Announcing Miro 1.2 - A Major Update

March 20th, 2008 — Nicholas Reville
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We’ve just released a major update to Miro, version 1.2.

Grab it now: Download Miro

This version adds lots of tweaks and bug fixes that make Miro smoother and slicker. It also lays the groundwork for some big improvements that are coming soon. Version 1.2 is the best Miro yet.

Some of What’s New in Miro 1.2

  • On Windows, we updated to XULRunner 1.9, which brings memory and performance improvements.
  • We’ve added a much-requested preference to set new channels to not auto-download.
  • New preferences for tweaking number of simultaneous auto-downloads and torrent seeding.
  • Important re-architecting of the frontend and backend code.
  • Lots of bug fixes and tweaks.
  • On OSX, we updated to Perian 1.1.
  • On Windows, the Miro installer is now much simpler and prettier.
  • Improved support for Flash in Channel Guide pages.
  • Improved translations for dozens of languages.
  • All of what’s new in Miro 1.2

What’s New in the Miro Guide

The Miro Guide is an integral part of the Miro experience. The Guide has had a couple big updates since the last release of Miro.

  • Personalized Recommendations: rate channels and get personal recommendations of other channels you’d like. It works great!
  • ‘Archival’ indicator: when a channel hasn’t updated in a few months, we mark it as ‘Archival’ so you’ll know that it’s getting a little stale.
  • The channel display page has been totally re-designed.
  • Nearly 4,000 channels now available!
  • Miro Feature List

Got 3 seconds to spare? Digg Miro 1.2

23 Responses to “Announcing Miro 1.2 - A Major Update”

  1. Will’s Miro dev blog » Blog Archive » Miro 1.2 released! (working on Ubuntu packages now….) Says:

    […] minutes ago or so we released Miro 1.2. I was talking to Chris, Bryan, and John about Miro 1.2 yesterday at lunch (mid-release) because […]

  2. børge Says:

    Nice, I’ve been waiting for this! I really hope XULRunner 1.9 makes it go easier on my system! When will we get a repository for Ubuntu Linux so every update goes automatically? :)

  3. netzpolitik.org: » Major-Update: Miro 1.2 » Aktuelle Berichterstattung rund um die politischen Themen der Informationsgesellschaft. Says:

    […] Video-Podcast Player Miro hat ein Major-Update auf Version 1.2 veröffentlicht. Das sind die Neuerungen: # On Windows and Linux, we updated to XULRunner 1.9, […]

  4. Future of News - Tägliche Hard- und Softwarenews Says:

    Get Miro Version 1.2 für Windows, Mac und Linux…

     Weiterempfehlen

    ……

  5. Jonathan Says:

    Yeah! Well done the Miro team! Just like to add my gratitude and thanks - and also ask: when will the Ubuntu repository thing happen?

  6. Notizblog » Miro: die Revolution muss mobil werden Says:

    […] wurde gerade in der neuen Version 1.2 veröffentlicht. Das Announcement liest sich soweit ganz gut - doch mir fehlt ein wesentliches […]

  7. Scaricare filmati da Youtube e visualizzare qualunque genere di video con Miro 1.2 Says:

    […] novità principali della versione 1.2 di Miro sono disponibili qui […]

  8. foxiewire.com Says:

    Miro version 1.2 has been released…

    This version adds lots of tweaks and bug fixes that make Miro smoother and slicker. It also lays the groundwork for some big improvements that are coming soon. Version 1.2 is the best Miro yet….

  9. Projekte, die die Welt braucht #2: RSS-Multimedia-Papierzeitung - Commonspage.net Says:

    […] Videoplattform Miro ist in Version 1.2 erschienen. Meine nerdiges Umfeld hält große Stücke auf Miro, weil: funktioniert, unabhängiges […]

  10. Actualización Miro 1.2 | BricoGeek Says:

    […] Información | Miro Categoría: Noticias | No hay comentarios Tags: actualización, internetTV, Miro, multimedia […]

  11. James Says:

    Downloaded Miro 1.2 for Mac. This is the error message I get when starting: “An unkown (sic) error prevented Miro from startup.” It then closes. Any ideas?

  12. Miro 1.2 update is out with the latest Mozilla 1.9 : Mozilla Links Says:

    […] the open source Mozilla-based video player and aggregator has been updated to version 1.2. Most notable is the update to XUL Runner 1.9 based on Mozilla 1.9, the latest and still in […]

  13. Miro 1.2 lançado | Open Mania Says:

    […] o agregador open source e reprodutor de vídeo baseado no Mozilla, foi actualizado para a versão 1.2. A novidade mais notável foi a actualização do Xul Runner para a versão 1.9 baseado na Mozilla […]

  14. Geckie Says:

    I installed the update. Now I can’t download anything because I can’t even get a connection to any peers. What the heck happened?

  15. Encryption Needed! Says:

    Please add some real encryption!! Fucking Comcast continues to block all my torrent downloads through Miro!

  16. Version 1.2 Won't Download Videos Says:

    1.2 craps out. Won’t download anything. All downloads just hang in the progress bar with “Starting Up”, but nothing ever downloads.

  17. janet Says:

    We have the downloading problem captured in bug 9756 http://bugzilla.pculture.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9756. It appears to be a problem with a dll file not being found. Here is a work-around provided by one of our users.

    “Shut down Miro and copy the dll files located in the main Miro directory into
    the xulrunner\python subfolder where Miro_Downloader.exe is located, then start
    up Miro again.”

  18. Geckie Says:

    The work-around worked great. Thanks for the info.

  19. David Nelson Says:

    Any way to see the channels provided without first downloading Miro 1.2? I’m trying to augment the fickle cable system here in Mumbai and would like to see if certain channels are available.

  20. Nicholas Reville Says:

    David– you can see everything in the Miro Guide at - http://www.miroguide.com

  21. will Says:

    I wanted to clarify the text in the blog entry. It says we updated Miro to work with xulrunner 1.9 for both Windows and Linux–that’s not quite right. We did the work for Windows, but not Linux yet.

    The Linux work is being tracked in bug 9692:

    http://bugzilla.pculture.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9692

    When we get it up and working, we’ll probably do a 1.2.2 release or something like that.

  22. Manish Says:

    Great…..its work fine………. can we have something from which we can watch or see indian television or TV online for free? Simly india tv for free online.

  23. Miro - Lass die Glotze aus « Inoffizielles sidux-Blog Says:

    […] heute ist die neueste Version von Miro (1.2.1) in debian/unstable und damit einfach in sidux installierbar. Einfach folgendes in eine Konsole als […]

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