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Imerge Partners with GD3 Data to deliver an Even Better User Experience |
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Imerge, the Cambridge-based pioneer of hard disk home media servers, is delighted to announce its new partnership with GD3 Data –
the market leader in CD/DVD encoding software and metadata.
As a result of this partnership,
Imerge will add GD3 cover art and metadata layering with other licensed
databases, thus delivering the most comprehensive metadata and cover art
recognition system currently available. Users of Imerge’s media server hardware
around the world will benefit from an exceptional online repository of images
and information, downloaded and displayed automatically to accompany virtually
any movie or piece of music that the end-user chooses to add to his or her media
library.
In addition to greatly enhanced cover
art and metadata coverage, Imerge’s partnership with GD3 Data also delivers
higher quality, hi-res cover images, while a specially developed ‘tool’ gives
customers – both authorised dealers and end-users the ability to submit cover art and metadata for music and movies that are not currently represented within
the database.
For example, if an Imerge user buys a brand-new DVD in Hong Kong and finds that
related cover art and content information is not yet available on either the
databases, he can use the submission tool to make the relevant additions
himself. These are then uploaded to a special Imerge-GD3 database, the content
of which can be accessed by Imerge users around the world.
Commenting on Imerge’s partnership
with GD3 Data, Charlie Mertz, Imerge’s Business Development Manager, said:
"Imerge is committed to providing the most complete media server experience available, and for that reason we are partnering with
GD3 Data to add cover art and metadata layering alongside the AMG database. The combination of
these two market leading partners significantly improves the metadata hit rate
across the world, enhancing coverage, giving access to higher quality cover art
and allowing customers to add images and information for media that does not
currently ‘look up’.”
“This GD3-Imerge partnership represents a significant turning point in the market
where the server manufacturer is now taking an active role in metadata creation
and correction,” said Doug Strachota, co-Founder and CEO of GD3 Data, LLC. “GD3’s been continuing to invest in
tools and processes to allow provide our customers with more control and
ownership the one key element of their interface where traditionally they had
little or no input.”
Imerge Partners with GD3 Data: Key Benefits
- Improved WW coverage through GD3/AMG layering, creating the most comprehensive metadata and cover art recognition
system currently available
- Improved high-resolution cover art – enjoy Imerge’s new MediaServer MS1 GUI (Graphical User Interface) with hi-res
cover images
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Ability to submit missing data to the Imerge-GD3 database
- Once data is submitted, it is immediately available to all Imerge media servers
- Erroneous entries can be corrected (proposed changes will be reviewed before being accepted to the database)
- Ability to add regionally specific metadata and cover art to the database (Chinese, Russian, Greek etc.) – this can be
achieved through a range of search methods integrated into the submission tool,
making the addition of metadata very easy.
- Search tools include UPC (barcode), text search, actors search for specific movies and so on
- Submission tool also can connect to range of digital scanners to scan and upload cover art
Imerge’s partnership with GD3 Data is effective immediately. End-users will benefit from
access to cover art and metadata on the GD3 database from August onwards. The
Imerge-GD3 submission tool is also available from GD3 Data or Imerge this month.
About iMerge: Based in Cambridge, England, Imerge is a global leader in hard
disk media server technology. The company was formed in 1997 with the specific
intention to revolutionise the way we store and use entertainment media; two
years later it launched the first-ever dedicated audio server. The company’s
current product range includes the world’s best-selling music server, the S3000,
together with the MS1 MediaServer and XiVASafe ultra-secure storage system – the
most advanced management and archiving solution for high-definition music and
movies currently available. In addition to its own server range, the company’s
pioneering development of Internet-enabled media management software under its
XiVA brand has cemented its status as the leading supplier of OEM server
technology to the custom installation and premium AV industry worldwide. Imerge
is part of the Nortek Group of Companies.
Founded in 2004, GD3 Data is a market leader in CD/DVD encoding software and metadata. GD3 Data’s Encode Center
software is a comprehensive suite of tools for automated encoding and server
loading. The GD3 database is the choice of server-loading professionals
worldwide and provides high-resolution cover images and extended metadata fields
that no other data service can provide. With over two million CD and over
500,000 DVD titles, GD3 has unmatched accuracy, coverage, and high-resolution
cover art demanded for high-end systems. GD3 Data delivers comprehensive
coverage of the classical music genre, which has been largely overlooked by
other data services and provides Orchestra, Composer, Conductor, Soloist(s),
Instrument, Period and Style fields for every classical CD within its
comprehensive database.