Miro

Miro Community 0.8.5 has been released! Version 0.8.5 has some exciting new features and has cleaned up some bugs both above and below the surface. Some of the changes include: *Updated Category Pages – You can now see a list of subcategories within a category, and see all videos in a category in chronological order, regardless of [...]

Miro 2.5.4 fixes bugs on all platforms and makes some key updates on Windows that improve torrent performance and compatibility for Windows 7.   All users should update. In particular, this release fixes some data issues, including a case where ... [More] invalid torrent files could cause database problems.  Additionally we have updated to vlc 1.0.3 which addresses [...] [Less]

We are honored to announce that Nicholas Reville, co-founder and Executive Director of Participatory Culture Foundation, has been elected as an Ashoka Fellow for his work on Miro and open video. Ashoka is a global non-profit that identifies and ... [More] supports social entrepreneurs, people who are creating social change in scalable, sustainable ways. [...] [Less]

Participatory Culture Foundation needs a part-time sysadmin, working about 10 hours a week, supporting Miro, Miro Guide, Miro Community, and our development tools. Do you know anyone great, especially someone who loves free and open-source software? ... [More] Send them our way! We are looking for someone with at least 3 years of experience and experience [...] [Less]

Recently a few people have reported that their McAfee Virus Scan is detecting trojans in the miro install and uninstall executable files.  This is another instance of McAfee getting false positive hits against the NSIS installer. NSIS has a page on their wiki which they keep updated.  You can find it here: NSIS False Positives.

We are preparing for a Miro 2.5.4 release.  This has a bunch of data-handling related fixes, fixes for some edge-case crashers, and some other stuff.  It also contains an update to vlc 1.0.3 which should fix some Windows 7 compatibility issues. We’d appreciate it if you could take the time to download and test out the [...]

Since the public beta launch of Miro Community on Thursday, we’ve been excited to see what kind of sites people would create. And we haven’t been disappointed – already, a variety of sites are testing their wings. One of the most moving displays of MC’s potential is from tiny Cook County, Minnesota. Danna Mackenzie, the Information [...]

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Miro Community, in partnership with the Knight Foundation. It’s a powerful way to draw video from all over the web, whether it’s produced by you or someone else, into a highly customizable site that you control. CALL FOR LOCAL AND PUBLIC MEDIA PARTNERS:We are beginning this public beta [...]

If academia has been filled with walled gardens of content, there’s now a way to smell the roses without breaking and entering. We’re pleased to see the launch of AcaWiki, a collaborative, Creative Commons-licensed, nonprofit “Wikipedia for academic ... [More] research.” At PCF, we’re big believers in the use of open-source and collaborative tools for education, and [...] [Less]

Vodo is a promising new project that aims to dismantle the toxic environment of Hollywood PR and film distribution. The venture has already released a fantastic feature film, Us Now, directly to some of the largest video viewing communities online. This particular release has garnered well over 100,000 downloads in less than a week. Vodo [...]