Miro Player
Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
"Although we are no longer developing Miro, we do continue to make the media player available."https://pculture.org/pcf-projectsSee also:"The last version (6.0) was released in 2013 and is no longer functioning correctly because of changes to the YouTube API."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(video_software)
Features
- Music Store
- TV Streaming
- Fullscreen support
- Built-in Torrent client
- Media library
Android Sync- Create Playlist
- Music Library
- Built-in Media converter
Tags
Miro Player News & Activities
Recent activities
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What is Miro Player?
Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.
Through Miro, you can subscribe to any RSS feed, podcast, or video blog and explore hundreds of free channels with the built-in Channel Guide. It is fully BitTorrent capable, and also allows you to subscribe to video-sharing site such as Youtube. The program furthermore makes it easy to browse your collection, make playlists and stay organized.
Miro is designed to sync your media library with your Android phones, automatically converting videos in unsupported formats into MP4s. The Amazon MP3 store, Amazon App Store, and Google Android Market are built-in to Miro, so that you can buy, download, and listen seamlessly.
Miro Player information
Developed by
Participatory Culture Foundation Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
106 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
While the extra software (AVG, etc.) included in the installer is admittedly annoying, it's possible without too much trouble to bypass if you are attentive . . . It is a fine program; I'd suggest folks give it a try and not be put off.
I'd also suggest, however, that the Miro folks make it a tad easier to opt out of these silly addons.
[Edited by ln8998, November 05]
For the one thing I was going to use it for, podcasts, it seems to be very bugged for one feature and it has been for a long time now. Resume playback. It will start at a random place in the show, usually at the beginning, instead of at the place it shows it left off from.
Also, if you want to delete some files/episodes it may crash instead and throw up a bug report dialog.
I've been looking for a competent podcast player with a resume playback feature like iTunes had, but so far I have found nothing. I'm not going back to iTunes though as I do not want to be tied into the Apple ecosystem anymore than I have to be.
I have no alternative to offer.
[Edited by thePenciler, March 23]
Also, it takes up a huge amount of resources just to run. CPU and memory. Not sure if this is intended and they meant for Miro to run on super systems or what. Very bad.
Same here, with version 6.0: I couldn't make Miro resume with podcasts. (It does resume videos though.)
Miro was one of the oldest podcast catchers, it's actually been out of development for longer than many modern podcast catchers even existed. Something that sets it apart from the modern ones, is the integration of podcast catcher (downloader), bit torrent client, and video podcast player all in one application with an elegant interface. With modern apps you need one to download the new podcasts, and a separate app to watch them or anything in your media library.
The best linux podcast player I've been able to find. I have used it for a few years now.
Agree appears to install from some malware site.