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gpb59:
I'm debating getting a 6th gen vs. 5th, but would like to know if the battery life is decreased significantly when using rockbox. 

soap:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodRuntime
If you pay attention to only the most recent tests (Rockbox is much more efficient on the iPods than it used to be) you will see approximately a 10% runtime difference between Rockbox and the stock Apple firmware.

Zardoz:
Rockbox won't run on the 6th generation ('classic'.) Am I missing something with the generation number? 5.5th generation battery life is very reasonable at about 17hours audio playback in my experience (on an 80GB model.) This compares favourably with the OF by all accounts

cool_walking_:

--- Quote from: Zardoz on August 10, 2008, 06:48:28 PM ---Rockbox won't run on the 6th generation ('classic'.) Am I missing something with the generation number?
--- End quote ---

I think he knows that, he's just tossing up whether to get a (Rockbox-capable) 5/.5th gen, or a 6th gen and just use the Apple firmware.

gpb59:
that's correct,  is there much of an advantage in general of the classic over the
5.5, for me the only advantage i think I would use with rockbox, is to play flac files.  And, I probably can't get a brand new 5.5

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