Comments on: Democracy Player 0.9 Released http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: khalid http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-6242 khalid Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:50:28 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-6242 i am using it for a week then suddenly it is minimized and not maximize. i tried to uninstall and reinstall several times but with no effect i am using it for a week then suddenly it is minimized and not maximize. i tried to uninstall and reinstall several times but with no effect

]]> By: Nicholas Reville http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5936 Nicholas Reville Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:07:30 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-5936 Robert-- thanks for the thoughts. A lot of this will be addressed in upcoming versions, especially startup time. Please keep sending comments our way as new versions are released. Robert– thanks for the thoughts. A lot of this will be addressed in upcoming versions, especially startup time. Please keep sending comments our way as new versions are released.

]]> By: flyermoney http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5882 flyermoney Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:11:53 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-5882 Great promises, delivers quite a lot, bugs a bit. One thing that can be said is that .flv files play really smoothly compared to those displayed in the browser (Safari) and THAT is simply great! FYI: Democracy v.0.9.2.1 Mac OS X 1.4.8 (build 8L127) PowerBook G3 Firewire (pismo) 500 Mhz G3 processor - 512 MB RAM ATi Rage 128 Mobility w/8 MB VRAM Bug: Internet searches will always generate multiple instances of previously downloaded videos (Google Video and You Tube) in the New Videos playlist, prompting me to delete the doubloons. Comments: Launch time is painstakingly slow. I'd blame that on my oldish laptop, but I'm quite sure there is room for a lot optimisation. Another annoying thing is the systematic channel population at launch; I'd like to be able to "dumb down" Democracy, barring it from downloading the latest channel info so I can simply jump to the "search" channel or read previously acquired content. Current behaviour taxes both processor and bandwidth before enabling the user to get on with simple tasks such as searching, organizing or playing content. The way I see it now, Democracy acts like iTunes when the default startup behaviour is set to connect to the iTunes store; I want to use Democracy the way I use iTunes: search and play my music without any forced online content updating. The GUI (Mac OS X) is a bit unwieldy, I'd love to help improving (e.g. toning down size and colour) the interface. I'll see if I find the proper channel In the lines of iTunes (again), it'd be great to be able to rename the files from within Democracy, so as to let Democracy keep the proper file linking; naming conventions (i.e. as per YouTube) make spotting a specific movie VERY annoying, especially when a collection grows. A "reveal file" option (select file and ctrl or command-R) would be an excellent addition (maybe it's there and I simply haven't found it yet). Other than that, excellent work. Great promises, delivers quite a lot, bugs a bit. One thing that can be said is that .flv files play really smoothly compared to those displayed in the browser (Safari) and THAT is simply great!

FYI:

Democracy v.0.9.2.1
Mac OS X 1.4.8 (build 8L127)
PowerBook G3 Firewire (pismo)
500 Mhz G3 processor – 512 MB RAM
ATi Rage 128 Mobility w/8 MB VRAM

Bug:

Internet searches will always generate multiple instances of previously downloaded videos (Google Video and You Tube) in the New Videos playlist, prompting me to delete the doubloons.

Comments:

Launch time is painstakingly slow. I’d blame that on my oldish laptop, but I’m quite sure there is room for a lot optimisation. Another annoying thing is the systematic channel population at launch; I’d like to be able to “dumb down” Democracy, barring it from downloading the latest channel info so I can simply jump to the “search” channel or read previously acquired content. Current behaviour taxes both processor and bandwidth before enabling the user to get on with simple tasks such as searching, organizing or playing content.

The way I see it now, Democracy acts like iTunes when the default startup behaviour is set to connect to the iTunes store; I want to use Democracy the way I use iTunes: search and play my music without any forced online content updating.

The GUI (Mac OS X) is a bit unwieldy, I’d love to help improving (e.g. toning down size and colour) the interface. I’ll see if I find the proper channel

In the lines of iTunes (again), it’d be great to be able to rename the files from within Democracy, so as to let Democracy keep the proper file linking; naming conventions (i.e. as per YouTube) make spotting a specific movie VERY annoying, especially when a collection grows. A “reveal file” option (select file and ctrl or command-R) would be an excellent addition (maybe it’s there and I simply haven’t found it yet).

Other than that, excellent work.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 Stuart Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:30:41 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-5127 I downloaded the dmg for Mac OS X. Installed and started up with ease. The only problem: the in-screen parts of the GUI are showing in French (although the menu bar and options are in English). I can't find a preference for controlling this. How do I change to English??? I downloaded the dmg for Mac OS X. Installed and started up with ease. The only problem: the in-screen parts of the GUI are showing in French (although the menu bar and options are in English). I can’t find a preference for controlling this. How do I change to English???

