Regarding your battery life question...I'm not sure which codec requires more horsepower to decode, but the difference is likely so small that you wouldn't notice any difference in…

You will get a little bit longer battery life with AACs compared to similarly sized mp3s because AAC takes less power to decode, but the real world difference is fairly negligible.…

Thank you for all the replies...I am just gonna keep them as MP3 files...The thing that really bothers me is that, Apple states that, the battery should last up to 14 hours and the…

Quote: Originally Posted by thiagofll then what should I do to reach 14 hrs of battery life? Don't watch videos, leave the backlight off as long as possible.

If you're getting 4-5 hours of battery life without doing a lot of skipping around or using the backlight, there's something wrong with your battery. Try doing a test where you jus…

I've found, using up all the power from the batt. and recharging it to full will improve the batt. I was in the same position so I left it on for however long, made sure it couldn'…

Another update, I came across the audio format OGG, what the hell is that? Is OGG better then MP3 and ACC in sound quality standards? Like thiagofll said earlier, would it be bett…

Quote: Originally Posted by F*ckDell Another update, I came across the audio format OGG, what the hell is that? Is OGG better then MP3 and ACC in sound quality standards? Like …

Your best course of action is to stop thinking about converting your mp3s to any other format. Any re-encoding will result in either further quality loss or much larger file sizes.…

Converting MP3 to AAC (or any other format) is like making a color copy of a Xeroxed page. While a color copy is theoretically capable of showing a lot more than a B&W Xerox, i…

I have another train of thought. If you also have another music player besides the iPod, you might wanna consider using mp3. I have one of those standalone DVD players that can al…

Quote: Originally Posted by thiagofll Thank you for all the replies...I am just gonna keep them as MP3 files...The thing that really bothers me is that, Apple states that, the b…

Well, one thing to do is to go to Settings > Backlight Timer > 2 seconds. The backlight will drain the battery. If you leave it to "Always On', that will more than halve you…

as a former ipod engineer for HP, and current admin/ mod for an fairly big ipod site... i would first do the following perform a restore using the current version of the updater …

I am trying to automate a SSH login using Keys using the following command ssh -i id_rsa usernamw@ipaddr. I am successful in doing this and i am getting the Warning Screen and I lo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Shilpa Rokade It displays me with the error message "Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal" and I am not able to get…

Hi When I use several ShapeShifter themes, my iTunes gets kinda f*cked up (the buttons, visualizer).. Anyone else experiencing these problems and is there a solution?? (without co…

only download themes with updated iTunes skins....

It seems that MacNN's favorite baseball wife, the subject of this immortal thread, has filed for divorce from her husband Kris. It's too bad, if the Mets knew this was coming they …

Statement RE: Anna Benson’s Divorce by Oliver Willis Quote: (Takoma Park, MD) — I understand the news of Anna Benson’s filing for divorce with her husband Kris Benson …

Llamas to the rescue ! -t

Did you read the comments on Mr. Willis's blog post, abe? He has about as much to do with Anna's divorce as I do.

-t

Quote: Originally Posted by Dork. Did you read the comments on Mr. Willis's blog post, abe? He has about as much to do with Anna's divorce as I do. House Wrecker.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dork. Did you read the comments on Mr. Willis's blog post, abe? He has about as much to do with Anna's divorce as I do. Yeah. I know. But It mak…