iRiver ships Linux portable media players

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iRiver has formally introduced its Linux-based Portable Media Player (PMP) family in the UK. The device maker also said this week that it has cut the price of its H series colour digital music players. The PMP-120 and PMP-140, each equipped with a 20GB and a 40GB 1.8in hard drive, respectively, provide MP3, ASF, WMA and WAV audio playback, along with MPEG 4, AVI, DivX and XviD video support. There's still photography storage and slide-show features, too, and the machines also provide an FM radio and voice recording facilities.

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News source: The Register

Whats New:

- Zoom Player now includes an integrated key editor allowing you to assign Zoom Player functions to any key or compatible Multimedia device (such as Multimedia keyboards and 4-Button Mice).
You can edit the keys separately for either DVD or Media modes through the Advanced Options Key dialog by pressing the "Edit" button next to the custom key file selection.
Pressing Edit with no key file specified will allow you to select a new file in which to save the updated key map.
- New Station Navigator allowing you to navigator through Radio Stations.
- New Setting (Advanced Options / Settings / Interface) allowing you to have a hint box pop when the mouse cursor is over the timeline indicating where the seek would go when clicked (enabled by default).
- New Setting (Advanced Options / Settings / Interface) allowing automatic switching to Audio Mode when a media file containing no video stream is loaded.
- New Setting (Advanced Options / Settings / Interface) allowing automatic switching to Media Mode when a media file containing a video stream is loaded (and you are currently in Audio Mode).
- New Setting (Advanced Options / Filter Control / Settings) allowing you to enable YUV Mixing mode on the VMR Video Renderers (VMR7/VMR9). This mode may reduce CPU use on some systems.
- New Value (Advanced Options / Values / Interface) allowing you to specify the distance (in pixels) the mouse cursor needs to move to be shown once it was automatically hidden.
- New Value (Advanced Options / Values / Interface) allowing you to specify a delay after closing a media file. This can be useful with some filters that may not close themselves properly if not given such a delay.
- New OSD Value (Options / OSD / Actions) allowing you to have a hint box pop when the mouse cursor is over the timeline indicating where the seek would go when clicked (enabled by default).
- New "/DVDBM" Command Line Parameter allowing you to specify a DVD bookmark file from command line. For example: "/dvdbm:c:zplayerDVD-BookmarksDVDVOLUME.2E662BB6D20F0ECFstart.chp"
- New Customized Media Profiles for the new OpenSource DScaler decoders (MPEG/AC3/DTS Audio and MPEG-2 Video).
- Radio Stations are now based on user defined names instead of just the URL. You can also rename stations now.
- New Button on the "Advanced Options / Association" page allowing you to set the Zoom Player icon to all associated file extensions.

Thanks to Matrics of the Forums for this submission!

#1 Mav Phoenix on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:37

Wow, nice.

#2 joa on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:37

sweet

#3 R1CK13 on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:42

Oh my word, thats sexy

#4 deadmonkey on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:42

that is PiMPin'

#5 slimy on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:46

ahhh, very smart

(4 replies) #6 xp1ode on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:51

thats very sweet, never saw that coming....

#6.1 Zeni on 21 Oct 2004 - 21:52

Despite the fact it was announced about 7 or 8 months ago?

#6.2 xp1ode on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:31

yyeah since im not always on neowin checking the news, becasue im working, maybe thats why i never checked the news 7 or 8 months ago and maybe thats why i never saw these coming.....

#6.3 Zeni on 21 Oct 2004 - 23:02

Nothing to do with neowin, this is the first they've reported of it actually.

#6.4 xp1ode on 22 Oct 2004 - 16:48

well great news is about time they start posting news like this then... because thats one fine looking player...

(2 replies) #7 chick3n on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:06

I couldnt give two ****s, but i decided you all needed to know that.

#7.1 sentio on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:06

duly noted.

#7.2 nic on 22 Oct 2004 - 18:19

Isn't there an ignore feature in the new version of the board?

#8 Sporkguy on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:12

*drools*

beat that apple

#9 welshkid on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:32

now thats wot i call a pmc!

#10 Dayon on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:34

Oooohhh....I want one. Really, I do....

(2 replies) #11 paulhaskew on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:38

instead of the "Cry Me A River" song by Mr. Timberlake...

I WANT AN iRIVER, doo doo doo doo.....

I WANT AN iRIVER, doo doo doo doo.....

/yes I know, one of my lamer posts, but I just couldn't help myself

#11.1 shao on 21 Oct 2004 - 23:57

"buy me an iRiver" scans better. :>

#11.2 paulhaskew on 23 Oct 2004 - 00:12

heh, sounds good too...

#12 Bubbanoy on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:43

wow, I want one of those..I say forget the IPOD, give me an IRIVER

(4 replies) #13 madd_matt on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:46

these are sweet

/me wants one

how much are they? when will they reach canada?
/me goes off to RTFA

#13.1 Zeni on 21 Oct 2004 - 23:04

They're out, they won't reach Canada for a while, even then they'll suffer from the MP3 levy, so tack on an extra 25 bucks on top of the taxes. You'd be better off ordering from Ebay or an E-tailer in the states and taking your chances with customs.

#13.2 /dev/null on 21 Oct 2004 - 23:17

You can already order one, as can be seen by this web site:

PMP-120

mv * > /dev/null

#13.3 mr_da3m0n on 22 Oct 2004 - 04:02

This is unrelated, but /dev/null, you do know that doing this without the STDOUT redirect will overwrite "null" which is an actual file on any modern unix with some kind of Dev Filesystem support? I did this during class to impress someone back then, and I rendered my workstation unbootable. I had to recreate the character device using mknod ;P I was then known as "The guy who deleted dev null" -- to which I would counterargue that i had created the void, which is as impressive as creating an entire universe.

