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@spellbinder

I tried everything possible. If it's an issue with a fresh install of an OS with just Miro and programs like Firefox running, there's a major problem. I just ended up dumping Miro a few days ago. I may check back in a few months to see if the developers have had an opportunity to figure out what's going on.

I understand, developing is hard. I would contribute if I had time. Miro has come a long way from it's first iteration and is still one of the best programs I've used. But it's also a huge memory hog and slow. If that changes, I would take another look at Miro.

For now I just bought a TV Tuner, so I record all the news shows in HD instead of downloading them. I record the TV Shows on the tuner as well and if I don't get that channel, Hulu Desktop is amazing! I've got the rest of those video feeds in my Google Reader and Thunderbird, so I just click the link and visit the web page to watch them.

okay i got some good news. I've just upgraded to the latest nightly build from http://participatoryculture.org/night...

the version for 9.15.09 seems to no longer crash! the exact version number is 2.5-git (6d5ab5b6)

the nightly build from just a few days before that had the same crashing issue. so something that was done to the miro_downloader has caused it to now function.

can a couple of you also try that build for the 15th and see if it works for you too?

@spellbinder, couldn't agree with you more. as i mentioned in a previous comment I've had Miro on Vista 32bit, Vista 64bit, and Win 7 64bit and same issue everywhere! They all were clean OS installs. All probably share a few basic programs such as Firefox, Thunderbird, but that's about it. And even if it was one of those basic programs, it should be fixed.

same problem on Windows 7 Pro 64bit (RTM).
and was the same issue on both 32bit and 64bit Windows Vista Ultimate

i hope this gets a fix, this is still the best video podcasting tool I've come across.

been having the same problem with just about every version of miro on vista 64bit. i can say that when 2.5 was in nightlies before launch, some of those nightly builds didn't crash on exit. however after the 2.5, 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 it's been happening again!