robm321
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I have a 30gb ipod video. How long would my battery last with lossless compared to AAC? Just approximate....
Originally Posted by Bizzel /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can't say exactly for the ipod video, but on my nano 2g it was certainly a big drop. Somewhere between 40-50% of normal. For the video ipod it'll probably be similar. |
Originally Posted by Bizzel /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can't say exactly for the ipod video, but on my nano 2g it was certainly a big drop. Somewhere between 40-50% of normal. For the video ipod it'll probably be similar. |
Originally Posted by XENOPHOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif do you think that rockbox would actaully increase the battery life for an ipod that uses lossless? |
Originally Posted by zip22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif have you actually tested that, trose? using rockbox doing an actual rundown test, people get 7 hours with flac. http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodRuntime the actual firmware should be much better, certainly more than 2 hours. its rated to play video for 3.5 hours and you're claiming it only gets 2.5 with audio? |
Originally Posted by trose49 /img/forum/go_quote.gif without rockbox. I use apple lossless with Itunes battery life is terrible! |
Originally Posted by zip22 /img/forum/go_quote.gif have you actually tested that, trose? using rockbox doing an actual rundown test, people get 7 hours with flac. http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodRuntime the actual firmware should be much better, certainly more than 2 hours. its rated to play video for 3.5 hours and you're claiming it only gets 2.5 with audio? |