1src Forums - The Ptune and the Th55's audio player

05-13-2005, 07:07 PM	#1
bbmak Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 11	The Ptune and the Th55's audio player I don't know is anybody has this experience before? Ptune consumes a lot of battery, and it lasts around 5-6 hours in TH55, but the TH55's built-in audio players lasts more longer than Ptune. I use the th55's audio player around 8-9 hours for mp3, and the battery life still has around 85%

05-13-2005, 07:37 PM	#2
Kosmonoko Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 451	Yup TH55's audioplayer is the best for saving battery.

05-13-2005, 07:50 PM	#3
PCMaven Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central NJ Posts: 414	That's because the TH55 has a dedicated chip for the Audio Player. Other programs can't access this chip so they drain more power. __________________ Regards, PC

05-13-2005, 08:11 PM	#4
bbmak Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 11	but, one thing that i hate about it is th55 doesn't support realplayer format because the size of the realplayer format is so small, and i can store up to 100 realaudio songs in a 128MB memory stick.

05-13-2005, 08:57 PM	#5
jjesusfreak01 Custom User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 3,942	At what bitrate? If the Real format could really do that, it would be the only one anyone used, but since it isnt, im guessing you are using a low bitrate. __________________ Brad Green - Enthusiast Extraordinaire... Sony TG-50, Sony TH-55, Palm TX...TH-55 still the best

05-13-2005, 09:31 PM	#6
Kosmonoko Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 451	why not use atrac that should work on a 128 MB...

05-13-2005, 10:21 PM	#7
PCMaven Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central NJ Posts: 414	It's a choice you have to make: Battery life vs. storage space __________________ Regards, PC

05-13-2005, 11:13 PM	#8
Karim Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: D.C. Metro Area Posts: 491	*Actually the choice is mainly audio quality vs. storage space and battery life.* __________________ http://image2.sina.com.cn/IT/other/...40204113056.jpg

05-14-2005, 05:57 PM	#9
PCMaven Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central NJ Posts: 414	I use my TH55 for MP3s on my commute and purchased a 512Mb MS for it. I record my MP3s at 160kbs and the sound is good using the native audio player and my Shure E3C earbuds. __________________ Regards, PC

05-15-2005, 03:16 AM	#10
Skaah Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 93	The build-in player will not play VBR MP3s, that sucks.

05-15-2005, 08:37 AM	#11
PCMaven Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central NJ Posts: 414	I agree and couldn't use any of the VBRs I had previously ripped for my T-665 in my TH55 but to me it's a small price to pay considering how much I like the rest of the TH55. __________________ Regards, PC

05-15-2005, 08:49 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PCMaven

I agree and couldn't use any of the VBRs I had previously ripped for my T-665 in my TH55 but to me it's a small price to pay considering how much I like the rest of the TH55.

What is the difference between VBRs and usual?

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05-15-2005, 09:13 AM	#13
PCMaven Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central NJ Posts: 414	VBR is Variable Bit Rate. Basically it uses a lower bit rate to encode "silence" and a higher bit rate to encode louder portions of a song that need it. Theoretically it saves space without a loss in quality. Hope this helps. __________________ Regards, PC

05-16-2005, 09:50 PM	#14
francis Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 176	does anyone know if the media launcher music player gets the same batt. life as the audio player that comes on th-55?

05-16-2005, 10:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by francis

does anyone know if the media launcher music player gets the same batt. life as the audio player that comes on th-55?

Its bout the same. I haven't noticed a big hit on battery like I did when I use PocketTunes so now I have MediaAudioPlayer as my set up for listening to music.