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April 6, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Featured Freeware: Miro

by Seth Rosenblatt

The age of video distribution over the Internet has just begun, and open-source and DRM-free Miro for both Mac and Windows is perfectly poised to take advantage of the still-growing, still-unsettled paradigm.

Along with standard multicodec video playback, Miro supports torrents and completed torrent playback, watches to manage both old and new content in user-defined folders, resumable playback, video sharing and hosting, and assistance in creating videos. One of Miro's most compelling features are the channels that organize video feeds by topic--integration with Google, Yahoo, YouTube, and other search engines and video Web sites makes discovering favorites and new material exceedingly effortless.

Seth peers into the deep, dark corners of software so that you don't have to. He has yet to suffer a single nightmare about OS/2. You can follow him on Twitter.
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by silly2366 April 6, 2008 5:21 AM PDT
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by Simplicius April 6, 2008 6:44 AM PDT
Both Mac and Windows?

I hate to break it to you but there is another OS in use on a few million desktops and laptops (not to mention the millions of server): it's called GNU/Linux.

Next time, make a little effort, please?
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by AvenGinG_AnGeL April 7, 2008 3:55 PM PDT
but this site doesn't offer anything for Linux, use a little common sense next time before you shoot off at the mouth.
by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 April 6, 2008 9:59 AM PDT
I think Miro is available for Linux too. But then again I have Linux and haven't used it.
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by chettyharish April 6, 2008 11:24 PM PDT
I am not in too much video :O
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by sou_ur April 7, 2008 6:07 AM PDT
very good
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by srosenblatt April 7, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
Simplicius: I never intended to imply that Miro wasn't available for Linux. You're absolutely right that it does, I knew that it was, and it was nothing more than an omission on my part that Linux wasn't mentioned. Thanks for the catch!
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by alice_b0wie April 7, 2008 1:35 PM PDT
note to self: remember to mention linux from now on even though only 1/2 of one percent of the earths population actually uses it. and i thought macboi's were sensitive. geesh...
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by alice_b0wie April 7, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
note to self: remember to mention linux from now on even though only 1/2 of one percent of the earths population actually uses it. and i thought macboi's were sensitive. geesh...
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by AvenGinG_AnGeL April 7, 2008 3:56 PM PDT
it's a nice program to use, uses more resources than I'd like though.
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by only1miller April 9, 2008 7:27 AM PDT
I'll never understand the flaming that goes on around OSes. This is akin to sports fans slugging it out in a bar over a televised game. We all have our reasons for the OSes we use - they have their pros and cons and exist because they serve a particular market. Some markets are bigger (not better) than others. Developers know what's going on with the OSes out there - they don't need users (even power users) moaning and complaining that they're not being recognized. I'm sure, however, that they (and we) would appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism when appropriate.

Thanks.
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by daniewa1 April 9, 2008 9:50 AM PDT
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by big_DC May 27, 2008 10:00 PM PDT
Excellent
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