard of Elite Obsolete Electronics, but now, after years of it gathering dust (in its original box) my iPod Mini 2G can finally get a new click wheel! I accidentally damaged the ribbon cable when I modded the screen to have a red background and replaced the hdd back in like 2009 or something like that xD
Watching this video really hits home that Canada has produced some of the best tech/self build-related RUclipsrs. We've got Zac Builds, Drew Builds, LTT, Hacksmith etc. We're so lucky! 🇨🇦 Keep up the awesome work! 👍
That's because the billionaires and corporate overlords who decide how America is run just want us all to be mindless consumers. They decided that a dumb populace is much more profitable for them, that's why they're gearing up to eliminate the Dept of Education and put Bibles in classrooms. I wish I was making this up.
I noticed that too. My guess is, you have half a year where it’s no fun to be outside, so people do tech stuff and make RUclips videos. When you live in sunny Southern California or somewhere similar, we enjoy the outdoors too much to be wasting our time learning micro-soldering lol.
You are supposed to apply solder at the same time as you heat the two parts you are soldering. You will have nice shiny proper soldering joints doing it this way rather than constantly reapplying heat. Doing it this way negates the need for external flux as it's already in the solder. Love your creative and very skilled builds! Very inspiring
Wish I had the skill to add Bluetooth and usb-c charging but with my luck I’d have my iPod classic sitting around for weeks waiting for replacement parts. Amazing work!
I honestly preferred having one of those Creative Zen MP3 players because they functioned like a drive and made adding music to them, way easier. I hated dealing with iTunes on an iPod.
As usual Apple makes things that should be easy into difficult tasks. It changes the names of everything into random numbers/letters and stores them in random folders. So stupid.
just fyi, place some tape on the SD card. The spring mechanism in the reader does not actually hold the card, and a sudden drop can dislodge the card from the reader. You can also probably wire the bluetooth mod to the hold switch, just put the positive terminal through it (but I am unsure if that woiuld not cause a surge of 5V into the rest of the system, probably will need a diode)
I've been telling myself that I'll skip around when I see the long runtime of your videos but I've been watching without hitting the fast forward button once. Great work!
Ya wish the LTT Screw driver came sooner, but unfortunately it didn't make it in time for filming. You better believe youre going to see it in future videos though.
In every meaningful metric, this hackPod is definitely an upgrade. *"Here comes the big, hairy but"* BUTT, one of my favorite aspects of my old iPod was the sound of that mechanical hard drive. Something about that winding-down sound was incredibly satisfying.
Zac's channel is 50% revamping things that are now really old 15% turning everything into a retro gaming console 35% Oh! thats actually really cool! P.S Great job Zac, love your videos, keep doing what your doing :)
These things were a game changer on deployments going away from huge DVD/CD wallet to 3 inch magic rectangle saved so much room. I used mine for almost 10 years until it died.
Do you remember when you could replace a screen by just removing some screws? Pepperidge farm remembers. Also, a few tips on soldering: 1. Start with the smaller pieces, up to the bigger ones. In this case, the USB-C connector should've been last 2. When soldering with hot air, you can use a par of tweezers (or something similar) to hold components in place Nice project, even though I prefer the black square case instead of the rounded one.
Seeing the rockbox interface brought back so many memories of when I was modding and repairing iPods back in the day. There used to be an ipodLinux distro as well. Usually when I needed more space I would just use a 80gb model back, but that was way before USB C.
This is super cool. USB C is a great mod. You have me wanting to dust off my old iPods, but that level of soldering is beyond me. I thought I was a tech genius replacing the battery and putting Rockbox on one yaers ago. I wanted to upgrade to solid state storage but then the smartphone took over. There are themes for Rockbox that make it look much nicer and easier to use
Man, the skill that you have to do some of these mods is crazy awesome! I’ve done a few little projects here and there, but what you’ve done is a whole other level. I just recently subbed and love your content!!!
I not only remember the constant weird endorsements from U2, I remember the time Apple forced a U2 album into everyone's library without permission, and the backlash was so severe that they had to release a special tool to let people remove the album from their Apple accounts.
I wish RockBox had a full on 'iPod Mode' that took all the exra stuff away. All I want is an iPod with drag and drop, but all the extra settings just clutter the whole thing up for me. There's the iPod Classic theme, but that still has all the 'everything else' exposed.
