Re: FYI: power consumption MP3 vs. Vorbis
"Ian Malone" <[email protected]>
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On 27/02/2008, Ulrich Windl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a Samsung YEPP 6 for some time, but I recently got surprised: It seems > that listening to Ogg (=Vorbis) empties the batteries much faster than listening > to MP3. Both files have about the same bit rate. I did not make electrical > measurements, but I think things are as they seem to be. > > Did anybody make similar experience? Or maybe "required CPU cycles to decode" > statistics? It would be great if Vorbis needed less power than MP3... > Unfortunately Vorbis is more intensive than mp3 (this is why old hardware players couldn't handle it), sometimes leading to higher battery drain. (That said I use rechargeable batteries in my player and rarely have to change them.) -- imalone