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The Rio PMP-300 portable MP3 player. The top view shows the face of the player. The bottom view shows the edge of the player (including its proprietary connector) and the included parallel-port adaptor. The Rio PMP300 is one of the first portable consumer MP3 digital audio players, and the first commercially
The first ever Lyra was released in 1999 as a CompactFlash (CF) based player. It was sold in two models: the RD2201 with a 32 MB CF card ($199.99 list price), and the RD2204 (sold as the Thomson PDP2201 outside the U.S.) [5] with 64 MB CF card ($249.99 list price). It was the first MP3 player that could be updated through software downloads. [6]
The Rio 500 was the first MP3 player to allow file transfer via USB cable, and PC & Mac support. It features 64 MB of flash memory available for music, has light blue backlight, ability to set bookmarks, has an expansion card slot (SmartMedia card) and is powered by one AA battery. It is roughly the size of a standard pack of playing cards.
MP3, WMA, ASF 4-pin Mini B USB, stereo 3.5 mm 1.1 AA iFP-120T 32 MB Yes iFP-140 64 MB No iFP-140T 64 MB Yes iFP-180 128 MB No iFP-180T 128 MB Yes iFP-190 256 MB No iFP-190T 256 MB Yes iFP-195 512 MB No iFP-195T 512 MB Yes iFP-300 (Craft) [5] 2003 iFP-340 64 MB 4-line monochrome with backlight No No MP3, WMA, ASF
Rockbox is a free and open-source software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players (DAPs) with an original kernel. [2] [3] It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions.
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Audacious is a free and open-source audio player software with a focus on low resource use, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. [6] It is designed primarily for use on POSIX-compatible Unix-like operating systems, with limited support for Microsoft Windows. [7]
The first-generation hardware requires Logitech Media Server (formerly SlimServer, SqueezeCenter and Squeezebox Server), to run, which is free, open source software. It is wired-Ethernet only and natively supports one audio format, MP3. Logitech Media Server can transcode other audio formats to MP3 on the fly, using the LAME MP3 encoder. [5]