@@Bob_Smith19 I haven't used it on anything but a CF card or SD card, so I haven't run into that much. But if it is slow on the HD, that's another point against it.
Awesome build man! Personally, I dislike having a lot of the modern QoL features on an iPod, just because it no longer feels like an iPod, if that makes sense? One thing to watch out for by removing the iPod cable connector, you lose the ability to connect to the FireWire charger to "boost" iPods into recovery mode. Although you can restore functionality with more modding, which primarily involves the cable instead of the iPod.
It has been a while since I modified an iPod, but I believe places sell (or sold) thicker backs specifically designed for the large battery mods. Also, one reason why I went with an older iPod in the first place was actually that it lacked Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. I wanted a device for music at work and I wasn't allowed to have anything with wireless connectivity. The older iPods worked great for that... after swapping the hard drive. The one thing that I wish I could change? Better software for the iPod. I'm pretty sure I looked at RockBox, but I can't remember why I didn't use it in the end. I do recall that my main complaint was the difference between album handling between the iPod and iOS. I think it has to do with there being two Artist tags used for music files where one is more geared toward specifics for a song (e.g., listing a featured artist) and the other is the generic artist (i.e., whose album it is). If I recall, the iPod has no support for the latter, which meant that it kept separating anything with "Artist ft. Other Artist" as separate from "Artist".
Time to dig out my old iPod 5th gen I got... Christmas 2005 - a gift from my first post-college employer. Black as well. Not a fan of the full clear shell you have on this, but I definitely like the storage swap since the full-size iPods still relied on an HDD - the newly-introduced iPod Nano relied on flash storage. The USB type-C swap, though, is definitely needed, too, since compatible charging cables are getting harder to find. Though your other mods took the iPod 5th gen and made it the thickness of the iPod 1st gen.
@@thomgizziz I have a Plex media server and use the Plex app on my phone via a self-hosted VPN. It's served my wife and I well on road trips since I first set that up.
I have a 160 GB (6th gen?) iPod classic I bought new back in January 2013. Still in working order, with the original battery, with no visible leaking or swelling. Not yet, anyway. Haven't gotten around to modding it and the only changes I'm comfortable to safely attempt are a battery replacement and switching the HDD for an SD or microSD adapter board. I have installed rockbox on it. In fact, you should be able to dual boot rockbox and the native iPod OS on several iPod models, and switch between them by keeping certain buttons pressed during the startup of the device. I decided to keep both because the original iPod OS has a simpler, cleaner, smoother interface, but rockbox was the only way I could find to bypass the loud volume limitation enforced on iPods sold in the EU at the time. I could replace the circuit board with one harvested from an iPod made for the US (or at least non EU) market but I want to keep as much of it original as possible. Alternatively, according to some google searches, I could replace certain chips on the circuit board with ones harvested from non EU boards, but I lack both the hardware and the skill to perform such a feat at this time.
Why would you do all that when you can just buy a cheap mp3 player. Even then I don't get the point of any of this when Spotify exists. It's so cheap it's basically free and I get a way better OS for my music. And it's already with me. Tell me your nerd that doesn't get laid without telling me.
Fucking hell, the EU sucks balls with their restrictions on everything... Australia is literally the best mix of American freedoms and European protections...
@@thatguy6214 - because you can. That's just it. The iPod Classic feels classy and nice. It was peak MP3 for pure audio functionality. And this is voodoo imagination territory but I *feel* like my studio In-Ears sounded a lot better when I tried my old Classic compared to my phone and especially with adapter on the iPad.
@@thatguy6214 Short answer would be nostalgia. Long answer... I had several Sony mp3 players and iPods growing up in the 2000s. The 160GB iPod classic was the last dedicated music player I purchased. It's a solid and good sounding device, still working in its original state almost 12 years later. I won't bother with current cheap mp3 players which don't sound as good and most likely won't even last half as long. I switched to streaming in 2015 with Apple music because it was the first service to become available in my country. Then around 2018 I switched to Spotify and Tidal and still use both to this day. I'm not keeping the iPod alive to be my main music player. It's a hobby. I do it because I feel it would be a shame to let it die. It keeps me connected to simpler times, and it brings back good memories the handful of times every year when I pull it out of the drawer to listen to a few songs.
