Laptop users - most battery-efficient DVD software?

[jakobkraft]

Turns out the deluxe battery I got for my IBM Thinkpad T22 (from ebay no less) was a dud. And rightly so, since IBM themselves claimed there is no deluxe battery available for the Thinkpad T22, only the standard one.

So now that I know I'm stuck with a 3-hour battery, what might the least demanding DVD software be that I can use?

Thanks in advance

 

[pcnerd37]

I would like to know too as I just got an IBM Thinkpad T60p this week and I want a good program that uses the least amount of battery.

 

[kamper]

Buying batteries from ebay = very bad idea

(sorry for the thread crap, just google "alan cox battery explode" for the explanation)

 

[mulletgut]

I personally use VLC for everything video on my laptop. I would have thought battery usage would depend more on the video card and settings of the individual machine as opposed to the application you use to watch the DVD's.

 

[cheapherk]

Not what you are looking for, but something you might find useful. Check out Notebook Hardware Control and it's free.

 

[warcrow]

The software isnt the real culprit here for battery consumption -it's the laser on the DVD drive. You will save a ton of battery life if you rip/convert that DVDs over to divx or any format really. Just get those movies on your HDD.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: warcrow
The software isnt the real culprit here for battery consumption -it's the laser on the DVD drive. You will save a ton of battery life if you rip/convert that DVDs over to divx or any format really. Just get those movies on your HDD.

Different decoders may be more or less CPU intensive, which can affect battery life.

But yes, reading off the HD is probably more power-friendly.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

id have the movie ripped to the Hard Disk.... no point in having the hard disk and the dvd drive spinning away

 

[mugs]

Convert to divx.

I wonder if it would be good to put it on a flash drive so the hard drive doesn't have to keep spinning?

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: warcrow
The software isnt the real culprit here for battery consumption -it's the laser on the DVD drive. You will save a ton of battery life if you rip/convert that DVDs over to divx or any format really. Just get those movies on your HDD.

Different decoders may be more or less CPU intensive, which can affect battery life.

But yes, reading off the HD is probably more power-friendly.

Probably?

 

[OCedHrt]

If you have an ATI integrated chip, you can use ATI's decoder software. If you have nVidia, I believe they have one as well. If you have Intel, eh well.