OpenCandy inserts recommendations when you install software
VentureBeat — ... For example, if you’re downloading Miro, a popular open source Internet TV and video player, OpenCandy has created an install process that also shows you an advertisement for ...

My Halloween Treat: OpenCandy
Who Has Time For This? — ... OpenCandy's recommendations include a mix of free and paid recommendations, depending upon the preferences of the publisher. They do not interfere with the original download, commencing only after the current installation has completed. Here's an example of OpenCandy at work for Miro (a BitTorrent player for RSS video) and ...

Boing Boing Charitable Giving Guide -- the 2008 edition
Boing Boing — ... : I'm on the board of this charity, which produces ass-kicking media software in the public interest. The best-known of these is Miro, an Internet TV program that just works -- add feeds based on YouTube keywords, or published feeds from creators, and new video arrive automagically and just play. Because TV is too important to leave up to Microsoft and Apple. ...

That Vudu voodoo
Open Source — ... Fair enough, but there are plenty of ways to do this already using open source software. Miro is up to Version 1.2, but it still draws less attention than its ...

Al Jazeera Releases Gaza Video Archive Under Creative Commons License
Boing Boing — Over at the Creative Commons blog, Fred Benenson writes: Al Jazeera is releasing 12 broadcast quality videos today shot in Gaza under Creative Commons’ least restrictive Attribution license. Each professionally recorded video has a detailed information page and is hosted on blip.tv allowing for easy downloads of the original files and integration into Miro. The value of this footage is best described by an International Herald Tribune/New York Times article describing the release: In a conflict where the Western ...

50+ New Tools for Torrenting
Mashable! — ... - A free-riding BitTorrent client that is currently serving as the basis of a scientific experiment and requires measurements of performance. BTG - A C++ BitTorrent client. Free Download Manager - A free and open-source download manager that supports HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent protocols. G3 Torrent - A free python BitTorrent client. LimeWire - An open source P2P client. Miro - A free and open source BitTorrent client for online video that includes tools to publish ...

Miro 2.0 pre-release adds support for web video
Download Squad — ... The developers behind open source media player and podcast aggregator Miro are putting the finishing touches on version 2.0 of the cross-platform application. But you can download an early build ...

YTPodcaster makes video podcasts from YouTube videos
Download Squad — ... , Miro, or another desktop application that will automatically download the latest videos for you to watch on your computer or portable media player? ...

Miro Gets A Makeover
TechCrunch — ... Miro is in direct competition with video player Joost and lists all of its advantages over its rival here. Perhaps the recent make-over of Miro isn’t just an update of the application but also a move to keep up with the growth its competitor has seen in the past few months. Joost’s viewership recently picked up steam after the company moved ...

Open source video player, aggregator Miro goes 2.0
Download Squad — ... content, Miro is built for downloading videos. This means you can typically watch higher quality videos and you can watch your movies when you're offline. You can subscribe to any video podcast with an RSS feed, browse for videos in the Miro Guide, or download YouTube videos. Open source video player, aggregator Miro goes 2.0 originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Miro 2.0: What if Boxee and iTunes Had a Love Child?
ReadWriteWeb — The Participatory Culture Foundation just released version 2.0 of Miro, the open source online TV application formerly known as Democracy Player. Miro is a combination of a video and audio podcast player with a built-in bittorrent client. In this new version, Miro also adds rudimentary support for streaming video, though in that respect, it is clearly outclassed by Boxee. Besides the support for streaming video, the new version of Miro also features a more streamlined user interface, a better programming guide, ...

Miro 2.0 is All About HD Video
Mashable! — ... There’s a major new version of free, open source video player Miro, touted by the development team as the biggest update in the project’s history. ...

Miro 2.0 Gets Streaming Support, New Look [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... content. That includes shows on Hulu, like, say, Family Guy: [image] And Miro's team states that 2.0 has been designed "from the ground up" to focus on high-quality, HD content, as demonstrated (kind of) in their demonstration video: One seemingly basic but big improvement is the ability to pop out a playing video in a separate window, letting you keep browsing or stream checking while your content plays in a resize-ready window: [image] The Miro team outlines more changes at their blog announcement and on the ...

Get Your TV-Torrent Fix with Miro
TorrentFreak — ... Formerly known as the Democracy player, Miro is an Internet TV player that allows you to automatically download and watch the latest TV shows, video podcasts and more. The application comes with thousands of predefined channels and the latest release also support streaming sites like Hulu. More interesting though, is that it supports BitTorrent downloads as well. ...

