Miro
If you know where to get your video, you may like Miro
License:
Free (Open source)
Pros & Cons:
Does live streams, but also does RSS.
Makes heavy use of your hard drive and Internet bandwidth because it wants to download everything to your hard drive, TIVO style.
Our Review:
Miro will not only do live streams but also RSS. It makes heavy use of your hard drive and Internet bandwidth because it wants to download everything to your hard drive, TIVO style. The program guide is preloaded, but there is very little network content. If you know where to get your video, you may like Miro. Advisory: Miro is bundled with OpenCandy. More information here.
| Miro | ||
| Condition | Yes/No/N/A | Comment |
| Requires downloader | no | good |
| Bundle | yes | nitro PDF, not such a good idea to me |
| Installation process | n/a | easy and advanced = very good |
| Configuration | n/a | medium to advanced = good |
| Stability | n/a | good - did not crash |
| Extra software | yes | bonjour is required, not such a good idea to me |
| Overall | n/a | some tv streams - multimedia player combined with web browsing, tested the Ubuntu version too |
Tested on a basic Acer laptop:
- CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 N950
- Memory - 4 GB RAM
- O/S - Windows 7 Home plus Kubuntu 10.04 in a dual boot configuration.
Miro was reviewed by Gizmos Freeware on
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