Rockbox - Open Source Jukebox Firmware
This may be old news...but I recently started rediscovering the handy firmware replacement for your ipod, RockBox. Its a dream come true for playing all the FLAC and OGG files I have. The "crossfeed" sound setting makes stereo recordings with extreme left and right sound sources sound much more natural, like speakers (great for Beatles recordings). For some reason, Rockbox sounds BETTER than the ipod firmware?!?
Best part, the apple firmware remains, you can't choose what you want booted up and every song in your ipod is accessible. So if you want to go back to itunes and the apple firmware, jsut press a button on your ipod, and you are there!
FLAC is one of the best formats to come around. It is completlely lossless and open source. Turn your CDs into FLAC with EAC (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) and you will wonder why you haven't made a lossless exact copy of your entire music collection.
Rock on.
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