Miro

Big news today! We are releasing Miro 3.0, a major new version that is faster and has a whole bunch of new features and polish. Download Miro 3.0 Aaannnndddddd… we’re also announcing a totally new application called Miro Video Converter! Read my post announcing Miro Video Converter for all the details. Here’s a quick [...]

Today we are launching the new Miro Video Converter, which I think it, by far, the easiest way to convert almost any video to MP4, Theora or for a specific device like an Android phone, iPhone, iPod, or PSP. The goal of Miro Video Converter is to give people an easy, fast, and intuitive [...]

Today we’re launching a project with the Open Video Alliance to promote video in Wikipedia articles. It’s called: Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia! This is a concept that I had thinking about and trying to nudge towards reality for a long time; I’m thrilled that we’re finally there. There’s a bunch of interesting aspects, but [...]

Now finished with the last few bugs and some dialog changes, we need your help for some final build testing and translations. Miro 3.0-rc3 is available from the nightly builds page for: windows, os x and source. Please take the time to download, and let us know how it goes.   Here’s a description of some of the new features [...]

Miro 3.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available on the nightly builds page for previewing and testing. You can download for either windows, mac, or source. There are some great new features coming in this release and a huge amount of fixed bugs. We are asking everyone to please download this build and let us know how it works [...]

Today, Duke University launched Duke on Demand, a video site powered by Miro Community (see the Duke press release). Duke on Demand is a single, fully branded, website of Duke-related video. The site is intended for students, alumni, self-motivated ... [More] learners, perspective students, as well as the general public. The site is great for viewers, who [...] [Less]

We’re delighted to announce a new version of Miro Community (0.9), which brings a host of new features and themes to the table. The software is incredibly powerful for bringing together video from all over the web into a cohesive website that can have a look and feel that suits a community or organization. Miro Community [...]

New community Womoz (Women & Mozilla) solicits videos about women and FLOSS for their Miro Community powered video site. Check it out and submit some videos! From the Womoz blog: The Women & Mozilla Video Website is live and you can help it grow! We’ve recently added a video website to our WoMoz project tools. This Website has [...]

Participatory Culture Foundation is looking for a designer. A top-notch portfolio is essential, we need somebody who knows HTML/CSS, and some javascript knowledge is a plus. This is for a new PCF project that will let communities of users subtitle any video on the web. You’ll be responsible for web design [...]

Below is a heads up on two conferences PCF recommends checking out! Making Your Media Matter is put on by American University’s Center for Social Media in Washington, D.C., Feb 11-12, 2010, and the Media that Matters Film Festival, put on by Arts Engine, is calling for submissions by January 22, 2010. See their announcements below. — Join [...]