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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: June 05, 2007
- Total Downloads: 182,266
- Downloads last week: 3,328
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 153 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Providing one-stop shopping for all your video needs, Democracy Player deserves much of the praise that's been heaped upon it.
The concept is brilliant, yet simple: create a video player that can subscribe to and download video podcasts while comprehensively managing your saved videos. On the face of it, this might sound like iTunes, but DP's sharing component is an essential aspect of the program. DP has always been geared toward video and it shows in the program's design. When you launch the app, a left sidebar hosts a folder tree for managing your videos. The central pane does double duty for viewing vids and searching for new ones. The bottom hosts a search box for parsing through Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and others, a video control panel, and a volume control.
Features include full torrent support, so you can download and view torrents in the same app; folder watching to manage only the hard drive folders you specify for new videos; resumable playback; channel surfing, which organizes video feeds by topic; video sharing and hosting; and assistance in creating videos.
Soon to be renamed Mira, the latest update to DP is essentially Release Candidate 1 and it performs and behaves as such, behaving pretty darn close to a fully functional player.
Publisher's description
From Participatory Culture :Democracy Player makes video on the Internet less frustrating and more enjoyable. You can subscribe to channels of Internet video, download videos, and watch them full screen, one after the other, all in one application. Internet video becomes Internet TV.
Version 0.9.6 adds a "folder watching" feature, the ability to resume playback, the ability to minimize to the system tray, and several other new features.
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Version 0.9.6 adds a "folder watching" feature, the ability to resume playback, the ability to minimize to the system tray, and several other new features.
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User reviews of Democracy Player 0.9.6
- Average user rating: 2.8 stars out of 153 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Democracy Player 0.9.6
Pros: What is not to like. It Plays all types of videos, has a library to create playlists & manage them, connects to the server right from the player to search yahoo, dailmotion, google etc, downloads them, keeps or deletes. Simply put, its the future of all Players. & it is FREE.... I dumped Quicktime right away. What are you waiting for.... Get yours Now.... It is now called Miro....
Cons: You may have a blank screen on initial installation, it takes about 5 or 10 minutes to kick in with the library & channels....
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Democracy Player 0.9.6
Pros: well thought out a pleasure to use
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Democracy Player 0.9.6
Cons: I dont really have the time to sit and watch random vidoes all the time so this wasent for me. If you plan to be on the computer 24/7 and watch videos then this is for you.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Democracy Player 0.9.6
Pros: Plays nearly every video and audio format I've tried, also allows you to subscribe to a variety of podcasts. Far superior to REAL and Windows Media Players.
Cons: Doesn't warn you how much space your downloaded podcasts are taking up, which could be a problem for users with small hard drives. If you aren't interested in subscribing to podcasts try Videolan (videolan.org) instead.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Democracy Player 0.9.6
Pros: Gets all your video needs together in one package. Nice display, easy to use.
Cons: The preferences menu does not display properly. You can't save your preferences because the bottom is cut off and the save button is unavailable.
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