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Originally Posted by anodos
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Everyone talks about settings to maximize performance with BetaPlayer, but what about maximizing battery life? I don't mind a few dropped frames here and there if it extends my battery... I notice that there are different options like "Slow video memory" and the like... which ones would maximize battery life on my X50v?
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We found that one of the problem here is that Betaplayer does not release the 2700G video hardware when it becomes de-activated (i.e. Minimized or hidden in the background).
This is an extract from the PocketTV release notes:
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PocketTV automatically powers off the 2700G video hardware accelerator chip when the application is Minimized (i.e. de-activated in the background). So you have no risk of draining your battery faster just for having PocketTV sleeping in the background. Note that Betaplayer does not power off the 2700G when it is in the background.
Note that if you also use Betaplayer, you should first Exit Betaplayer (using the Exit command in the menu) before starting PocketTV. That's because Betaplayer does not release the 2700G hardware when it is Minimized. So if you have Betaplayer running in the background (i.e. Minimized and invisible), you need to Stop it completely (Exit) before starting any other application using the 2700G (e.g. PocketTV). On the other hand, PocketTV does release the 2700G hardware when it is Minimized. So it does not prevent you to start Betaplayer. Hopefully the Betaplayer people will correct this problem so that they can co-exist better with other applications using the 2700G.
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Naturally this does not affects the battery life while playing video, but it certainely affects it after you tap the (x) button or start another app.
When playing video with the 2700G (with Betaplayer or PocketTV), you can set the CPU speed to "Normal" to save power. "Power Saving" will save more power but is marginally sufficient to play full framerate video.