Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
[128 byte] By [Cyburn] at [2007-11-10 9:15:59] 
If you had 320kbs MP3 or Apple Lossless songs on your iPod instead of 128 kbps MP3 or AAC, would the iPod battery drain quicker.
# 1 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
although im not sure, im going to say yes as it has to read it from the hard drive for longer, but the difference is probably so miniscule u wount notice any battery decrease..darren700 at 2007-11-15 13:37:46 >
# 2 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
Yes, it will decrease the battery faster because the hdd has to spin up to fill up the cache. And if the files are bigger, it will have to do it more often.ipodman715 at 2007-11-15 13:38:46 >
# 3 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
the ipod can only load 32mb of songs before it has to load the cache again from the hard drive.Enigma at 2007-11-15 13:39:55 >
# 4 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
Yeah, that's about 1 Wav file.ipodman715 at 2007-11-15 13:40:50 >
# 5 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
Apple lossless will drastically reduce the battery life to around 8-9 hours. Reviews all over the internet seem to point that the 4G battery will get about 15 hours of playback at 256 mp3 (www.ign.com). I am getting about 12.5 hours of use with mp3's at the --alt-preset standard (192 VBR) using a random playlist. At 128AAC I was getting 13.5 hours of usage. I am not sure how accurate their tests were at ign.comkornchild2002 at 2007-11-15 13:41:49 >
# 6 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
15 hours? you sure they didn't test the iPod photo?IlIlIlIlIl at 2007-11-15 13:42:58 >
# 7 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
yup- the process is just overall more labor intensive. Had this happen with my Zen and it happens with my ipod.Operator99 at 2007-11-15 13:43:51 >
# 8 Re: Do Higher Bitrates Drain iPod Faster
Originally posted by IlIlIlIlIl 15 hours? you sure they didn't test the iPod photo?
The initial review said 15 hours but it seems they did an in-depth review. The battery times were 13 hours and 21 minutes with EQ on and 14 hours and 31 minutes with the EQ off with mp3 at 256.
Here is the link: http://gear.ign.com/articles/585/585537p3.html
They also gave the 20GB iPod a 9 out of 10 which is pretty good. IGN seems to be sticky when it comes to mp3 players. They loved the old Dell DJ yet disliked the didn't like the 3G iPod judging the 3G iPod more on value instead of features and performance. On performance they gave the 3G iPod a 9 out of 10 yet gave the Dell DJ and 4G iPod a 9.5 out of 10. For them to give the 4G iPod a 9 out of 10 is saying something, they really don't like iPods.
kornchild2002 at 2007-11-15 13:44:54 >
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