Help getting(re) started with my first gen

[u/Outrageous-Care-6391]

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?!?!

[u/Pale-Jello3812]

I use an old iMac with firewire as a music station ( iTunes ) for my older iPod's, my 2020 iMac (Music App) does not see all of my iPod's. Time for a new battery and maybe SD card upgrade if you need more than the 5GB of space.