iLove iRiver geek thread

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:09 am

So I finally got an iRiver h340 and now my life is complete!

:
Now have the arduous task of transferring hundreds of hours of music across to take with me O-S.

Just wondering how others are organising their music.
I was thinking something like:

Albums:
Root>A-F>Artist>Album>00 Track (remix).xxx
Eg: S-Z>Underworld>Everything, Everything> 03 Push Upstairs.mp3

Compilations:
Roots>Compliations>Title Artist>00 Artist Track (remix).xxx
Eg: Compilations>Y4K Uberzone>10 Koma & Bones-Take Me Back (BLIM mix).mp3

Mixes/Sets
Root>Mixes>Artist Mix.xxx
Eg: Mixes>NAPT Platinum mix Part 2.mp3

Random/Various (for Artists <5 tracks)
Root>Various>Genre>Artist – Track (remix).xxx
Eg: Various>Breaks>Ed209 – Infectious(Ils mix)

Not sure whether to go all at 192kbps or VBR
Any tips or advise from those with experience much appreciated.

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:09 am

Welcome to the club buddy, i <3 iriver
i organise mine like this
genres or live mixes ie
Dnb
Hip Hop
Downbeat
Live mixes
breaks etc etc

then artist (eg)
Dnb>Calibre

and the rest is pretty straight forward.
Dont forget to check the iriver forum, there is all kinds of cool shit there www.misticriver.net (i think, google it if its wrong, please note spelling of mistic also)

enjoy

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:36 am

I'm similar to almax, mine has the following folders

D&B OR STFU
PALY SMOE BERAKS
HIP HOP YOU DONT STOP
PROG BOG
GARRIDGE INNIT
OTHER STUFF

Hatsudai · Post by **Hatsudai** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:04 am

mrj wrote: PALY SMOE BERAKS

great

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:13 am

has anyone d/l version 1.30E yet?

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:23 am

Yep. I LOVE my iriver!!

Mines pretty messy cos I'm lazy. Just got each album as a folder. Need to orGanise it soon.

Someone recently showed me that you can play video as well.. Radness!!

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:42 am

What is the best iriver model to get?

Not the fancy pants one just one with Line In rec...

Post by **lynt** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:45 am

H340 or STFU Fents. You'll want fancy pants.

Quick reply fucking OWNZ.

My iRiver is sorted my musical genre, then everything just thrown in.

/

/Breaks
/Breaks/Mixes.mp3

/Drum & Bass
/Drum & Bass/Mixes.mp3

Etc.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:45 am

lynt wrote:H340 or STFU Fents. You'll want fancy pants.

:script:

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:41 am

yeps.
got mine into

music/breaks
music/breaks/artists
music/breaksmixes
music/dnb
music/dnbmixes
music/hiphop

photos/europe
photos/dboyfiles

etc.
pretty much the same as it looks on my computer.

got the program for video playing too. no problems there.

convert avi forireiver styles.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:45 am

i like my ipod nano

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:52 am

jbs wrote:i like my ipod nano

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:54 am

Mellogs wrote:
jbs wrote:i like my ipod nano

nic · Post by **nic** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:08 am

my 340's full.....by the time I press on to the time I get to hear music its close to 3 mins

too slow.
Time for a cleanout, spose its not really best as a backup drive.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:21 am

How much does the 340 retail in shops for? ebay ones are going for around 450-500...

yenks · Post by **yenks** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:44 pm

im pretty sure im gonna be a member of this club fairly soon !!!

as i lost my 20 gig ipod (damn junkies), when i get my pay out i will be on the market for new items. (the advantage being that this was one of the first ipods bought out, the Massive old brick ipod) still it was 20 gig, so i wasnt complaining..

so yeah, best place to buy from ? which model is best ?

LINE IN !!!

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:45 pm

i used to have a h140, but it was way too big and heavy, as well as never mastering actual gapless playback, so I swapped it for my iaudio. which has since rapidly disintegrated. and ipod doesn't do ogg vorbis.

so i'm pretty down on all that right now. pining for the days of my mz-r900. best md evar.

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:47 pm

Mellogs wrote:

This is definately, without question, the coolest thing i've seen this year!

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:48 pm

thanks G, will i be seein ya fine self on satdee night?

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:50 pm

I'm not sure darling. I am going to Roger's 30th, if you are too, we'll definately see each other.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:51 pm

yep, im goin

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:52 pm

Wicked. Its going to get rowdy!! Looking forward to catching up with you there.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:03 pm

I loved mine until some jerk kids who I gave a lift to stole it out of my glovebox.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:01 pm

Will wrote:I loved mine until some jerk kids who I gave a lift to stole it out of my glovebox.

fuck man! thats rough. little cunts these days I tell ya.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:11 pm

flippo wrote:
Will wrote:I loved mine until some jerk kids who I gave a lift to stole it out of my glovebox.

fuck man! thats rough. little cunts these days I tell ya.

I'm very, very bitter. And trying to justify spending another $500 to buy another one...

Incidentially, little kids in general scare me. They know they can do anything they want and you can't do shit. Little fuckers.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:25 pm

if only my iRiver vibrated so i could have sex with it

exploited · Post by **exploited** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:49 pm

^^ you mean like this??

http://www.theage.com.au/news/macs/good ... 29124.html

Focus · Post by **Focus** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:09 pm

H340's are sick, they got video playback, i got heaps of family guy and south park episodes. And you can watch porn anywhere haha.

line in is good, goes up to 320 and can change it if you want. Plus its got a mic built in which is very sensitive.