@ZacBuilds when you want clear parts, you can use toothpaste to polish the small scratches on plastics and some resins because toothpaste is: 1. Easy to wipe off, 2. Smells good, 3. Slightly abrasive, and 4. Great for polishing!!
Except if you listen to tons of music and over thousands of artists Spotify can provide that. I wish Spotify made a physical MP3 or something. I know they did that car thing but that failed and it wasn’t really a music device
I love this! Such an inspiration! I've always missed my iPod Classic 160 GB, its got a couple of broken sectors which makes syncing and listening beyond those sectors impossible. I'm buying a tool kit and soldering iron to start practicing. :)
I love projects like this. Actual effort and sharing with comunity. Not some indian guy who made "200% efficient 3 phase inverter out of only 3 transistors and 3 resistors that energy compnies dont want you to see" or 2-3 AliExpress blocks wired together with some plugs and thrown in a plastic box.
Replacing the nostalgic cold feeling of the stainless steel back and adding the bluetooth in my opinion is a crime to the essence of these childhood gems. It feels wrong. I'm also against the transparent everything trend going on but oh well. Completely changing the premium feeling of cold solid steel is the biggest one.
Nah, steel enclosures look good only at first. Then it turns into a mosaic of scratches and dents pretty quickly. Especially on a device that will be your pocket. It's the same as with piano black finishes. Looks good in promo photos, but turns to crap the instant you turn your back.
@AmartharDrakestone there are etching chemicals to add a frosted finish to metals, you can laminate the housing to keep the durability of stainless steel while avoiding permanent scratches, some people appreciate the patina/scratches/wear and tear that occurs naturally. Or, and hear me out on this one, you take good care of things that you want to keep! Especially something that reminds you of good memories.
Oh man, I STILL remember my old Video iPod and eventually switching up to a color iPhone. I don’t think I still have it-or it’s in storage somewhere-but I loved that thing. This was an exciting project for sure.
Love the LTT segway. Although didnt linus take a lil step back a while ago. I dont care it still promotes him and his name, which he truely deserves. Also love this guy, good job.....
Love collecting iPod Videos. Make great gifts for family too if you buy “for parts” and get cheap wins. Got so many of these for $20 and all they needed was a new battery.
Very interesting, when I first saw this video I thought "man I would love to do everything here if only iTunes wasn't such a hassle" but then you showed the alternative OS and that speech on music freedom. I agree with everything and congratulate you for inspiring me and other people to do the same
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blink twice if dankpods has you hostage
Uhhhhhhhh
It's a piece of nugget
👁️👁️
*_blinks 4 times_*
cant forget to put in the puq cells
For a touch of class, use clear cases and paint the inside with a gloss color of your choice. The result looks similar to a deep clear coat finish.
I’ve seen it done on gameboys. It looks incredible!
What's the recommended method of paint application? This sounds awesome
@@tylerevansfoothill Spray paint cans work just fine - do it with a few thin coats letting it properly dry in between so it doesn’t leave thick runs on the inside (even if it does, you won’t see that on the outside unless you’re using a paint with pearl or flake in it). The nice part is it can’t be scratched off from the outside. You can scratch the case, of course, but the color is still there.
@jimk8520 sweet, that makes sense thanks!
Sounds like it would look like the white imacs that had that "white under plastic" look.
LTT being behind the segue in someone else's video is absolutely mind blowing. 👀👀
coming to this video right after watching their last, the second he talked about a segue i thought about them and then when he said they were his sponsor his sponsor his sponsor his sponsor I laughed so hard lmao
I literally just got here from the new LTT vid lmao
@@TheSumOfAnIdeod I just finished theirs 🤣 I'm loving the crossover lol
@@thenono1 same lmao
The reason I upvoted lol
Really like this upgrade, especially the haptics, being a subtle but classy change.
One side effect of the USB-C change and bulkier backplate is that the iPod won't be compatible with any of the original peripherals and speakers that these used to plug into. I'd love to see you do an upgrade to an old iPod stereo setup.
5:42 PRO TIP - Dont use the windows store version if iTunes, its prone to issues especially with iPods. Use the exe straight from apples website
iTunes from the Microsoft store doesn’t even work.
Pro tip: dont download exe from the internet always use powershell
I wonder why that might be the case.... Better avoid this echo system
Nope @@petergplus6667
@@petergplus6667The real term is "ecosystem", but "echo system" is actually kinda clever
Holy Sh[t! AWESOME!! Nice to see a old tech getting a 2024 uplift! well done!
