Miro (previously known as Democracy Player and DTV) is an Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF). Miro can automatically download videos from RSS-based "channels", manage them and play them. Miro is designed to mesh with other PCF products such as Video Bomb, a social tagging video website, and the Channel Channel, a TV guide for internet television.
Miro lets you watch Internet videos like you watch TV. Download and watch all the best internet TV shows and videos in one powerful application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide. Stop squinting at tedious web videos - sit back and watch big, high resolution videos one after another. It's so easy to use that you'll be watching interesting videos in moments.
Miro is based on XULRunner, and is free and open source software. Miro is supported on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and integrates an RSS aggregator, a BitTorrent client, and a media player (VLC media player under Windows, QuickTime under Mac OS X or Xine Media Player under Linux).
Changes and bug fixes in Miro 1.2:
All Platforms
* Reorganization of frontend / backend code (with cool implications for developers)
* #5403 NEW: Added preference for maximum number of channel auto-downloads.
* #4636 NEW: Added preference for default channel autodownload setting
* #8793 NEW: Added preference for upload/download ratio automatic seeding cutoff
* #9562 FIXED: Media detection adds containing folder instead of media files
* #9510 FIXED: Miro needs to handle urls with the feed:// protocol
* #9461 FIXED: All revver searches return 0 results
* #9634 FIXED: DailyMotion videos downloads give File Not Found errors
* #9472 FIXED: Title of Search All saved searches needs to be shortened
* #9650 Removed mefeedia from search engine list due to confusing results
* #9557 Removed the extra directory level created for downloaded torrents
Windows Specific
* NEW: Added a simpler install option for windows
* NEW: Custom icon for windows installer and new installer design
* #9499 Updated to XULRunner 1.9
* #9664 Updated to VLC 0.8.6e (fixes a security flaw in vlc)
* #9447 FIXED: Can't Minimize to Task Bar via task bar on First run
* #9186 FIXED: Miro_MovieData.exe crashes on Vista
OS X Specific
* Updated to Perian 1.1
* #9423 FIXED: on OSX Leopard, spinner spins eternally
* #7976 FIXED: repetitive fatal error, present after relaunches rendering Miro useless
Linux Specific
* #9644 NEW: Preference to toggle between xine and gstreamer backends
* #9735 FIXED: no username / pw prompt for password protected items or feeds
* #9715 NEW: expose XINE_VIZ preference in gtkx11 prefs panel
Homepage - http://www.getmiro.com
Miro for Windows - 24.4 MB
Miro for Linux - 13.9 MB
Miro for Mac OS X - 20.1 MB