Iriver plus 3
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iriver Plus 3 is a proprietary
digital
media player for Microsoft Windows
platform. Developed by iriver
, the iriver Plus 3 is bundled with iriver's portable media player
s. The application is designed to sort, alter and transfer music, video, image and text files on to iriver
devices.
iriver Plus 3 will also check if the iriver device connected is capable of video playback - if it finds a device capable, it will add a new item to the navigational menu to handle video files.
, Classical and a customisable equaliser.
The music player can be shifted into a special "Mini" mode, in which the player becomes a compact music player split into three parts including a controls box, equalizer box and a playlist box. The visual style of the player when in "Mini Mode" is comparable to the default theme of Winamp
.
Music in the library can be manually edited individually or batch edited to ID3
tag standards. Album art can be dragged and dropped into the iriver Plus 3 to assign it to a music file. Music can also be automatically tagged and individual files may be grouped into albums by using the internet music database from All Media Guide
called AMG LASSO
. Music can also be given a rating out of five stars, defined by the user.
files, MP4, WMV and MPEG video files, however does not support all video codecs installed on the user's computer.
, GIF
, PNG and BMP images. The image viewing capabilities of the iriver Plus 3 are somewhat basic. A user has to manually scroll through each subsequent image in the library with no automated slideshow feature.
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
digital
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
media player for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
platform. Developed by iriver
Iriver
iriver is a consumer electronics company headquartered in South Korea and widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices....
, the iriver Plus 3 is bundled with iriver's portable media player
Portable media player
A portable media player or digital audio player, is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, or flash memory. In contrast, analog portable audio...
s. The application is designed to sort, alter and transfer music, video, image and text files on to iriver
Iriver
iriver is a consumer electronics company headquartered in South Korea and widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices....
devices.
Media management
iriver Plus 3 is capable of automatically searching for music on a computer and adding it to its library (it will store a link to that file, not make a copy).Player management
iriver Plus 3 can also interact will most iriver players, such as B30, B20, Clix & Clix+, D5, D7, D25, D26, D27, D28, D30, D31, D50, E10, E50, E100, E150, H10, iFP-100, iFP-300, iFP-500, iFP-700, iFP-800, iFP-900, iFP-1000, Lplayer, M3, Mplayer, N10, N11, N12, NV, P7, P10, P20, P35, S2, S7, S10, SPINN, Style, T5, T6, T7, T10, T20, T30, T50, T60, U10, W7, W10 & X20. It is capable of reading the players memory and adding and deleting files.iriver Plus 3 will also check if the iriver device connected is capable of video playback - if it finds a device capable, it will add a new item to the navigational menu to handle video files.
Music playback
iriver Plus 3 can play mp3, .ogg, .wma, .cda and .flac files. It can also rip .cda files into .wma (up to 320kbps), .ogg (to Q10) and .flac (to level 8). iriver Plus 3 will keep this music in an area of the users choice. iriver Plus 3 lists all music files in a list using scroll bars. Double clicking on a media file plays the file in the iriver Plus 3 media player docked at the top of the application. Music playback in the docked player can do basic functions such as shuffle through any music in the music library, loop a single song or loop all songs in the library, auto-detecting equalisation for song genres including pop, rock, R&BRhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, Classical and a customisable equaliser.
The music player can be shifted into a special "Mini" mode, in which the player becomes a compact music player split into three parts including a controls box, equalizer box and a playlist box. The visual style of the player when in "Mini Mode" is comparable to the default theme of Winamp
Winamp
Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.Winamp...
.
Music in the library can be manually edited individually or batch edited to ID3
ID3
ID3 is a metadata container most often used in conjunction with the MP3 audio file format. It allows information such as the title, artist, album, track number, and other information about the file to be stored in the file itself....
tag standards. Album art can be dragged and dropped into the iriver Plus 3 to assign it to a music file. Music can also be automatically tagged and individual files may be grouped into albums by using the internet music database from All Media Guide
All Media Guide
All Media Guide , is the company which owns and maintains Allmusic, Allgame and Allmovie. AMG was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine....
called AMG LASSO
AMG LASSO
AMG LASSO is a media recognition service launched by the All Media Guide in 2004. The LASSO service automatically recognizes CDs, DVDs, and digital audio files in formats such as MP3, WMA, and others. The service uses CD table of contents , DVD ToC, and acoustic fingerprint based recognition to...
. Music can also be given a rating out of five stars, defined by the user.
Video playback
A feature which is not enabled unless a user connects an iriver product with video playback capabilities, the video playback features are a basic set of video play back controls and a full screen function. The player will also convert video to a codec more suitable for the users player. The video player supports MPEG 4 AVIAudio Video Interleave
Audio Video Interleave , known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback...
files, MP4, WMV and MPEG video files, however does not support all video codecs installed on the user's computer.
Picture viewing
iriver Plus 3 supports a basic of image formats including JPEGJPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
, GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
, PNG and BMP images. The image viewing capabilities of the iriver Plus 3 are somewhat basic. A user has to manually scroll through each subsequent image in the library with no automated slideshow feature.