iPod Video Battery Drain?

[cfern]

Hello!

I have been using Rockbox on my iPod Video 80GB for a few days and while it's excellent it has been draining my battery fast. I figured that was just due to doing things in software as opposed to hardware, but I still found the rate to be mystifying.

I recently turned it off (using (really) Long Play) when power was around 64% and when I turned it back on a few hours later it signalled that it had no battery at all and shut itself down. Is it still draining power (at an alarming rate, I might add) while it's "turned off" the Rockbox way? Anyone with similar problems? This would explain why I've only got a few hours total worth of playing time.

Thank you!

[Llorean]

Please search our forums before posting, as per the guidelines. Both of these issues are discussed rather in depth elsewhere.

[MozyMan]

are you actually sure the battery is dead, because i have a 5G 30gb iPod, and when i try and turn it on after turning it off in rockbox with the long play press, i also see a quick flicker of the low battery sign.  but then if i restart it (Menu+Select) it comes on fine then so...