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"Great potential; bugs to work out"
Version: Miro 5.0.4
Pros
Well-designed, feature-rich, does pretty much everything I want. I find the user experience is superior to iTunes for my video collection, except . . .
Cons
It's a bit buggy. Activity in their forum is exceedingly sparse (the developers do no seem to participate or answer questions). There does not appear to be a vibrant user community or following, which makes me worry about committing to the program. I've got two help tickets going, one over a month old with no response, one a week old with no response. If they don't have the personnel to respond, they should say so.
Summary
Given the inactive user forum, and the lack of response to help requests, I'm worried about the future of this potentially very fine program.
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"Incredible Non-Profit Software (they actually care)"
Version: Miro 5.0.4
Pros
Unlike most paid-products, who just try to get you to buy or upgrade to their paid version, Miro is seriously just trying to help the world become more connected. You know this because they their second product (recently launched) is a universal 'wiki' style subtitle application, bringing educational videos to the entire world! ~ http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/
Outside of them just being good people, their product is great. I have had 1 small issue, I emailed them. Got a real 'non-automatic' response and it was quickly fixed. I highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to feel comfortable using a quality product such as Miro.Cons
They don't have the marketing cost of a larger product in their field. This just means a smaller reach and user base. But it also means more individualize attention for the Miro users, something I find great!
Summary
I work for a tech company in the valley. Most of my employees use Miro and are very happy with it. We share videos back and forth on a daily basis (when we are not working of course :) ha anyways, download Miro and enjoy. Feel free to write me @ Komputerprodigy at valleytech dot com
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"Worth having on your computer-"
Version: Miro 5.0
Pros
Miro is an open source all in one media player. It plays any video file or audio file and it can download videos from the web. Miro works the same way as real player but it is better than real player in that you don't get the bloatware and unwanted adverts you get in Real player.Also Miro is quite fast and very stable and has never crashed on me.I used to use Real player which worked but I did not like it. But now I use Miro instead. Miro is very light and ideal for netbooks and it downloads videos a lot quicker than Real Player ever did. Miro also has a built in web browser based on Firefox to browse video sites and download videos. But unlike Real player it does not take over your web browser and is not intrusive like real player is.One of the few media players that can download and play videos.
Cons
None really except there are no visualisations in audo files like in VLC player which would be nice. And you cannot add plug ins to Miro but maybe there is a reason for this. As it is meant to be a lighter player.
Summary
Miro will play any video and audio file and will download videos from the web and play them in Miro media player. And I do believe it can convert videos to WMV or other formats but I have not tried this yet.Also Miro works it downloads the whole video and as well as a video downloader it is a good video and audio player. So if you are looking for an alternative to real Player Miro is the one for you. I myself will never go back to Real Player now that I found Miro.So switch to Miro if you have not already done so. Andrea Borman.
Miro is a good alternative to Real Player. Miro is fast and more stable. And it works on Windows XP,windows Vista,windows 7 and Windows 8. So it is for all versions of Windows.Very handy to have on your computer. Andrea Borman.
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"review of Democracy Player (Miro)"
Version: Miro 0.9.6
Pros
Works ok, if you don't have many files, and you don't work it very hard - crashes frequently.
Cons
Uninstall doesn't actually do anything - except delete the entry in add/remove. The program folder and dozens of registry entries remain. You got to reinstall the Operating System to get this POS off your computer.
Summary
I consider a program that uninstalls as poorly as this one MALWARE. If the writers can't be bothered to write correct uninstall procedures I have to wonder what safety protocols they ignored.
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"Nice to have."
Version: Miro 4.0.5
Pros
A good product.
Cons
Need to make it easier to use.
Summary
Making it simple will always make this product become more advantageoous.
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"This is a piece of crap!"
Version: Miro 4.0.5
Pros
Pretty icon?
Cons
Miro wants to add EVERYTHING on my system to its library. All the little sound files in games, all the cached video, EVERYTHING. The process started when I first opened the program, and the only way I was able to stop it was to shut it down.
It also doesn't have an option to show where the files are located on my system, so I can't just let it find everything and then trim it down to only the stuff I want it to see.Summary
Too invasive. Wants to do everything, won't take no for an answer.
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"Excellent, does all I need."
Version: Miro 4.0.4
Pros
Excellent Product
Cons
None that i have found.
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"My favorite mediaplayer."
Version: Miro 4.0.3
Pros
Very fine media management.
Monitors any added folders perfectly.
Adding media sources like Youtube.Cons
Choppy quality at the start of any mp3 player.
Lack of a forum or community where you can discuss this media player or look for answers when meeting bugs.
Voume button is annoying.
No "Stay-on-top" option.
No extensions. (Planned 3 years ago.)Summary
It's a good media player but as I've also tried this media player on Ubuntu, it worked better there.
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"good syncing wor windows"
Version: Miro 4.0.3
Pros
good syncing wor windows
Cons
could not fins the way of syncing with my android tablet
Summary
I downloaded for android so had to uninstall it
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"Lot of features"
Version: Miro 4.0.2
Pros
Interface.
Cons
Speed, Internet apps
Summary
Hello,
I am using Miro and have some questions about it. I have already checked the website of Miro, tried Google and Wikipedia but could not find an answer.
- Does Miro supports the same container-, video-, audio-, subtitle-, and playlistformats as VLC Media Player, since Miro is based on VLC?
- On which version of VLC Media Player is the internal media player of VLC based and are new updates of VLC supported in Miro? And is Miro a good alternative for VLC?
- Miro supports various internet protocols for video and audio (streaming). Some protocols supports streaming in browser and other protocols also support downloading the stream.
HTTP: browser support: yes download support: ???
HTTPS: browser support: ??? download support: ????
UDP:????
DAAP: browser support: yes download support: ???
Podcasts: browser support: yes download support: yes
Bittorrent: browser support: yes download support: yes
RSS: browser support: yes download support: yes
Silverlight: What is the name of the protocol that supports Silverlight streaming? browser support: ??? download support: ??
YouTube: What is the name of the protocol that supports YouTube streaming? browser support??? download support????
What are other important protocols and are these supported by Miro and does Miro supports browser support and download support for these protocols? If not, is this on the wishlist/plans?
- Does Miro supports plugins and/or extensions (based on API's)? If not, is this the plan?
- What are big modifications/adds for new Miro versions?
Hope someone can answer my questions.
Thanks in advance.
Marnix
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