MrZebra77
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Hi, I recently upgraded to a 5.5G 80 Gig iPod and have been putting my favorite movies on it.
The specs say that the iPod can last 6.5 hours for Video Playback vs 20 hours for audio.
Now knowing that the main reason why it lasts less is because the screen is always on when you are watching a movie whereas when listening to music it turns off. I did a test and when the iPod is hooked up to a TV, the movie will show on the TV screen but the iPod screen will show basically the same thing it would show if I was playing music AND WILL ALSO TURN OFF after 10 secs.
So my question is this, will the battery last longer when playing movies to a TV as opposed to watch the movie on the iPod screen itself.
I know that another thing involved is the bitrate, when they say 20 hours of audio, it's for 128kbps. I encode all my movies at 900kbps (768 vid + 128 audio) which is about the same bitrate as Apple Lossless audio files.
My theory is that the iPod could playback movies (To a TV) for about the same amount of time as Apple Lossless audio which isn't quite 20 hours due to the HD spinning more often but should be more that 6.5... More like 10-12.
Has anyone done tests about this? That would be good to know as some movies on my iPod are mainly meant to be watched on a TV (When I'm over at someone's place, I'd have my top 15-20 favorite movies of all time with me at all times)
The specs say that the iPod can last 6.5 hours for Video Playback vs 20 hours for audio.
Now knowing that the main reason why it lasts less is because the screen is always on when you are watching a movie whereas when listening to music it turns off. I did a test and when the iPod is hooked up to a TV, the movie will show on the TV screen but the iPod screen will show basically the same thing it would show if I was playing music AND WILL ALSO TURN OFF after 10 secs.
So my question is this, will the battery last longer when playing movies to a TV as opposed to watch the movie on the iPod screen itself.
I know that another thing involved is the bitrate, when they say 20 hours of audio, it's for 128kbps. I encode all my movies at 900kbps (768 vid + 128 audio) which is about the same bitrate as Apple Lossless audio files.
My theory is that the iPod could playback movies (To a TV) for about the same amount of time as Apple Lossless audio which isn't quite 20 hours due to the HD spinning more often but should be more that 6.5... More like 10-12.
Has anyone done tests about this? That would be good to know as some movies on my iPod are mainly meant to be watched on a TV (When I'm over at someone's place, I'd have my top 15-20 favorite movies of all time with me at all times)
