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:
* When you download videos from YouTube (whether by search or in a YouTube feed), we get an MP4 rather than a FLV, if it's available. The video quality of the MP4s is much higher.
* Updated translations in lots of languages.
* We've updated the linux version to Mozilla 1.9.
* We've updated VLC on Windows to 0.8.6f (security fix).
Changes and bug fixes in Miro 1.2.3
* #9685 NEW Download mp4 from YouTube? if available and download flv if not
* #9841 FIXED Downloaded torrents disappear when play selected
* #9787 FIXED New counter doesn't update until selected
* #9727 FIXED Feeds duplicated when updating to co-branded version
* #9880, #8104 FIXED Problems with menus not being translated for windows-xul and gtkx11 platforms
* #8378 FIXED httpclient error
Windows Specific
* #9844 FIXED Update to the latest VLC 0.8.6f
* #9274, #9755 FIXED Startup errors after install
* #9508 FIXED Startup errors due to unsupported locale
* #9829 FIXED Long cobranded titles get cut off on the installer display
* #9554 FIXED --theme option on windows causes problems with the tray icon code
* #9899 FIXED Holding down FF button doesn't work
GTKX11 Specific
* #9740 FIXED Thumbnails are downloaded but not displayed in Hardy
* #9860 FIXED Drag and drop does not work in Hardy
* #9692 FIXED Fix gtkx11 code so it works with xulrunner 1.9