Miro Media Player Out in Version 2.0
OStatic blogs — ... the open source media player Miro before. It's well-liked for its facility with web videocasts, BitTorrent files, and ability to handle nearly any type of video file, including full-screen high-definition video. You can also deliver video and audio to Miro's player as a publisher. Now, Miro is out in a new version 2.0, featuring a new interface, better user feedback, and faster performance. ...

Miro Media Player Out in Version 2.0 [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... the open source media player Miro before. It's well-liked for its facility with web videocasts, BitTorrent files, and ability to handle nearly any type of video file, including full-screen high-definition video. You can also deliver video and audio to Miro's player as a publisher. Now, Miro is out in a new version 2.0, featuring a new interface, better user feedback, and faster performance. ...

Miro Updates Open Source HD Video Player
Podcasting News — ... A new version of free, open source HD video player Miro launched today. The makers of Miro 2.0 say that this is the “biggest update in the project’s history.” ...

Miro free and open video player goes 2.0
Boing Boing — Hurrah! Miro, the amazing, free, DRM-free, play-any-format, BitTorrent-based video player goes 2.0 today, and it absolutely, totally rocks: In a nutshell, here’s what’s new: * A beautiful, all-new widget based interface (see it in action here) * Browse while you watch– pop out any video to an external window (our number one requested feature) * Miro is now faster, more responsive, and uses less memory * You can add streaming sites like Hulu to your sidebar (note: streaming with Flash only works in Windows and OSX) * You can add download sites ...

Miro 2.0: Stable and strong
Webware.com — When Miro was in beta and known as the Democracy Player, the biggest problem it had was stability. Graduating from beta fixed most of the problems, but not even a name change could erase the feeling that this Webware 100 winning program wasn't firing on all cylinders. ...

Miro 2.0 gets serious about Web video, leaves us wanting
Ars Technica — ... In case you have been feeling out of options when it comes to watching Internet TV and finding video podcasts, the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) on Monday released a major new version of Miro, its open source Internet TV and podcast player. Miro 2.0 brings integration with streaming sites like Hulu and Archive.org, a windowed video player, and much-improved performance. ...

GBTV #511 | Mophie Juice Pack Air, LaCinema Black Max, Miro 2.0
GeekBrief.TV — ... Miro 2.0 is now out. Miro does a fantastic job with downloaded video. If you haven’t tried it out before, now’s the time! ...

Miro Launches Miro 2.0 Free HD Video Player
The Mac Observer — Miro Launches Miro 2.0 Free HD Video Player by on February 11th, 2009 at 3:55 PM Miro The developers of the Miro project announced Wednesday the release of Miro 2.0, a new version of the group's self-titled free HD video player. The new version sports a new interface, the ability to watch any video in an external window, and other new features. New features as listed by Miro: Miro is an Open Source non-profit group, and is ...

Miro 2.0 revamps interface and improves performance
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Miro, the open-source video client and podcatcher, has hit version 2.0. In addition to a revamped interface and various performance improvements in viewing and downloading, the new version also adds support for streaming shows on Hulu, CBS, etc. as well as audio podcasts. ...

Miro Outdoes iTunes with New Channel Guide [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) unveiled version 2.0 of its open-source video player, Miro, yesterday. The new version features a revamped UI, a smaller memory footprint and the ability to access streaming video sites like Hulu.com from right within the client. We ...

The MacReviewCast #198: DragThing, Spotify, Gadgets and more
Macsimum News — ... Spotify, Miro, Freeware plus much more. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: MobileMe Shared Files: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2009/02/sharing-large-files-with-idisk.html Foxmarks: http://download.foxmarks.com Miro 2: http://www.getmiro.com iClip Lyrics: http://www.icliplyrics.altervista.org/en TagIt: ...

Norway launches its own BitTorrent tracker
p2pnet news — p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Dear dear. Not only did Norway’s minister for education, Bård Vegar Solhjell, suggest there’s not a lot wrong with downloading, and not only did Norwegian telecom group Telenor have the “sheer effrontery to tell Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s IFPI to stuff it! (or words to that effect), as we posted recently, now the state broadcaster has decided to start using BitTorrent, as NRK beta points out. The Creative Commons photo on the right is by Eirik Solheim, and ...

Download of the Week: Miro
TechSpot — The increasing adoption of broadband has made it easier than ever to enjoy digital media and online videos in particular – whether it is user generated or professionally produced content that you are looking for. With the growing sources for online video, though, sometimes you just need the right tool to stay on top of it all. Miro is a desktop player that doubles as your video library and can download online video from a number of sources just as well. [image] This free cross-platform application is a combination of a video and audio podcast player with a built-in BitTorrent ...

