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Posted by: theepp

Inspired in part by my Wife's video iPod, I decided to rip and encode a few of my DVD's using PocketDivXEncoder and threw some full length movies on my 8125's 2GB miniSD card. I also downloaded TCMP.

During the last 24 hours, I've watched four full length movies (ok, I actually had them running on my 8125 while it was sitting on my desk to test battery life) and still used it as a phone and PDA, talking for almost two hours. Bluetooth and WiFi were both off.

Overally, I have to say that I am impressed with the battery life. Now I know I can watch a couple movies on an airplane and not be overly worried I will not have enough battery remaining to check voicemail or makes calls after landing.

For the curious, I watched Office Space, Vegas Vacation, Trading Places & Blazing Saddles. The audio & video quality were superb, not the least bit choppy and perfectly synced.

Hope this is helfpul information for those thinking of watching movies on their 8125's.

Posted by: LVNeptune

That's interesting, my phone barely lasts 3 days if I talk for a few hours and leave it in standby

Posted by: matt0525

Any tips on your settings for encoding with pocketdivx? I was watching an episode of South Park today, and there were a couple of skips. Nothing that lowered my love of this phone, but I guess I could use some help with the encoding......

Posted by: theepp

I didn't change anything from the default values and had no issues. There were a couple of skips here and there, but attributed them to other tasks kicking off on the phone (PocketWeather downloading data, for example) and not to the actual encoding. FWIW, I used v0.3.60.

Posted by: matt0525

Thanks! I'll check my version.