Apple iPod Battery Secrets

Editorial @ Futurelooks

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Apple tells us that iPods can play pretty much every major music file format in use today. And it's true, the iPod can play them all. That doesn't mean it should. When I took my Mini in to an Apple store in Los Angeles to see what I should do about my battery difficulties, the guy at the Genius bar informed me that non-iTunes encoded files generate a greater drain on the battery and, in the worst-case scenario, can even corrupt the iPod's hard drive. This includes files encoded with LAME and those sold on legitimate sites that compete with iTunes for consumers. As far as I could see, this information isn't available on Apple's support site anywhere; however, it's definitely true that I had fewer battery problems once I stopped loading non-AAC files onto my Mini.

[...]File length can also cause battery problems. iPods are designed to handle average-length files; very long mp3 files (such as Audible audiobooks, which are generally divided into segments lasting an hour or more) can drain the battery very quickly. Again, your iPod is perfectly capable of playing these files, but actually doing so can be bad for the device. There are many free programs available that will allow you to divide these mp3s into smaller files, which can then be safely used in conjunction with your iPod.

also wenn ich jetzt all meine mp3 daten in aac umrechne haltet der akku länger? mit wieviel kann ich da rechnen? 2% oder vielleicht sogar 3%

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can even corrupt the iPod's hard drive

ja klar...wenn die rentiere vom weihnachtsmann drüber laufen wird die auch kaputt - aber gottseidank fliegen die ja

also ich habe noch keine Probs bei meinen Lame-Files bemerkt (4G iPod - mit alter Firmware ), habe aber nicht speziell darauf geachtet bisher...

das mit der etwas längeren Akkulaufzeit ist auch schon länger bekannt, wieviel es wirklich bringt konnte mir allerdings noch keiner genau sagen - würde mich wundern, wenn es über den einstelligen Prozentbereich hinaus geht.