IRIS Anywhere Play FAQ
General Overview
What is Iris Anywhere Play?
Iris Anywhere Play is a cloud-based or virtually-deployed reference player offering frame accurate media playback via browser, supporting a wide range of formats and validation tools.
Iris Play is desktop-installed with SDI output; Iris Anywhere Play runs via browser, enabling flexible access across operating systems without local installation.
It is designed for reference playback and validation, not full technical QC.
Codecs
Studios, networks, distributors, post-houses and content creators that need cloud or remote asset playback and validation and don’t need the full measurement and scopes found in Iris Anywhere QC.
No. It is accessed via browser for playback, validation and annotating. All infrastructure is deployed via AWS VPC or virtual server on premises.
It centrally manages floating licenses, user accounts and secure logins, environmental profiles, and collaborative project access.
Iris Anywhere Play is offered via subscription with usage-based tiers and enterprise bundles.
A: Yes. Large deployments with high playback throughput or concurrent users can qualify for discounted enterprise packages.
Yes, limited to the following:
Iris Anywhere Play supports only standard IMF packages and does not support DCP or frame sequences, however all of these are supported in Iris Anywhere QC.
Iris Anywhere Play is a cloud-based or virtually-deployed reference player offering frame accurate media playback via browser, supporting a wide range of formats and validation tools.
How does Iris Anywhere Play differ from Iris Play?
Iris Play is desktop-installed with SDI output; Iris Anywhere Play runs via browser, enabling flexible access across operating systems without local installation.
Is Iris Anywhere Play suitable for QC workflows?
It is designed for reference playback and validation, not full technical QC.
However, it supports the import of all the major automated QC platforms:
Interra Baton, Venera Pulsar, Tektronix Aurora, Telestream Vidchecker, Telestream Cloud
Codecs
- JPEG 2000
- Uncompressed
- PRORES
- DNXHD
- XDCAM
- IMX D10
- DV
- DVCPRO
- AVC-INTRA
- MPEG2
- MPEG4 / H264
- XAVC
- HEVC / H265
- Windows Media and more
Wrappers
- MXF
- MOV
- DPX
- IMF
- GXF
- AVI
- TIFF
- TS
- M2T
- M2TS
- MP4
- WMV
- WMA
- PCM
- AAC
- AC3
- MP2
- MP3
- Other compressed formats
- STL
- SCC
- TTML
- SRT
- WEBVTT
- DFXP
- EIA-608/708
- ITT
- XML
- PAC
- CAP
- FPC
- CSV
- Teletext
- SMPTE 428-7
- Spruce STL
- SAMI
- 3GPP
- TX3G
- SON
Studios, networks, distributors, post-houses and content creators that need cloud or remote asset playback and validation and don’t need the full measurement and scopes found in Iris Anywhere QC.
What platforms and browsers are supported?
- OS: Windows 10/11 x64, macOS 11+
- Browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari
No. It is accessed via browser for playback, validation and annotating. All infrastructure is deployed via AWS VPC or virtual server on premises.
What does the Iris Admin Server software included with subscriptions support?
It centrally manages floating licenses, user accounts and secure logins, environmental profiles, and collaborative project access.
What pricing models are available?
Iris Anywhere Play is offered via subscription with usage-based tiers and enterprise bundles.
Is pricing volume-dependent?
A: Yes. Large deployments with high playback throughput or concurrent users can qualify for discounted enterprise packages.
What are the primary and unique features of Iris Anywhere Play?
- Asset Metadata panel with QC Template checks
- Status Panel
- Audio level meters
- Audio router
- Playlists
- Add discreet sidecar audio & caption files to video
- Captions Overlay & Caption Viewer (1)
- Document Viewer (Import timecode markers)
- Import, Edit, Export, Segment and Annotation temporal metadata
Does Iris Anywhere Play support Dolby?
Yes, limited to the following:
- Dolby Atmos (E-AC-3)
- Dolby E
- Dolby Vision (HEVC stream decode)
Complete Dolby support is included with Iris Anywhere QC
Does Iris Anywhere Play support IMF, DCP or frame sequence playback?Iris Anywhere Play supports only standard IMF packages and does not support DCP or frame sequences, however all of these are supported in Iris Anywhere QC.