Back on the subject now, if you can hack the thing freely (I don't see why you couldn't) I could so many many many uses of this device... but being Canadian myself, I guess it will be a little while.

And you know, the levy is not that bad, it is partly what makes P2P legal here

#13.4 /dev/null on 22 Oct 2004 - 15:17

Never had that happen, and I've used it before, wonder if it was a problem back then as I've never heard it happening to anyone now.

I am also Canadian, and wouldn't mind getting one of these myself.

mv * > /dev/null

(4 replies) #14 /dev/null on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:48

Now only if they had support for Ogg Vorbis & Ogg Theora as well, then it would be worth getting!!!

mv * > /dev/null

#14.1 scaredmogwai on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:57

well put. i was about to say 'too bad it doesn't support *.ogg format'

#14.2 b0b on 22 Oct 2004 - 02:32

How much is it? If it is reasonable, ill get one and see if I can get telnet running.

#14.3 yakumo on 22 Oct 2004 - 12:30

QUOTE

Codec Support: MP3, WMA, ASF, Ogg Vorbis, JPEG, BMP, AVI, MP4, MPG / DivX 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, XviD, MPEG4 SP, Advanced SP, MPEG 1

according to the spec on one of the pages i saw selling them

I wonder what the battery life is like?

#14.4 /dev/null on 22 Oct 2004 - 15:14

Ah, but the official product page does not mention Ogg Vorbis at all, as you can see by following this link:

http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/pmp-120.aspx

(1 reply) #15 Xtreme $niper on 21 Oct 2004 - 22:53

Eh they dropped the price of the H series? Not according to retailers they didnt.

#15.1 shao on 22 Oct 2004 - 00:00

you've been able to get the h320's for around that price for some time if you shop around.

i just picked up an h140 from amazon for a very respectable £240, having finally given up the ghost on my gen1 5gb ipod. and i have to say so far i am VERY happy with the device, apart from the lack of charging over usb (but you get that on the h3xx's), so far it beats the ipod hands down in practically every area... and the h3xx's and the pmp do so in every area, and then some, and then some more.

and the default headphones don't suck either!

(1 reply) #16 altermind on 21 Oct 2004 - 23:57

sexyness.... the fact that it supports numerious video types is a major selling point for me

#16.1 Ryan92 on 22 Oct 2004 - 00:43

Indeed......Don't forget about the sexy asian girl in the pic

The l-pmp better be in Canada soon

#17 BroChaos on 22 Oct 2004 - 00:38

it looks great, and i love my h120, but i think the video series still has a lot of maturing to do before i'd ever consider one...

(4 replies) #18 AshMan on 22 Oct 2004 - 01:32

Anyone know how much it will cost?

#18.1 Zeni on 22 Oct 2004 - 02:24

Not how much it "Will" cost, how much it "Does" cost, as it's been on sale for a couple weeks now.

#18.2 DaNIsH on 22 Oct 2004 - 03:10

It was 450 pounds going by a site I went to earlier.
That's $825 USD, $1,115 AUD.. ouch.

#18.3 mr_da3m0n on 22 Oct 2004 - 04:05

Is that the ridiculous english price with the VAT included, or the retail price -- period?

#18.4 beardly on 22 Oct 2004 - 16:58

I believe the price is 499 and 599 for the 20 and 40 gig, USD that is.

linky

#19 moeburn on 22 Oct 2004 - 02:28

oh my god yes. Can we update the codecs available on it? Does it have RCA video out? If so, this is my dream machine.

#20 amdme3200 on 22 Oct 2004 - 05:24

Thats a alot of money $1.115 do I hear a laptop yes.

(1 reply) #21 altermind on 22 Oct 2004 - 07:16

this is alot of money for 40 gigs.. it would be alot cheaper to get a laptop.... if they can get it below 600 CA... they'd have an ok market I think

#21.1 markjensen on 22 Oct 2004 - 13:11

You pay extra for the convenience of carrying around the iRiver in your pocket - something that is a bit more on the impossible side with a laptop.

Following your logic, why would you buy a laptop when you get all the laptop features and power (and more!) in a desktop system - and desktops cost less. (The answer is because the laptop is much more portable and convenient for some purposes, which is the same answer that applies to the iRiver versus a laptop decision)

#22 ubugmetoo on 22 Oct 2004 - 07:34

A low end laptop off EBAY can do more but it wouldn't be as cool.

#23 stezo2k on 22 Oct 2004 - 07:44

whoa gorgeous

very small too

#24 Shad0wcat on 22 Oct 2004 - 14:33

That is an awesome piece of kit

#25 doubledragonxz on 22 Oct 2004 - 15:53

ohhhh man, I love this!

#26 The Napster on 22 Oct 2004 - 15:58

Sweeet

I was looking at it on the US site a while ago.

#27 Ifoow on 22 Oct 2004 - 16:38

It's about 650 euro's

(1 reply) #28 fusionone on 22 Oct 2004 - 18:32

The iRiver PMP-120 has been out in the States (In Seattle at least) for a few months now at the price of 499.99 (USD). Don't really like the interface... I'd rather get a PMC

#28.1 Chanser on 22 Oct 2004 - 19:17

This Iriver is a PMP, the PMC I don't like as it's only accepts DRM protected files.

#29 daimon on 22 Oct 2004 - 19:26

Did any of you notice that it is the old iRiver logo. It cannot be this device, I think

#30 sullysnet on 22 Oct 2004 - 20:33

SUPER COOL and about time

I know it maybe have took some time to get the bugs out but I like this idea alot

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