Participatory Culture Foundation - (Open Source)
Miro is a free HD video player that allows to play almost all kind of video file having many codecs included.
Miro intends to be initially a platform for Internet TV, smart and modern, but also promote the emergence of alternative channels. It offers a complete synchronization solution for Android phones, drawing heavily iTunes for iDevices in order to provide maximum tool to synchronize media or podcasts that iTunes libraries has as well.
Miro features a large number of codecs to immediately enjoy all movies , music and video clips without manual handling and also proposes to convert files before sync between devices . Amazon and Android Market are also present to provide quick access to paid or free applications download platforms and direct installation on smartphones and tablets.
The PCF (Participatory Culture Foundation) editor brings its browser, player, search, manager media library and platform into a new era. Indeed, in line with the famous "DoubleTwist" Miro seeks to establish itself as iTunes for Android Smartphones.
The software offers the possibility and subscribe to video podcasts, but also to search for and retrieve videos on many platforms as well as blogs and BitTorrent links. Once downloaded , they can be viewed in full screen directly from the built-in reader application . Particularly effective media player Miro supports most popular video and audio formats.
Miro allows to define a number of keyboard shortcuts, which can use its wireless keypad as a remote control.
What s New in Miro Public Preview 3
a. On Windows, Miro will now generate thumbnails for any file that you download or add to your library. It makes for a much nicer browsing experience. If a channel already provides a thumbnail for a video, Miro will show that instead.
b. Miro now shows the channel icon instead of the generic video icon each video in a channel. It s a simple change that makes a big difference.
c. If you search for a video in your Library or a channel and then start playing it, Miro will remember the search term when you stop playing the video. Fixes a small annoyance.
d. Miro now has the ability to add alternate channel guides and initiate individual video downloads with a 1-click button. We ll be putting up 1-click button makers for these features soon and we ll be integrating this functionality into the Miro Guide.
e. We ve spent some time improving the first-time user experience. When you run Miro for the first time, you ll see this page which has a quick video overview and you ll be able to subscribe to some batches of channels on specific themes, like Sports, News, Food, etc. We hope it will help new users get their bearings a little more easily.
f. At the request of video bloggers, we ve put a permalink below the video playback area. This makes it easy to go to that video post and leave a comment. Someday we d love to have integrated commenting.
g. Some install functionality that makes our Co-Branded Miro service possible.
h. Compatibility with OSX Leopard and Ubuntu Gutsy.
i. Lots of bug fixes and small tweaks.