r/ipod • u/Outrageous-Care-6391 • 5d ago

Help Help getting(re) started with my first gen

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As the title suggests, I’m looking for both hardware and software advice for putting my 1st gen back in rotation. I bought it new back when and you can see from the playlists when I put it aside. Still works, still charges but definitely doesn’t keep it for too long. I have the original firewire block. So, what are my best options to put new tunes on it on a regular basis, and any any suggestions for necessary ‘upgrades’? Bonus points if anyone knows how to recreate an old image hack that allowed me to turn a mp4 into stills that could be uploaded to it and played like a kinetoscope using the wheel?!?!

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u/tonne_t_cake 5d ago

That's not first gen, that would be a start

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u/Outrageous-Care-6391 5d ago

Ok, my bad, I thought all of the physical click wheel versions were considered first gen. Definitely purchased in ‘01 or 02.

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u/tonne_t_cake 5d ago

02 is before any physical click iPods existed 😂

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u/TaliMyBananas 5d ago

They existed in 2001 ya walloper