[bookport] Re: Strange battery finding
- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:26:31 -0400
Neal:
The software converts to MP3, using the default LAME encoder parameters
for the specific file format. In your example, you would wind up with a
128 KBPS file at 44,100 Hz.
I don't know if the sample rate effects battery usage at all; probably
not much.
>>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/07/05 12:20PM >>>
Rob, I have been reading an Audible book for the last 15 minutes.
However, I'll try playing an MP3 file that is sampled at a high
frequency rate.
By the way, Here is a question to a previous answer of yours when you
told us that if you load a Wave file, it gets converted to an MP3
file. Provided that the file is recorded at 4100 HZ and 16 bit, does
the BP keep that sampling rate, or does it default to a lower sampling
rate to save space and battery power?
Thanks.
Neal
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Subject: [bookport] Re: Strange battery finding
Neal:
You can use the Book Port as a battery gauge if you like; I don't know
why those batteries register 100%. Try playing an MP3 file.
Rob Meredith
>>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/07/05 12:03PM >>>
I just ran another device until the batteries were almost drained.
They are normal alkaline batteries. I wondered if I could use the
book Port as a kind of volt meter in that if I put almost dead
batteries in the unit and ask it for the percentage of battery
strength, it might say something like 30% or something that would
approximate the battery loss. To my amazement, they have continued to
register 100% for about 15 minutes of reading. So here is the
question,. Does the book port simply see new batteries inserted and
reset it's battery percent to 100, or is it supposed to tell me what
the real strength of the batteries is?
=20
Thanks for any help on this.
Neal
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