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Today Lena mentioned to me that we might need to take a MiniDisc recorder to Hong Kong with us to do interviews, record soundscapes and stuff. Frak that — I installed the Linux-based pozdilla system on my old 3G iPod in about two clicks, and now I can record 16-bit 44.1kHz sound in stereo through my Dock. Presto. No really: nowadays, there isn’t any of the command-line, config-file dicking around that you’d expect with something as exotic as setting up Linux on an iPod. Note that this currently only works for old, non-click-wheel iPods, and apparently the iPod nano’s hardware prevents recording, but it’s so cool. And of course, it’s not cool that Apple arbitrarily limited the iPod’s firmware when so many other mp3 players can do this out of the box, but I’m so impressed that such these kinds of workarounds are now so transparent…

[ tags: minidisc, ipod, podzilla, audio ]