The folks over at Rocketbox have a project that may be of interest to, among others, iPod (iPod 4G, Color/Photo, Nano or Video) owners. First, be clear I have not tried this, nor am I recommending or endorsing this project. Your use of this program probably voids whatever warranty you may have and may or may not be legal in your country of use. If it violates any laws in your country, don't use it. Even if you do, you use at at your own risk. Insert disclaimer here.
So, what is Rocketbox? Rocketbox is firmware that replaces the one your music player came with. Once installed, it allows you to play MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, AC3 and WavPack without first transcoding into your player's native format. They say it also includes "gapless and crossfading, as well as a five-band parametric equalizer to fine-tune sound output. iPods also get ReplayGain support for volume level normalization, and a large number of plugins, including games, applications, and 'demos'".
Earlier, I listed things I wished my nano could do. One of them was gapless cross-fading. Well, here it is. Unfortunately, I would have to replace the nano's firmware to do it so I'm probably not going to try it. At least, not as long as my warranty is still active. After that, who knows.
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