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How to get some more battery life?

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Dago:
I'm running rockbox "current build" (downloaded yesterday) on my iPod Video (5.5gen I think) 30GB. It is working fine, the battery lasted for my whole workshift (I spend around 9h in my workplace where the ipod is playing for something like 80% of the time) but barely. According to the battery capacity indicator (I am not sure if it is an actual measurement or an estimation though) I had 10% left today and the player was on for less than normal.

I know the issues with the portalplayer chip etc, I'm just looking for something to add more "leeway" to the battery life so it would 100% sure last for a whole workday. I know the "basic" stuff, ie. dont use too complicated wps, dont change songs too often etc, is there anything else I could do? I think theres unofficial builds that give more battery life but I was kinda overwhelmed when checking a topic like EvilGs, lots of builds and I have no idea which one I need/want.

elborak:
The 10% figure may or may not be accurate. I wouldn't assume you "barely" made it through your shift unless you've actually tested how long it will run without going dead.

markun:
things to keep in mind if you want to have longer batterytime:

- backlight consumes a lot, so have a short timeout
- harddisk consumes a lot. If you browse a lot make sure you have dircache on.

popopola:
Does rockbox decrease the battery life?
for example, If I were to take off my rockbox off my ipod, I would have longer battery life..

..right?

elborak:
Whether rockbox increases or decreases battery life depends very much on the platform, and to a lesser degree on what features of rockbox you use. Not sure exactly what the story is on the various ipod models.

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