My pleasure! Thank you for the kind words and the super thanks too, much appreciated :)
@@ZacBuilds 😎😎👍👍
This is the iPod of Theseus
Not really. If I recall correctly, the ship from the paradox had all its parts replaced. This iPod still has some of its original parts.
@AmartharDrakestone If i kept track correctly, the only part remains is the mainboard tho 😅 and even that is partial since the port changed.
@@LateCodeParty There's also the flex wire that goes to the hold button.
@@AmartharDrakestone Paradox also asks the question of "When is it a new ship?". Just the fact that we are discussing this, it is enough evidence to this is the iPod of Theseus
My thoughts exactly I wonder if this is what Theseus used to play his mixtapes while out looking for the Minotaur
Normally I like transparent technology, I think it's looked really good in your past projects. However, I just don't like the look here. Maybe it's because I just think the original color/material design of the iPod is so good and "premium looking".
idk i find original tasteless minimalism
Transparent enclosures work well when you can see the details of the circuitry inside. The don't work as well when your entire back is obscured by a giant battery pack and tons of Kapton tape.
A frosted or solid color look would be better, in my opinion.
But, it's his build. If he likes what he built, that's all that matters.
Nah, green pcb, clickwheel flexible pcb and the giant battery behind is a good fit
@@AmartharDrakestone Yeah, once he had the battery and haptic motor taped in, all I could see was that tape and how it looked bad with a transparent shell. I agree, I'd have at least gone frosted if not a solid color.
I agree, this is very cool but the original black case looks the best imo. To be fair I think it was pretty scratched up.
Get some solder paste, lol. It is slightly sticky for the component until the hot air can start to melt the solder which heats faster because its not stuck to the pad already... paste is a game changer and very easy to use. If you learn to apply the right quantity of paste for the pad and pin size then you can even be sloppy with application and most the time it will perfectly align with the pads when the paste flows.
Tip for the hot glue: if you want a really good bond: cut of a small amount of hot glue, place it where you want to melt it and use your hot air station to melt it (medium temp, low airflow). You bonding will be amazing and it saves you on waiting for it get hot…
He'd then be melting enamel coated wire and stripping off its coating.
@ the glue melts on a way lower temperature then the enamel. Don’t use that high temperatures
Dude! This is something we were really missing! Just the experience of having your favorite 150 songs in your pocket was incredible! I miss having an isolated music device completely separate from my phone.
Why?
@@MyLibertyTVNo distractions
@@MyLibertyTV No phone is a feature. More to the point, no cloud dependence, attack footprint, data mining, upgrade treadmill, or otherwise vendor-controlled or commerce-oriented software with ulterior motives is a _massive_ feature.
The phone does all that and infinitely more.
Standalone hardware players are still a thing, and most of them blow this kludged-up iPod out of the water in every aspect while costing less than he spent just on parts. Some of them even run Rockbox OOTB.
ABSOLUTE NUGGET
dankpods refrence????
@@inhaleFN. yepp
@ smasnug yepp
oh my pkcell
Yeah, I enjoy my music via walkmen Cassette. No interruptions, all my favorite mixes on tape. It's just fun to do and tangible. It's amazing how not having notifications and phone calls interrupt your music really helps you focus.
someone get this to Dankpods immediately
1 GRIT
THANK YOU! Never heard of Elite Obsolete Electronics, but now, after years of it gathering dust (in its original box) my iPod Mini 2G can finally get a new click wheel! I accidentally damaged the ribbon cable when I modded the screen to have a red background and replaced the hdd back in like 2009 or something like that xD
Watching this video really hits home that Canada has produced some of the best tech/self build-related RUclipsrs. We've got Zac Builds, Drew Builds, LTT, Hacksmith etc. We're so lucky! 🇨🇦
Keep up the awesome work! 👍
That's because the billionaires and corporate overlords who decide how America is run just want us all to be mindless consumers. They decided that a dumb populace is much more profitable for them, that's why they're gearing up to eliminate the Dept of Education and put Bibles in classrooms. I wish I was making this up.
You missed my favourite Canadian RUclipsr: AvE.
He is endlessly hilarious. He is a bit more random with his content, but he does dabble with tech.
