Miro Turns 1.0

nicholasreville writes "We have just released version 1.0 of our internet video application Miro. Miro is a free and open-source (GPL) RSS aggregator and video player with BitTorrent support and a built-in guide of video feeds. It's created by the Participatory Culture Foundation, which is devoted to making online video more open and has received grants from Mozilla and Mitch Kapor, among others. In contrast to closed, proprietary delivery systems, Miro embraces open standards and DRM-free video. We build this software because we think it's absolutely crucial that internet video have an open technology foundation. We don't need more gatekeepers. Miro was featured previously on Slashdot."

If there was only content worth watching

[InsaneProcessor]

When using the Democracy Player, I could not find any content worth watching. Just garbage.

I'll keep checking

[stoolpigeon]

Looks cool - I'll keep checking back to see when 1.0 binaries are available for Fedora. Hopefully soon.

Re:If there was only content worth watching

[Selfbain]

You know you can add RSS feeds of torrents right... tvrss.net is your friend.

Editing capabilities

[cb_is_cool]

When Miro has editing capabilities, it'll truly be remarkable considering all applications like that are mostly closed-source.

Complaint fixed?

[msimm]

I like Miro well enough. I use it under Ubuntu and it does a pretty good job. My one complaint would be dupes, as in downloading 'new' copies of programs you already have, which is kind of funny because aside from the fact that the file really is new (just a new version of an existing torrent) Miro does a nice job of displaying the program name and episode title correctly (it just doesn't seem to use this information to figure out that it already has a copy of SHOW NAME, SHOW TITLE). Is this fixed in the most recent release? Or am I missing something?

The nice thing about Miro is the exposure I get to net series I might not notice otherwise. Some reasonably entertaining stuff and Miro is a nice platform to view it on (of course the RSS is what hooked me).

What a terrible app !

[BaatZ]

Oh god, i just installed it and was really enthousiastic. The welcome session is quite good, but when you start to use it :(. It takes over your processor (i had to set the priority on 3), uses all your bandwidth, your memory and your nerves. Had it running for 5 minutes before i decided to uninstall it, what a deception !

Re:Tried it, don't like it

[ronadams]

I run Miro in the background at all times, and notice that it uses very little bandwidth -- just a hair more than Deluge [deluge-torrent.org] is using right now. It would be nice to select an external app, but given that you can just set any video player to open files from your Miro download folder, I don't see it as any more hindering than the fact that amaroK gives you no option to play music files in another player from its interface.

You can change the default action for feeds in the options menu. Also, with proper setting of the retention policies, you can be sure it won't swell to unreasonable sizes. I do agree that it would be nice to have more prioritizing and downloading controls.

You really need to try this

[Just Some Guy]

I had absolutely no idea what Miro was, other than something involving RSS and VLC. OK, that's nice. But I downloaded it anyway on a lark and was blown away. Maybe it still needs polishing (although I haven't had any problems whatsoever, knock on wood), but this is a prime example of the whole exceeding the sum of the parts. Congratulations on a truly slick application!

BTW, thanks for changing the name. "Democracy Player" just screamed "hippie". Yeah, I know that's a dumb reason not to try something, but image counts for a lot even if it shouldn't.