Miro Wins "Most Adorable Funding Model" With Adopt-a-Line-of-Code Program
ReadWriteWeb — ... Miro is the free, open source, cross-platform online video player that manages queued downloads much like TiVo for the Internet. And although the number of users has tripled to about 1.1 million uniques over the past three months with the release of Miro 2.0, the amount of funds available for nonprofits such as Miro has dramatically dropped. Insert yet another generalization about the crumbling economy here. ...

Miro: Adopt a line of code to support open source video player
Download Squad — ... Open source media player and online video aggregator Miro is taking a cue from the highway service and asking patrons to "adopt" a line of code to help pay the bills much the same way as you can "adopt" a stretch of highway. ...

Miro's Creative Fundraising: Adopt a Line of Incredibly Cute Code [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... just as much as the diabolic (though creative) minds at Miro for the ear-drum shattering, make-your-teeth-ache squeal I just unleashed upon the world. Miro's new fundraising campaign -- ...

Miro's Creative Fundraising: Adopt a Line of Incredibly Cute Code
OStatic blogs — ... just as much as the diabolical (though creative) minds at Miro for the ear-drum shattering, make-your-teeth-ache squeal I just unleashed upon the world. Miro's new fundraising campaign -- ...

Video player round up: Find the right player for you
Gadgetell — Section: Audio, Video, Computers, Desktops, Software / Applications, Web, Downloads, Features, Originals One important piece of software essential to any computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) is a video player.  There are many good, free, available programs out there, yet many users shy away from some that they haven’t heard of before.  Within this post, I’m going to take a look at five different programs and some key features about each. Windows Media Player Developed by Microsoft, Windows Media ...

Further thoughts about Building43 (previously known as: Want to watch Building43 videos offline?)
The Next Web — ... out, there are in fact a couple of options for a hassle-free  download of building43 videos. blip.tv offers direct download links. You’ve got to click on an episode’s permalink, select the format and scroll down to the end of any comments, where you’ll find the download link. blip.tv provides you with the high-quality source files. building43 videos are also available as an iTunes video podcast subscription. For those of you running Miro, there’s a Miro subscription, too. Don’t get me wrong. ...

Berkman Audio and Video is now in open formats!
Berkman Center Newsfeed — ... interview with the CIA , watch Larry Lessig's inspiring talk on the Change Congress Movement , hear Esra'a Al Shafei's discussion about the challenges of the Web and Activism in the Middle East , or see Jonathan Zittrain's panel discussion on " The Right to Know " - you can now catch all these talks and more in the open format you are comfortable with. Looking for a good Ogg player? Look no further than the VLC media player provided by VideoLAN or Miro , built by the Participatory Culture Foundation . (Photo CC-licensed by flickr ...

Boing Boing Video gets a website makeover, a guest tweet-blog, and a new url: boingboingvideo.com
Boing Boing — I'm very happy to blog that our two-year-old, Webby-honored video project has undergone a web makeover, thanks to the fine design talents of Boing Boing Gadgets' Rob Beschizza. We have a new url shortcut that's a little easier to remember, too: boingboingvideo.com. You'll notice a large Flash video embed at the top of the new layout -- yeah! A big fat 962 pixel doublewide, baby! This is what video on the web is all about! And, a number of new video-centric, visually pleasing ways to search through our archives. You can sort by category, too: "animation," "sci-tech," "music ...

Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data: The Pirate Bay Lives On
TorrentFreak — Like everyone else I’ve been reading, talking to friends and thinking about this for the last couple of days. What I’m about to say is the result of that — my own opinion and nothing more. Let’s start with a great fact: that, as Rasmus Fleischer of Piratbyran points out, the entire Pirate Bay could fit on a single USB stick. This got me thinking: what if someone was to simply scrape and copy all The Pirate Bay’s torrents over to a new tracker and Mininova and all the other indexes currently using the TPB tracker were to change their listings to point to ...

Miro 2.5 RC1 released: Internet video player for Windows, OS X
Download Squad — ... Miro is an open source media application for Windows and OS X that lets you download and manage video podcasts, watch web video, or movies stored on your desktop. This week the Miro team launched the first ...