I noticed that too. My guess is, you have half a year where it’s no fun to be outside, so people do tech stuff and make RUclips videos.
When you live in sunny Southern California or somewhere similar, we enjoy the outdoors too much to be wasting our time learning micro-soldering lol.
I knew he was Canadian as soon as he said owt = out, haha.
You are supposed to apply solder at the same time as you heat the two parts you are soldering. You will have nice shiny proper soldering joints doing it this way rather than constantly reapplying heat. Doing it this way negates the need for external flux as it's already in the solder. Love your creative and very skilled builds! Very inspiring
Dankpods and Zac Builds crossover?!
9:03 W w w w w w w wait! Now LTT is sponsoring other videos? 🤯
Linus teased it in WanShow a few weeks ago. Cool to see it was ZacBuilds he was hinting at
@@ConnorVisser I don't have the patience for WanShow. Too long for me 😅
@@yerachmielb1 Makes a great podcast. Lots of good community engagement.
Yeah super cool. I hope to see a few more creators get sponsored too.
Yes, was very excited to see a message in my inbox from the team over at LTT. Love the screw driver too, its way better than my old one.
Wish I had the skill to add Bluetooth and usb-c charging but with my luck I’d have my iPod classic sitting around for weeks waiting for replacement parts. Amazing work!
I honestly preferred having one of those Creative Zen MP3 players because they functioned like a drive and made adding music to them, way easier. I hated dealing with iTunes on an iPod.
As usual Apple makes things that should be easy into difficult tasks. It changes the names of everything into random numbers/letters and stores them in random folders. So stupid.
It was both a MP3 player AND was my flash drive for college assignments. Creative was GOATed for that in my eyes.
in 2007 i paid £40 for a 20gb mp3 player lol it literally used a 2.5inch hdd ! was the best price per GB of any device
I’m also team Zen! Mine fell out of my pocket while riding my bike at an intersection and got rolled on by 2 cars. I was very sad.
@@Bob_Smith19idiot
just fyi, place some tape on the SD card. The spring mechanism in the reader does not actually hold the card, and a sudden drop can dislodge the card from the reader.
You can also probably wire the bluetooth mod to the hold switch, just put the positive terminal through it (but I am unsure if that woiuld not cause a surge of 5V into the rest of the system, probably will need a diode)
0:56 that ain't a knockoff, creative is a legit brand mostly known for their sound blaster sound cards for PCs.
@@mki443 Who asked?
@@Perchanceexposer Joe
@@PerchanceexposerCandice
@@Luigi_bros4321 ligma
@@durillongaming what did I do?
I've been telling myself that I'll skip around when I see the long runtime of your videos but I've been watching without hitting the fast forward button once. Great work!
I do my best to keep the edits tight and keep things moving, so thank you for this feedback!
That LTT sponsorship caught me so off guard 😂😂
Especially after earlier in the video when using the iFixit kit!
Ya wish the LTT Screw driver came sooner, but unfortunately it didn't make it in time for filming. You better believe youre going to see it in future videos though.
@@ZacBuilds I'm going to wait on the kit which isn't out yet but the driver can still be purchased.
Not just me then lol
When I was much younger, I wanted this iPod since I always liked the form factor. Now I really want THIS one.
24:20 i've never owned an iPod, and when I heard about that battery life I realized it's better than any device that I've ever had.
That's only if the battery hasn't degraded to hell and has been replaced. 16 year old iPods last like two minutes with their OG battery.
Yeah but thats with an updated battery thats also much bigger than the original one
@@megatronskneecapnot true
@@iNSANELYSMART409 does it matter when there's essentially no other modern device doing the same thing comes anywhere close to that?
@@Flaimbot Depends on the iPod model. My iPod Nano's battery was empty after two days no matter what, even if it was turned "off".
In every meaningful metric, this hackPod is definitely an upgrade. *"Here comes the big, hairy but"* BUTT, one of my favorite aspects of my old iPod was the sound of that mechanical hard drive. Something about that winding-down sound was incredibly satisfying.
I just want to say, this channel is my spirit animal. Please keep doing your thing, it's constantly great content.
Zac's channel is
50% revamping things that are now really old
15% turning everything into a retro gaming console
35% Oh! thats actually really cool!
P.S Great job Zac, love your videos, keep doing what your doing :)
18:36 The solution for bluetooth pairing is absolutely brilliant!
isnt it always on though because its straight to the battery?
