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Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by bruce511 »

Ok, so it's billed (here at least) as the "iTunes Replacement". And it advertises strongly "Converts and syncs to Android" (front and centre on the main page).

But I'm really unclear if it'll actually replace iTunes for my iPod Touch. It doesn't say anything about i devices that I can see (except for advertising an iPad app that doesn't seem to be available yet.)

So either; a) it doesn't sync my iOS devices in which case it may be a great media player, but it's not an iTunes replacement or b) They're hoping I'll take a huge amount for granted.

My guess is that the heading in Hacker News is the bit that's completely misleading and I do wish folk wouldn't editorialize the headline.

If it _is_ an iTunes replacement then a lot more info is needed - like will it sync my apps? Can I purchase new apps? and so on.

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by Goronmon »

bruce511 wrote: post #2

Ok, so it's billed (here at least) as the "iTunes Replacement". And it advertises strongly "Converts and syncs to Android" (front and centre on the main page). But I'm really unclear if it'll actually replace iTunes for my iPod Touch. It doesn't say anything about i devices that I can see (except for advertising an iPad app that doesn't seem to be available yet.) So either; a) it doesn't sync my iOS devices in which…

From their FAQ:

Can I sync my videos to an iPod or other video device?

Currently, Miro doesn't directly sync with any portable devices. However, we will be working on this in future versions. In the meantime, you may be able to sync the video files themselves with a separate program.

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by chaosfox »

bruce511 wrote: post #2

Ok, so it's billed (here at least) as the "iTunes Replacement". And it advertises strongly "Converts and syncs to Android" (front and centre on the main page). But I'm really unclear if it'll actually replace iTunes for my iPod Touch. It doesn't say anything about i devices that I can see (except for advertising an iPad app that doesn't seem to be available yet.) So either; a) it doesn't sync my iOS devices in which…

Yea, I felt the same, I only use iTunes today to sync with my iPod and this answer our question(http://www.getmiro.com/using-miro/faq/index.php#q3.7), it seems to download torrents though, "why" is my new question..

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by tmcw »

Miro's a very cool project - the Participatory Culture Foundation does a bang-up job of productizing what they do and making it pretty.

For someone who'd want to switch from iTunes for higher performance and simplicity, rather than just going for an equivalent, what would I do?

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by SwellJoe »

I wish media player developers would stop trying to imitate iTunes. I hate iTunes. It's confusing (it's caused me to delete my entire music collection on my PC on multiple occasions), it's huge and demanding (of my focus/attention, and also computing resources) where it shouldn't be, and its integration with iTunes store is pointless and annoying to me (I don't shop at iTunes).

It's great that seemingly high quality cross-platform tools like this are being developed, though I wonder what this does that Songbird (the last big "iTunes replacement" I can think of) does not?

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by Brashman »

tmcw wrote: post #5

Miro's a very cool project - the Participatory Culture Foundation does a bang-up job of productizing what they do and making it pretty. For someone who'd want to switch from iTunes for higher performance and simplicity, rather than just going for an equivalent, what would I do?

I've switched to using foobar2000 (http://www.foobar2000.org/) and I think it's the first music player that I actually like. It's extremely simple and I've found it quite fast and responsive, even on my netbook.

Re: Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released

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Post by ra »

tmcw wrote: post #5

Miro's a very cool project - the Participatory Culture Foundation does a bang-up job of productizing what they do and making it pretty. For someone who'd want to switch from iTunes for higher performance and simplicity, rather than just going for an equivalent, what would I do?

Try Banshee
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