Miro 2.0 revamps interface and improves performance
As before Miro features a comprehensive content guide, YouTube downloading, and a built-in bittorrent client. Although you can cobble together most of Miro's functionality with other software, perhaps its biggest advantage is bringing together a bunch of disparate video sources from around the internet (many of them in HD) and putting them in a single, convenient interface.
Miro is a free download from the Participatory Culture Foundation.
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Miro, the open-source video client and podcatcher, has hit version 2.0. In addition to a revamped interface and various performance...
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My Miro 2.0 is much slower than before the upgrade. Is it just me?
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I think I want to like Miro, but after a day's use, I don't really see much advantage over iTunes. And a few podcast playback features found in iTunes are missing in Miro, mainly the ability to handle enhanced audio podcasts and being able to automatically playback video podcasts in full screen.
February 12 2009 at 4:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyStill slow as can be on my G5. Always has been super-unsnappy.
February 12 2009 at 2:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlso, I can play 720p - 1080p video on this G5 still, dunno why an interface is so slow.
February 12 2009 at 2:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI tried the first version and deleted it after it stole all media file associations without asking first. That's just rude. So I need to ask: Does it still grab file associations without asking?
February 12 2009 at 1:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo at least on PC it doesn't. It asked me either when installing or starting it for the first time.
February 12 2009 at 1:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, that's good. I don't appreciate applications that don't play well with others.
February 12 2009 at 3:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was a big Miro fan on the PC. Since switching to a mac last summer I've just been using iTunes. I'll give Miro 2.0 a try though!
February 12 2009 at 12:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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