@@mike25620 not much of a problem with the bigger battery
I saw someone else did that before
That looks insane! I wish I could have my iPod to be just like it!
These things were a game changer on deployments going away from huge DVD/CD wallet to 3 inch magic rectangle saved so much room. I used mine for almost 10 years until it died.
I went from cd to a mini disc player for deployment. Smaller, held more music, and didn’t skip
Do you remember when you could replace a screen by just removing some screws?
Pepperidge farm remembers.
Also, a few tips on soldering:
1. Start with the smaller pieces, up to the bigger ones. In this case, the USB-C connector should've been last
2. When soldering with hot air, you can use a par of tweezers (or something similar) to hold components in place
Nice project, even though I prefer the black square case instead of the rounded one.
Seeing the rockbox interface brought back so many memories of when I was modding and repairing iPods back in the day. There used to be an ipodLinux distro as well. Usually when I needed more space I would just use a 80gb model back, but that was way before USB C.
What mods did you do?
The amount of work for this video is craaazy. Thank you and what a great result !
ipod oled would've been damn impressive
e-ink display would be even better. get ridiculous battery life then.
but e ink makes 240p 3fps
@@Noah10595 so?
@@Noah10595 would work well on a non video ipod
@@Noah10595if you don’t care about album art it doesn’t matter.
I'm still using my ipod from 2011. SD card mod + heavy battery. I just need a bluetooth jack dongle. Well Done Zack !
DankPods would be proud :D
Now do a modernized Zune!
I swear this videos are some of the best content out on RUclips.
Dankpod
This is super cool. USB C is a great mod. You have me wanting to dust off my old iPods, but that level of soldering is beyond me. I thought I was a tech genius replacing the battery and putting Rockbox on one yaers ago. I wanted to upgrade to solid state storage but then the smartphone took over. There are themes for Rockbox that make it look much nicer and easier to use
You’re getting pretty good at this right on.
Each project I try to learn something new! You guys are seeing me learn in real time when you're watching these videos.
These videos, I promise, are among the greatest available on RUclips.
Gorgeous. Well Done
All I think I'd dank pods video on making a modern iPod. Well done this is alot crazier
Man, the skill that you have to do some of these mods is crazy awesome! I’ve done a few little projects here and there, but what you’ve done is a whole other level. I just recently subbed and love your content!!!
Thank you so much!
I not only remember the constant weird endorsements from U2, I remember the time Apple forced a U2 album into everyone's library without permission, and the backlash was so severe that they had to release a special tool to let people remove the album from their Apple accounts.
Ya that u2 colab was like on every other commercial in like 2005
Great work, you maxed out the mods on that thing 👏
I wish RockBox had a full on 'iPod Mode' that took all the exra stuff away. All I want is an iPod with drag and drop, but all the extra settings just clutter the whole thing up for me. There's the iPod Classic theme, but that still has all the 'everything else' exposed.
Create one.
Can't you can just... not look at the extra settings?
My complaint is it’s dog slow on the hard drive. If you haven’t upgraded to a SD card it’s painful. The stock OS just works and is instant.
@@Bob_Smith19 I haven't used it on anything but a CF card or SD card, so I haven't run into that much. But if it is slow on the HD, that's another point against it.
Oh man.. I had a Creative zen nomad jukebox NX in high school and was always jealous of the iPod kids, great throwback! 0:57
Two videos within a week! Wow.
Money's tight.
Right
That hold switch trick was so clever, absolutely brilliant
Awesome loved the video. How about adding a wireless charging coil to the back of that bad boy.
Hughjeffry already did this mod. Its so cool😊
Totally, check out my PSP video if you want to see how!
LTT sponsorship is so strange but strangely so welcome at this stage ✌🏻
Hey! I wanted that older cable! 13:21
I hope he didn’t really throw out the cable, not responsible e-waste.
I LOVE the solution that you came up with to solve Bluetooth pairing. Awesome work!
LTT supporting youtubers is wonderful
I agree ;)
LTT Sponsor is crazy work
Now that is a proper shrek pod there
Awesome build man! Personally, I dislike having a lot of the modern QoL features on an iPod, just because it no longer feels like an iPod, if that makes sense?