LÃ³s Kasinoâ€” · Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:13 pm

exploited wrote:^^ you mean like this??

http://www.theage.com.au/news/macs/good ... 29124.html

now thats bound to increase the popularity of Neurofunk

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:13 pm

Mellogs wrote:if only my iRiver vibrated so i could have sex with it

Erm... thanks for that info.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:16 pm

Will wrote:
flippo wrote:
Will wrote:I loved mine until some jerk kids who I gave a lift to stole it out of my glovebox.

fuck man! thats rough. little cunts these days I tell ya.
I'm very, very bitter. And trying to justify spending another $500 to buy another one...

Incidentially, little kids in general scare me. They know they can do anything they want and you can't do shit. Little fuckers.

I know its not like you can chase em down and beat the shit out of them. What kind of world do we live in where you cant give some little kids a lift without em stealin from ya? Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say `nee' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:54 pm

Hardy wrote:
Mellogs wrote:if only my iRiver vibrated so i could have sex with it
Erm... thanks for that info.

your welcome

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:38 am

can somebody tell me a way to get an american iRiver working on OS X 10.4.2? One of my mates has one and the os won't recognise it as a drive. or some shit

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:43 am

get a PC that will fix the problem.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:47 am

funny. its a serious question, because the US H10 series iRivers seem only compatible with winXP, which is a fucking joke.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:49 am

that would make it compatible with most OS these days

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:43 am

Hi guys. Thanks for the replies and sharing the iRiver love…

Seems like most ppl are organising via Genre. For me this just spells Headache Central.
For example: if I have separate DNB and Breaks folders, does this mean I put Aquasky in one and Aquasky vs Masterbalster in the other?

And would Funny Break go with my Orbital shit and Funny Break(Plumps remix) in the Breaks folder? And what about genre defining groups such as Chemical Bros?
It’s making me anxious just thinking about it…

Sometimes genres suck ass.

How do (less anal-type people) get around these problems and keep their players organised enough to find shit?

Almac: Thanks. Yeah I’ve seen misticriver.net. Pretty intense geeking on there!

Fents: iRiver h340 retailing for about $540 at JB. Was $499 last week for the new-year sale and they gave it to me at that price, so I’m sure they’d do the same for you. Decided not worth internet/warantee hassles for $20…

Mellogs: Don’t bother with 1.30e. From what I can see it’s just 1.29 WITHOUT video but with the EU-enforced noise restrictions. See misticriver.net for more geeked up opinions on the subject

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:13 am

recording a set between (80 - 120 min for example).
What settings do you use?

I have worked out best record level etc for my consol.
But if what rate at? etc.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:24 am

dengelman wrote:
Mellogs: Don’t bother with 1.30e. From what I can see it’s just 1.29 WITHOUT video but with the EU-enforced noise restrictions. See misticriver.net for more geeked up opinions on the subject

thanks, been on the site lots.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:13 pm

ok, more specifically, because you all been such a great help...

if you wanted to record a 80 min set and keep it below 150mg?

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:21 pm

DBoy wrote:ok, more specifically, because you all been such a great help...

if you wanted to record a 80 min set and keep it below 150mg?

Encode it at 192kbps, that should only take up about 112mb.

and its quality sound...

aardvarkracer · Post by **aardvarkracer** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:27 pm

trying to copy my music onto a mate's iRiver and it's only copying the folders, not the music???

Post by **lynt** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:30 pm

aardvarkracer wrote:trying to copy my music onto a mate's iRiver and it's only copying the folders, not the music???

From one iRiver to another?

aardvarkracer · Post by **aardvarkracer** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:38 pm

no, from an external hard drive its recording music
from a file but not from a file within a file is that the prob???

aardvarkracer · Post by **aardvarkracer** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:50 pm

PS: Lint my external hard drives back on
line so expect a visit with loads
of Krush for your Bacardi drinkin ass (he he)

Focus · Post by **Focus** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:14 pm

having a problem with mine at the moment, the battery drains when i'm not using it. Searched it and havn't got much help. Annoying!

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:46 pm

exploited wrote:^^ you mean like this??

http://www.theage.com.au/news/macs/good ... 29124.html

hahaha, whack on some gabba and away she goes.

DC · Post by DC » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:29 am

Focus wrote:having a problem with mine at the moment, the battery drains when i'm not using it. Searched it and havn't got much help. Annoying!

You try turning it off when not in use? Check the Auto Power-Off setting as well.

Focus · Post by **Focus** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:11 pm

DC wrote:
Focus wrote:having a problem with mine at the moment, the battery drains when i'm not using it. Searched it and havn't got much help. Annoying!
You try turning it off when not in use? Check the Auto Power-Off setting as well.

Yeah ofcourse, and the auto power off setting is on as well. was 4 bars this morning now 2 and havn't turned it on all day.

yenks · Post by **yenks** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:15 pm

i heard off someone that u can get a program to convert avi movie files into iriver format and watch them on ur iriver,

is ne one doing this ?? could watch tv episodes and movies on the train n shit..