Does anyone know how the Meridian iPod video dock work - ie the big red one with 1080p over HDMI ?

Presumably, with lack of digital audio out, it would be possible to treat the iPod as a disc drive and simply read the raw data files off the iPod disc.

I can see this is non trivial (different formats and DRM), but the ability to plug say an additional external USB HDD into such a device would be such a flexible solution. It would simply act as a music server to what ever was plugged into it - iPod, USB flash drive, USB HDD etc.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).