Miro open video player/client gets a major update
Boing Boing — Dean from the Participatory Culture Foundation sez, "Miro, the free and open source internet TV application, got a nifty update today! Improvements in Miro 2.5 include: speedier performance, audio podcasts, interface polish, and lots of tweaks. The mission behind Miro, as well as its non-profit developer the Participatory Culture Foundation, is to decentralize and fully democratize television as it moves online. Miro connects viewers and creators more directly, moves open standards forward, and is built on a solid foundation of free and open source software." Get Miro 2.5 (Thanks, ...

Cross-platform internet video app Miro hits 2.5
Download Squad — ... About two weeks after launching Miro 2.5 RC 1, the folks behind the open source internet media browser and player have taken off the release candidate label. The program lets you find, download, and view media from ...

Miro Media Player Gets an Overhaul
OStatic blogs — Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and Linux. Miro has long been well-liked as a way to collect and view timely video content, as well as manage video libraries. There are many enhancements in the new version, detailed here, but two of the new features that have jumped out at me as I've used the new version are audio podcasts available through Miroguide (a really nice way to navigate to content from all around the web and sample offerings that you may like), and smarter handling ...

Miro Media Player Gets an Overhaul [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and Linux. Miro has long been well-liked as a way to collect and view timely video content, as well as manage video libraries. There are many enhancements in the new version, detailed here, but two of the new features that have jumped out at me as I've used the new version are audio podcasts available through Miroguide (a really nice way to navigate to content from all around the web and sample offerings that you ...

In Depth: 13 really useful YouTube tips, tools and hacks
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Don't fancy watching YouTube through your browser? Try Miro if you're looking for a standlone player with the ability to search YouTube direct, or the Yougle plug-in if you're a Windows Media Center fan ( ...

10 Open Source Ways to Improve Your Online Video Mojo [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... We've covered VLC Media Player a number of times, and it is now out in a new version 1.0.0, dubbed Goldeneye. You can download it here. It's available for the Mac, Windows and Linux, and has long been one of the best of all media players. It supports nearly every video file format under the sun, and you can also use it to broadcast video.   Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and ...

10 Open Source Ways to Improve Your Online Video Mojo
OStatic blogs — ... and many more useful titles. We've covered VLC Media Player a number of times, and it is now out in a new version 1.0.0, dubbed Goldeneye. You can download it here. It's available for the Mac, Windows and Linux, and has long been one of the best of all media players. It supports nearly every video file format under the sun, and you can also use it to broadcast video.   Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and ...

VideoWTF Wants to Answer All Your Video Production Questions
NewTeeVee — ... The folks behind the open-source video player Miro today launched VideoWTF, a site that aims to be something like a Yahoo Answers for the production side of all things newteevee. Don’t know what kind of camera to get? Unsure about whether to shoot interlaced or progressive? Looking for a place to chime in on the pros and cons of various MP4 flavors? Then VideoWTF is definitely worth checking out. The site is built on Stack Overflow, an open-source CMS that combines Wiki-like functionality with a collaborative Q&A approach. ...

69 Awesomely Free Snow Leopard Compatible Apps
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... A handy budgeting tool, beware it may make you think about what you are buying though. Not an actual app, but it's going to help you save money. ...

Windows 7 Starter Kit
TechnoBuzz.net — ... It now features strong device support, including iPod synchronization, AAC encoding, CD burning, and a robust file-management system. There’s an optional new interface layout that joins the separate windows, podcast support, you can edit device synchronization while in progress, and a built-in browser for media discovery. We liked that clicking on an artist’s name will get you related headlines and Web sites in a separate pane. 2. Miro Miro is a popular, free, and open internet ...

Top 10 Cross-Platform Apps that Run on Windows, OS X, Linux, and More [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — [image] Whether your important data lives in the cloud, on your laptop, or on a different operating system, you shouldn't have to use sub-par tools to get at it. These downloads work with every major operating system, along with some not-so-major (mobile) ones. Photo by Mykl Roventine ...

Top 10 Cross-Platform Apps that Run on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Morehttp://buddi.digitalcave.ca/index.jsp [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — [image] Whether your important data lives in the cloud, on your laptop, or on a different operating system, you shouldn't have to use sub-par tools to get at it. These downloads work with every major operating system, along with some not-so-major (mobile) ones. Photo by Mykl Roventine ...

Boing Boing Charitable Giving Guide, the 2009 edition
Boing Boing — ... : I'm proud to serve on PCF's board as a volunteer, and I love the totally wonderful free media player they produce, Miro, an Internet TV program that just works . Because TV is too important to leave up to Microsoft and Apple. ...