Free and Open Source Software – Miro Media and Latest Release Info

It’s so easy to turn your PC into an Internet TV with Miro 1.2.8.

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Although Miro is still in beta, which means the project is on-going and bugs are being fixed on continuous bases, Miro has proved itself better than some popular media players.
Miro is not just a video player it has some impressive functions that enable you to do so much more than you can do with other media players.
Basically, Miro enables you to watch free Internet video channels or video podcast and play any type of video file, depending on your operating system. These include Windows Media, MPEG, AVI, Divx, H.264, Quicktime and more.

Aside for a beautiful interface, with Miro, you are able to watch your video fullscreen and at very high quality.

You can organize and group all the video files on your computer and your playlist in a creative manner and also create thumbnail for your videos.

You can subscribe to any channel you want

You will enjoy the ability of the software’s feature that automates the updating of your video channels.

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You can set your channel to download new videos almost immediately after they are published. Also, Miro has the ability to download individual BitTorrent files. After watching a video, the video is deleted automatically after a few days unless you set your software to keep it.

This amazing software boasts of translation in 40 languages.

Other features that is worth mentioning here is the very remarkable searching and sharing capabilities of the software.

Included is the Miro Guide – a built-in web services with an open directory of RSS feeds for everyone. This incorporates rating functions and the capability that allow users to create alternative channel guides.

Miro is compatible with major operating systems such as Mac, Windows and Linux.
Miro is project of Participatory Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization.

A release candidate was posted for Miro 2.0 at the end of January 2009, which can be downloaded here.

Read more about what Miro can do here. If you still have questions, you may browse Miro FAQ page.
The good news is that Miro is free and open source software. Miro was released under the GPL license
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