Democracy Player Is Dead, Long Live Miro 296
MrSpin writes "Democracy Player has relaunched today as Miro. Developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation, Miro aims to make online video "as easy as watching TV", while at the same time ensuring that the new medium remains accessible to everyone, through its support for open standards. The open-source application combines a media player and library, content guide, video search engine, as well as podcast and BitTorrent clients. But why the name change? According to last100, who have published a full review and guide to Miro: "When Democracy Player launched back in February 2006, the feedback received was that the name evoked different, yet equally negative responses. For many Americans it conjured up an image of yet another left wing media project, and to the rest of the world it was, rather bizarrely, being associated with the policies of the Bush administration. In contrast, the new name is purposely abstract.""
Abstract? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Creepy (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Any reason to switch from VLC or BS? (Score:4, Informative)
Still, I have a hard time imagining how a good content buide is better than having google seaarch behind it when looking for content (as youtube does).
Re:What's in a name? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What is funny... (Score:1, Informative)
unless it's slang from france, but you really should elaborate.
Re:Any reason to switch from VLC or BS? (Score:2, Informative)
In terms o feature-ness, Miro allows you to create playlists, automatic watch lists, and integrates video searches from Google, Yahoo, and a couple others. It's also a bittorrent client for videos, though admittedly I haven't figured out how to use that feature. One thing about Miro that I like is that if I have a bunch of videos I want to watch (say, I haven't watched The HowTo Crew for several episodes) and they're on my auto-update lists, they'll be downloaded to my computer instead of being on the 'net, so I can watch them whether I have a connection or not. Also, the full-screen mode is priceless.
On the downside, it IS bloated, and to autoupdate you have to have the bloated player running at all times. I tend to not get regular updates because I don't like bloatware running in the background.
And in Japanese... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Accurate name? (Score:3, Informative)
If you check the political opinions of the working and middle class you usually find that they tend to be more conservative.
That's not true. There is a broad spectrum of political opinion in the working and middle class. Working and middle class people might be more socially conservative, but they are often more economically liberal. This is called populism [wikipedia.org].
Re:Judged by who you friends are (Score:4, Informative)
The highest estimate for civilian deaths in Iraq that I've heard is 600,000. If we consider the existence of the war in Afganistan, that implies that we *could* get to an estimate 1,000,000 using the method you describe.