[Meloncoly]

I'm thinking of getting the iPod Video again, and modding it with a flash drive. I miss the LOD. So, I was wondering, if the battery life improved at all? I remember when I was using Rockbox on my iPod Video a year and a half ago that they said something about the Video having a PortalPlayer chip in it, that there were battery life limitations because of it. Have those limitations been improved or lifted? And also for iPod Video Rockbox users, what is your average battery life? I would be running off a flash drive, so that should prolong it. I used to only get around 10 hours with the stock battery and 30GB HDD. Is it the same situation now?

 

[Zorander]

I am getting around 8-10 hours of playback on my Rockbox 30GB iPod 5.5G.

 

[Meloncoly]

Thanks. Looks like they haven't improved it at all since a year ago. Well, that doesn't deter me from getting one! ^_^ Hopefully with a flash drive and a higher capacity battery, it will improve.

 

[nsx_23]

Hey, meloncoly, did you order your 2200mha batter from ebay "ecapacity"? I ordered one of those batteries, and its been over a week and it still hasn't arrived.

 

[Meloncoly]

@nsx: The battery took 2 and a half weeks for it to arrive.

 

[nsx_23]

hmm, they said it'd take 7-10 days for me.

 

[tonyep]

i'm getting ~15hours on my rockbox 80gb 5.5g ipod

 

[warrior05]

I was going to try Rockbox again myself but since I converted it to flash based, it wouldn't work. Turns out I have too slow of a flash card. I'm thinking of replacing it because loading it with music takes forever. But I digress. The reason I was going to try Rockbox again is that they have done a lot with the battery issue. If you go to their site, many are reporting runtimes similar or better than OEM. I say it is worth a try. I certainly plan to give it another go after I replace my drive.

 

[Meloncoly]

Cool. Thanks for the info guys. I was gonna take my CF card from my iRiver and use that. The A-Data one runs fine Rockboxed on the iRiver, so I would assume it would do the same under the iPod. I have read of issues where the iPod's coding isn't up to snuff, and it could be made better to efficiently do data reads or something of the sort, but that's just me assuming. I'm planning on getting a 30GB iPod, modding it with a 60GB backplate, adding a new 850mah battery, and doing the CF mod with the iFlash adapter.

 

[ZephyrSapphire]

About 12 ~ 15 hours on my iPod 32gb. CF'ed it. Cheers. Original ipod was the 5.5G 30GB.

 

[Meloncoly]

Good to know. Now with a larger battery I should hope to get at least 20 hours.