God Ginrai
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I think you forgot a 0.'cb88' said:
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Alpha2
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yeah I dont mean that it has to be drained before you charge it, that's just my own personal feelings (why recharge something if it's still got juice... unless it's not enought to last you the next day or if it's simply something that dosent hold a charge very long. Like my cellphon seems to only lst 3 days but it dies in the middle of the day so I just got used to charging it every couple of days or simply plugging it in all the time because its so irritating.)
So just use it, dont let it sit.
But yeah, it is actually getting the battery life that was original stated now that it's a finished (though still pre-release) product?
So just use it, dont let it sit.
But yeah, it is actually getting the battery life that was original stated now that it's a finished (though still pre-release) product?
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pelrun
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Li-Ion batteries will degrade from the moment they're manufactured; there's nothing you can do about that, it's intrinsic to the chemistry. However, you can accelerate it's death multiple ways.
Heat will shorten the lifespan of the battery; this is *not* as big an issue as on a laptop because the Pandora will run very cool.
Full charge will shorten the lifespan of the battery. This isn't a problem unless you leave your Pandora plugged in 24/7. Not likely!
Low charge will *kill* a battery. If you leave a battery unused for too long (many months) without charging it, it will self-discharge below a certain point and it will either be irreparably damaged, or the protection circuit will cut off the battery permanently. This is significantly lower than just "running the Pandora till the battery is flat".
If you want to prolong your battery life, just use it normally! If you want to store it for an extended period without use, put it at 40% charge and stick it somewhere cool (fridge or freezer if you really want to!) and give it a top-up charge every 6 months or so.
Heat will shorten the lifespan of the battery; this is *not* as big an issue as on a laptop because the Pandora will run very cool.
Full charge will shorten the lifespan of the battery. This isn't a problem unless you leave your Pandora plugged in 24/7. Not likely!
Low charge will *kill* a battery. If you leave a battery unused for too long (many months) without charging it, it will self-discharge below a certain point and it will either be irreparably damaged, or the protection circuit will cut off the battery permanently. This is significantly lower than just "running the Pandora till the battery is flat".
If you want to prolong your battery life, just use it normally! If you want to store it for an extended period without use, put it at 40% charge and stick it somewhere cool (fridge or freezer if you really want to!) and give it a top-up charge every 6 months or so.
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Since there isn't an actual live and out in the wild pandora, the question is quite moot'Alpha2' said:
unless we count the prototype in the fields around Craigix house: that may count as wild
Personally I would give it a bit of charge by mid week: draining the battery means a deeper charge, a deeper charge means more heat and more heat means less battery life.
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batfastad
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This is excellent news though!
So basically I'll definitely get a couple of days commuting out of a Pandora!
I'm glad I don't have to resize/transcode the the video as well, that's an irritation with my PSP
Cheers, B
So basically I'll definitely get a couple of days commuting out of a Pandora!
I'm glad I don't have to resize/transcode the the video as well, that's an irritation with my PSP
Cheers, B
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marshal
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The battery is 28USD is I remember right. It is really reasonable for a 4000mha battery IMO. (especially if you compare that with what big manufacturer charge for original battery)
One thing about the battery though is that it's not "standard"... they couldn't find an existing battery that was exactly the dimension they wanted so they had to get a battery specially made for the pandora. So you probably won't ever find a 3rd party battery that fit.
That shouldn't really be a problem though, unless Openpandora goes out of business or there is a problem with the battery manufacturer you should be able to easier get one.
One thing about the battery though is that it's not "standard"... they couldn't find an existing battery that was exactly the dimension they wanted so they had to get a battery specially made for the pandora. So you probably won't ever find a 3rd party battery that fit.
That shouldn't really be a problem though, unless Openpandora goes out of business or there is a problem with the battery manufacturer you should be able to easier get one.
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Butterman
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Mithrildor
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I think you will get more than the stimated 8 hours using xVid, (not totally sure) As i think you don't need the second 128 MB RAM.
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borgqueenx
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i really hope so'Mithrildor' said:
would be great for the summer holidays. (if i have my pandora when the holidays start)But i like mp4 more then xVid. its got better compression right? or am i wrong?
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Yeah container/codec are easily confused. Container is what the file is named, i.e. AVI, MOV, FLV, MKV, MP4 and is the way of wrapping up compressed/uncompressed audio and video streams. MKV is common on hi-def video nowadays because of the ability to have more than one audio and video stream in the same container.
Each container can have any different codec, both audio and video inside that container, so you can have AVI with xvid video and mp3 audio or you can have MP4 with h.264 video and wav audio, etc. any combination really. There's a video encoder called SUPER that is really handy and you can do pretty much any combination of container/video/audio out there when you re-encode. I use it a lot. (It's just a windows front end for mencoder I believe, which is an open source encoder)
Each container can have any different codec, both audio and video inside that container, so you can have AVI with xvid video and mp3 audio or you can have MP4 with h.264 video and wav audio, etc. any combination really. There's a video encoder called SUPER that is really handy and you can do pretty much any combination of container/video/audio out there when you re-encode. I use it a lot. (It's just a windows front end for mencoder I believe, which is an open source encoder)
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God Ginrai
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I love the Matroska container format. It has all these extra features that other formats should have. (menus, etc.)'cbox' said:
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Alpha2
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'valhalla' said:Since there isn't an actual live and out in the wild pandora, the question is quite moot'Alpha2' said:
unless we count the prototype in the fields around Craigix house: that may count as wild
Personally I would give it a bit of charge by mid week: draining the battery means a deeper charge, a deeper charge means more heat and more heat means less battery life.
Well yeah if you look at my original post I was referring to Craig;s pandora ad whether or not he'd checked to make sure it was performing as advertised.
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fischju2000
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I think SUPER is a front end for ffmpeg and mencoder, but I really prefer meGUI over it. It has an update system that downloads the latest components, and profiles for tons of devices.
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