M122 Repo

What I will do in this module?

I will most likely drift off into other Linux related projects that will be documented here

Installing RockBox on an iPod 7th gen

Due to a recent acquisition of an iPod 7th gen installing RockBox on it will be necessary as I do not feel like using iTunes and Apples other proprietary software that will not run on Linux.

Hardware used

1. iPod 6/7th gen
2. 30 Pin Apple USB Cable
3. Lenovo T450s

Software used

1. Archlinux
2. Rockbox utility

Struggles to avoid

Do not use the Appimage provided on the rockbox website, this will fail as apps run in fuse seem to have issues detecting the iPod

Installation of rockbox utility and rockbox

1. Open a new bash session
2. Use the Archlinux package manager to install rbutil sudo pacman -Sy rbutil
3. Launch the RockBox Utility
4. Under Device Select Change
5. In the newly opened Popup Window Select Autodetect this should automatically select your iPod model and find the device on your filesystem, if not make sure that your iPod is formatted as Windows and that you have the proper Kernel modules to support the file system present on the iPod are loaded and installed
6. Confirm your device with Ok
7. Select the applications you wish to install before selecting Install
8. Follow the onscreen instructions, if your installation gets stuck after the skipping themes message, retry but uncheck the Themes installation box
9. After the installation is finished you should now have RockBox on your iPod allowing you to use it like any other MP3 player without having to use Apple file formats or iTunes in general

Automating the installation of mediamtx

Whenever I require to install mediamtx to run USB Webcams over RTSP I am required to install mediamtx this is something that can clearly be automated using bash hence why you will find a basic bash script in the mediamtx folder that automates this process for me.

Automating the installation of domainMOD because I can

TODO