Comments on: Load DRM-free media on the Kindle Fire with Miro http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Crumpton http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1306856 Michael Crumpton Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1306856 Miro is an awesome concept, an RSS compatible Bittorent client and media manager and player, and the Mac version is finally robust and pretty bug free. I wish I could say the same about the Linux version. Every time they fix one bug they seem to create at least one new one. One nice feature that is not well known about Miro is that it is the easiest way to share media on your local network. You can easily set it so that all the computers can see and play each others media. It is the only simple way to share media between my Mac and linux box since Lion broke Samba. Miro is an awesome concept, an RSS compatible Bittorent client and media manager and player, and the Mac version is finally robust and pretty bug free. I wish I could say the same about the Linux version. Every time they fix one bug they seem to create at least one new one.

One nice feature that is not well known about Miro is that it is the easiest way to share media on your local network. You can easily set it so that all the computers can see and play each others media. It is the only simple way to share media between my Mac and linux box since Lion broke Samba.

]]> By: txvoodoo http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1306576 txvoodoo Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1306576 Exactly. I've been doing just that - dragging & dropping. So far, it's played MP4 and AVI formats perfectly. Exactly. I’ve been doing just that – dragging & dropping. So far, it’s played MP4 and AVI formats perfectly.

]]> By: Stephen Dennis http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1306104 Stephen Dennis Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1306104 Why even bother.  Why even bother. 

]]> By: waetherman http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1305975 waetherman Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1305975 It's a little unfair to say that Amazon "doesn't make it easy to convert and sync video" - like most other devices it's as easy as drag-and-drop. There is no need to "go through their servers". It may not support a lot of formats but it certainly is capable of loading apps that play obscure formats. Miro sounds like a fine app, but the creators shouldn't be spreading false rumors about the Fire just to make their app seem necessary. It’s a little unfair to say that Amazon “doesn’t make it easy to convert and sync video” – like most other devices it’s as easy as drag-and-drop. There is no need to “go through their servers”. It may not support a lot of formats but it certainly is capable of loading apps that play obscure formats.

Miro sounds like a fine app, but the creators shouldn’t be spreading false rumors about the Fire just to make their app seem necessary.

]]> By: scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1305858 scatterfingers Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1305858 The Kindle Fire is genius. The only thing about it Amazon doesn't control is the actual content production, though I can imagine they must have their eye on that too. Imagine a completely vertically integrated entertainment pipe. Amazon makes the content, Amazon sells the content, Amazon makes the device the content is viewed on, and Amazon makes a killing. They're moving into Apple's territory, the same way Apple moved into theirs. The Kindle Fire is genius. The only thing about it Amazon doesn’t control is the actual content production, though I can imagine they must have their eye on that too.

Imagine a completely vertically integrated entertainment pipe. Amazon makes the content, Amazon sells the content, Amazon makes the device the content is viewed on, and Amazon makes a killing.

They’re moving into Apple’s territory, the same way Apple moved into theirs.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1305743 digi_owl Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1305743 Yep, the link in the article quote is borked somehow. Yep, the link in the article quote is borked somehow.

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1305565 s2redux Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1305565 For those who like clickable links: <a href="http://www.getmiro.com/" rel="nofollow">Download Miro</a> and <a href="http://develop.participatoryculture.org/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Join the project here</a>. For those who like clickable links: Download Miro and Join the project here.

]]> By: Jeremiah McCoy http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/load-drm-free-media-on-the-kin.html#comment-1305538 Jeremiah McCoy Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136210#comment-1305538 hmm.  I wonder if you can do the same with the Nook Tablet? hmm.  I wonder if you can do the same with the Nook Tablet?

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