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    Viewing video vs. power consumption

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nemapau, Mar 12, 2006.

  1. nemapau

    nemapau Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wich program do you recomend for watching videos from the hard disc or from DVD-Rom, that will consume less power and extend battery life?
    Wich one is beter between Windows Media and iTunes??
    Tanx guys!
     
    nemapau, Mar 12, 2006
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    The will all consume aprox the same amount of power. But usually the less resource hog is better.

    Have you tried VLC, it is very light and can play almost any type of video or DVD. But it is a very basic player
     
    qwester, Mar 12, 2006
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    Zak Notebook Geek

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    I think watching them from your HDD uses less power, I recomend BS Player for playing videos, especialy if you have a widscreen you get alot of options to get the video play and lookign how you want it to look
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does BS player have adware? I dled it but my anti-virus detected it as adware as I was dling it!!!
     
    qwester, Mar 12, 2006
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    vlcplayer for the win
     
    drumfu, Mar 12, 2006
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    Zak Notebook Geek

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    Oh, yes it does sorry, I forgot to mention that, it's fairly easy to remove though, and once it's gone you can't really ask for more. :)
     
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    Blah guys, try The Core Media Player as I have said in the past.

    Just give it a shot. Just as basic as VLC, but much better looking as you can set your own skins and it handles everything you throw at it with a couple codec downloads or a codec pack installation.

    Doesn't get simpler than that, well maybe VLC is simpler, but that installs codecs as well and if you are installing codecs you might as well be installing the latest ones for compatibility.

    Go to www.free-codecs.com and download the K-Lite Codec Pack or Mega Codec Pack. I have had a really great experience with this codec pack with not too many issues.

    The Core Media Player + K-Lite Codec Pack = Great Video Watching Pleasure.

    I would have to say that watching off your harddrive would drain less juice than watching off your optical drive. Watching videos do drain your battery quite more than normal surfing and music listening.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Mar 13, 2006
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    BSPlayer doesn't have any adware, as far as I know.

    Unless they just added some recently.

    Anyhow, I am downloading BSPlayer with K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, and that version comes without any adware for sure.
     
    dr_st, Mar 13, 2006
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    I never tried to install after my AV blocked it ... I just wanted to give it a try.
     
    qwester, Mar 13, 2006
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  10. nemapau

    nemapau Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, thanks again guys!
     
    nemapau, Mar 13, 2006
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