One thing to watch out for by removing the iPod cable connector, you lose the ability to connect to the FireWire charger to "boost" iPods into recovery mode. Although you can restore functionality with more modding, which primarily involves the cable instead of the iPod.
It has been a while since I modified an iPod, but I believe places sell (or sold) thicker backs specifically designed for the large battery mods.
Also, one reason why I went with an older iPod in the first place was actually that it lacked Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. I wanted a device for music at work and I wasn't allowed to have anything with wireless connectivity. The older iPods worked great for that... after swapping the hard drive. The one thing that I wish I could change? Better software for the iPod. I'm pretty sure I looked at RockBox, but I can't remember why I didn't use it in the end. I do recall that my main complaint was the difference between album handling between the iPod and iOS. I think it has to do with there being two Artist tags used for music files where one is more geared toward specifics for a song (e.g., listing a featured artist) and the other is the generic artist (i.e., whose album it is). If I recall, the iPod has no support for the latter, which meant that it kept separating anything with "Artist ft. Other Artist" as separate from "Artist".
I love it, all the extra functionality is awesome! That said, with the difficulty I'm not trying this anytime soon 😂 respect, that's some great work.
8:01 Dude, you have the Patience of Buddha putting that Haptic feedback thing.😭 I would of complained and told the sellers to give me a New one.💀
Wow, you are so talented your skills are off the scale, I really enjoyed your video, what a fantastic outcome !
Time to dig out my old iPod 5th gen I got... Christmas 2005 - a gift from my first post-college employer. Black as well. Not a fan of the full clear shell you have on this, but I definitely like the storage swap since the full-size iPods still relied on an HDD - the newly-introduced iPod Nano relied on flash storage. The USB type-C swap, though, is definitely needed, too, since compatible charging cables are getting harder to find. Though your other mods took the iPod 5th gen and made it the thickness of the iPod 1st gen.
or just put your mp3s on your phone...
@@thomgizziz I have a Plex media server and use the Plex app on my phone via a self-hosted VPN. It's served my wife and I well on road trips since I first set that up.
@@thomgizziz or just host navidrome or any other music server yourself...
@@thomgizziz I hope you get permanently banned from Earth
I LOVE transparent electronics. This is amazing.
I have a 160 GB (6th gen?) iPod classic I bought new back in January 2013. Still in working order, with the original battery, with no visible leaking or swelling. Not yet, anyway. Haven't gotten around to modding it and the only changes I'm comfortable to safely attempt are a battery replacement and switching the HDD for an SD or microSD adapter board. I have installed rockbox on it. In fact, you should be able to dual boot rockbox and the native iPod OS on several iPod models, and switch between them by keeping certain buttons pressed during the startup of the device. I decided to keep both because the original iPod OS has a simpler, cleaner, smoother interface, but rockbox was the only way I could find to bypass the loud volume limitation enforced on iPods sold in the EU at the time. I could replace the circuit board with one harvested from an iPod made for the US (or at least non EU) market but I want to keep as much of it original as possible. Alternatively, according to some google searches, I could replace certain chips on the circuit board with ones harvested from non EU boards, but I lack both the hardware and the skill to perform such a feat at this time.
Why would you do all that when you can just buy a cheap mp3 player. Even then I don't get the point of any of this when Spotify exists. It's so cheap it's basically free and I get a way better OS for my music. And it's already with me. Tell me your nerd that doesn't get laid without telling me.
Nice, I still have mine too! (Original battery too, still holding a good charge) :)
Fucking hell, the EU sucks balls with their restrictions on everything... Australia is literally the best mix of American freedoms and European protections...
@@thatguy6214 - because you can. That's just it.
The iPod Classic feels classy and nice. It was peak MP3 for pure audio functionality.
And this is voodoo imagination territory but I *feel* like my studio In-Ears sounded a lot better when I tried my old Classic compared to my phone and especially with adapter on the iPad.
@@thatguy6214 Short answer would be nostalgia. Long answer... I had several Sony mp3 players and iPods growing up in the 2000s. The 160GB iPod classic was the last dedicated music player I purchased. It's a solid and good sounding device, still working in its original state almost 12 years later. I won't bother with current cheap mp3 players which don't sound as good and most likely won't even last half as long. I switched to streaming in 2015 with Apple music because it was the first service to become available in my country. Then around 2018 I switched to Spotify and Tidal and still use both to this day. I'm not keeping the iPod alive to be my main music player. It's a hobby. I do it because I feel it would be a shame to let it die. It keeps me connected to simpler times, and it brings back good memories the handful of times every year when I pull it out of the drawer to listen to a few songs.
