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Chris Wiles, V3.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009 at 00:00:00

With the increasing popularity of broadband, video on the web has never been
easier to enjoy. Websites like YouTube can be a little hit and miss so the Miro
player offers a more specific way to enjoy the videos you want.

Miro organises videos into feeds, much like an RSS player and there are lots
of feeds that can be added to the list.

The installation process is very simple and the installer is very well
behaved, only becoming the default player for the file types that are actively
specified rather than assuming that it should take charge of all media type.

There is a comprehensive list of available channels that can be set to
download new videos. It will look for videos on the computer to play and add
them to the list in the software.

Option to start Miro with windows to speed up its start up and to continue
downloading videos in the background.

There is a comprehensive channel guide and once a channel is selected, new
videos can be downloaded automatically when they are posted.

The quality of playback is very good and the player can play in fullscreen if
required.

Videos downloaded from the internet are stored until Miro decides that
enough disk space has been taken up. When this happens the oldest videos are
deleted to make room for the newer ones. Videos specifically saved will not be
deleted.

This is the latest v2 that ships with a completely redesigned interface,
video playlist creation as well as enabling you to create a thumbnail image of
any video that does not have one.

Note that Mac OS X and Linux versions are available from the
GetMiro WebSite.

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