]]> By: Roger http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3895 Roger Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:37:08 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-3895 Wow, what a bunch of whiners! Just kidding, I know it's frustrating when something doesn't work as well as you'd hoped. For me, though, Democracy is GREAT! There are obviously a few tweaks still required, but they don't stop me from proclaiming that it's the best and easiest way to download video, torrents, whatever. It's simple, the layout and storage makes sense, and it thoughtfully is set up to not clog your machine up as a default. Thanks, Democracy! Wow, what a bunch of whiners! Just kidding, I know it’s frustrating when something doesn’t work as well as you’d hoped.

For me, though, Democracy is GREAT! There are obviously a few tweaks still required, but they don’t stop me from proclaiming that it’s the best and easiest way to download video, torrents, whatever. It’s simple, the layout and storage makes sense, and it thoughtfully is set up to not clog your machine up as a default.

Thanks, Democracy!

]]> By: Pau http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 Pau Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:30:34 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-2040 Hi, for your information, Mac users can view flash video on the main screen by installing a plugin to view them on quicktime. Perian 0.5 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931 Hi,
for your information, Mac users can view flash video on the main screen by installing a plugin to view them on quicktime.
Perian 0.5
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931

]]> By: frank http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 frank Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:31:42 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-1753 I was wondering if Democracy Player would be able to load a bit quicker. I run Windows XP and I find that DP is somewhat slow to load. Perhaps it is just the computer that I have,.. perhaps something else, perhaps such as the size of DP ? I was wondering if Democracy Player would be able to load a bit quicker. I run Windows XP and I find that DP is somewhat slow to load. Perhaps it is just the computer that I have,.. perhaps something else, perhaps such as the size of DP ?

]]> By: psignosis http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 psignosis Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:39:43 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-1365 Buggy as hell. I downloaded it and attempted to get it working on my Fedora Core 5 box but was greeted with dependency hell. libgtkembedmoz.so... I fixed that problem, then another, and another, and another etc. After six hours of being able to get it to finally load properly without crashing, xine wouldn't co-operate so I was able to download stuff, listen to audio but not play anything. No video at all. I attempted again on my FreeBSD box but gave up. Realised it wasn't worth it. I tried on Ubuntu and it worked okay but I did need to do some tweaking. Program works better under Debian-like systems I feel. I agree as per previous statements... this program has great potential but too buggy to even be considered at this point. If it takes six hours to setup and install then its really not worth bothering with, for a couple of movies. On the version I managed to get running, I found it memory hungry, slow and quite cumbersome. Perhaps in six months (1 year!?) this program may be quite worthwhile but for now, there's too many issues with it. This program is IMO still in the alpha stage. Buggy as hell. I downloaded it and attempted to get it working on my Fedora Core 5 box but was greeted with dependency hell.

libgtkembedmoz.so… I fixed that problem, then another, and another, and another etc.

After six hours of being able to get it to finally load properly without crashing, xine wouldn’t co-operate so I was able to download stuff, listen to audio but not play anything. No video at all.

I attempted again on my FreeBSD box but gave up. Realised it wasn’t worth it.

I tried on Ubuntu and it worked okay but I did need to do some tweaking. Program works better under Debian-like systems I feel.

I agree as per previous statements… this program has great potential but too buggy to even be considered at this point. If it takes six hours to setup and install then its really not worth bothering with, for a couple of movies.

On the version I managed to get running, I found it memory hungry, slow and quite cumbersome.

Perhaps in six months (1 year!?) this program may be quite worthwhile but for now, there’s too many issues with it.

This program is IMO still in the alpha stage.

]]> By: Kwstis http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 Kwstis Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:34:11 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-1330 Yes I downloaded the rpm from the website. But I didn't install with -nodeps. After my comment here I noticed that this issue is addressed in the installation notes where they provide a better solution. I guess I should read it more carefully :-) Yes I downloaded the rpm from the website. But I didn’t install with -nodeps.

After my comment here I noticed that this issue is addressed in the installation notes where they provide a better solution. I guess I should read it more carefully :-)

]]> By: Chris http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Chris Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:41:15 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2006/09/democracy-player-09-released/#comment-1312 Are you using the packages from the website? Did you install with --nodeps? Are you using the packages from the website? Did you install with –nodeps?

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