@ZacBuilds when you want clear parts, you can use toothpaste to polish the small scratches on plastics and some resins because toothpaste is: 1. Easy to wipe off, 2. Smells good, 3. Slightly abrasive, and 4. Great for polishing!!
My iPod is one of my most treasured possessions and I still use it constantly. It's way better than Spotify.
Except if you listen to tons of music and over thousands of artists Spotify can provide that. I wish Spotify made a physical MP3 or something. I know they did that car thing but that failed and it wasn’t really a music device
I love this! Such an inspiration! I've always missed my iPod Classic 160 GB, its got a couple of broken sectors which makes syncing and listening beyond those sectors impossible. I'm buying a tool kit and soldering iron to start practicing. :)
2:41 "weird white residue" 💀
This was amazing to watch 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Micro soldering blows my mind, great skills!
I love projects like this. Actual effort and sharing with comunity.
Not some indian guy who made "200% efficient 3 phase inverter out of only 3 transistors and 3 resistors that energy compnies dont want you to see" or 2-3 AliExpress blocks wired together with some plugs and thrown in a plastic box.
Got a good recommendation after this
ruclips.net/video/PJccc3qpPh0/видео.html
I built an Ultrawide DS ... a DIY Steam Deck thingy. /@MarcinPlaza
Very nice project. One last thing is missing: wireless charging...
Dude, you and Doug DeMuro need to do a video together ASAP. Glad I stumbled onto these videos, but the two of you would be magic, RUclips magic.
Now you need to have dankpods review it.
I hate the clear jailhouse plastic but love the mod.
19:31 i haven't seen a shout out to a certain spacial someone......
I'll never agree that transparent electronics look good, but I do love the mods! Well done
wait until he hears about phones
You just Frankenstein that ipod. The best build OG devices with modern tech.
Replacing the nostalgic cold feeling of the stainless steel back and adding the bluetooth in my opinion is a crime to the essence of these childhood gems. It feels wrong.
I'm also against the transparent everything trend going on but oh well.
Completely changing the premium feeling of cold solid steel is the biggest one.
Nah, steel enclosures look good only at first. Then it turns into a mosaic of scratches and dents pretty quickly. Especially on a device that will be your pocket.
It's the same as with piano black finishes. Looks good in promo photos, but turns to crap the instant you turn your back.
@AmartharDrakestone there are etching chemicals to add a frosted finish to metals, you can laminate the housing to keep the durability of stainless steel while avoiding permanent scratches, some people appreciate the patina/scratches/wear and tear that occurs naturally.
Or, and hear me out on this one, you take good care of things that you want to keep!
Especially something that reminds you of good memories.
The combination hold switch/bluetooth pairing button is so perfect and elegant, love it!
Theseus just called, he wants his ship back.
Fantastic comment, internet person.
Oh man, I STILL remember my old Video iPod and eventually switching up to a color iPhone. I don’t think I still have it-or it’s in storage somewhere-but I loved that thing. This was an exciting project for sure.
I had a Zune... 🤣
Definitely recommend, if youre using hot air, to do that BEFORE installing the usbc connector. its super easy to melt the plastic otherwise
you built an mp3 player, congrats lol
Next, do Zune. It would be absolutely amazing to see new Zune mods after all these years
This is probably the most in depth ipod mod I've ever seen!
This is the conformation I needed to do this work to my ipod classic. This is legit perfect.
Man, your videos are more and more inspiring!
Love the LTT segway. Although didnt linus take a lil step back a while ago. I dont care it still promotes him and his name, which he truely deserves. Also love this guy, good job.....
Love collecting iPod Videos. Make great gifts for family too if you buy “for parts” and get cheap wins. Got so many of these for $20 and all they needed was a new battery.
Very interesting, when I first saw this video I thought "man I would love to do everything here if only iTunes wasn't such a hassle" but then you showed the alternative OS and that speech on music freedom. I agree with everything and congratulate you for inspiring me and other people to do the same
Loved the LTT sponsor segue, brilliant.
Tossing the old cable was the most satisfying part of the video
Holy s.. this is amazing! You really cranked your design and prod skills way beyond 11 on this one