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wjmaggos shared an idea in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro) on November 07, 2009 17:45:
Mirobird? Merge Miro with Songbird?We are discussing this on Get Satisfaction, but under Songbird...
http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t...
what I want is a media application and platform that truly competes against iTunes, but from an open culture perspective/philosophy. in the same way that we evangelize to our friends about switching from IE to Firefox, I want to be able to do the same with Mirobird vs iTunes. it should be that simple. Mirobird should do everything that iTunes does, but better, while at the same time making the case for a more open culture of media (plugins, support for non-Apple hardware, not limited to the iTunes store, supporting bittorrent, etc.) isn't Firefox's ability to successful compete against and steal marketshare from IE so quickly, while pushing the open philosophy, the truly inspiring part?
speed matters just like it does when you are out there making the argument for Firefox over IE, but so does good support for both audio and video, the 10-foot Front Row-like experience, a simple interface for getting all media, a great podcast library, ability to rip CD's (and maybe DVD's), and everything else that I'm forgetting but that we can't thank the developers at PCF and Pioneers of the Inevitable enough for. i just feel like Firefox made the jump from the ghetto of the geeks & free culture to the mainstream while bringing along its ideals, and we could do the same in the realm of media players with a merger of Miro & Songbird. but I don't think we get there as quickly or at all in separate pieces.-
wjmaggos replied on November 07, 2009 17:37 to the idea "Make a fusion between Miro and Songbird" in Songbird:
nice to see so many comments on this idea in the last 24 hours, I wonder what's changed.
what I want is a media application and platform that truly competes against iTunes, but from an open culture perspective/philosophy. in the same way that we evangelize to our friends about switching from IE to Firefox, I want to be able to do the same with Mirobird vs iTunes. it should be that simple. Mirobird should do everything that iTunes does, but better, while at the same time making the case for a more open culture of media (plugins, support for non-Apple hardware, not limited to the iTunes store, supporting bittorrent, etc.) isn't Firefox's ability to successful compete against and steal marketshare from IE so quickly, while pushing the open philosophy, the truly inspiring part?
speed matters just like it does when you are out there making the argument for Firefox over IE, but so does good support for both audio and video, the 10-foot Front Row-like experience, a simple interface for getting all media, a great podcast library, ability to rip CD's (and maybe DVD's), and everything else that I'm forgetting but that we can't thank the developers at PCF and Pioneers of the Inevitable enough for. i just feel like Firefox made the jump from the ghetto of the geeks & free culture to the mainstream while bringing along its ideals, and we could do the same in the realm of media players with a merger of Miro & Songbird. but I don't think we get there as quickly or at all in separate pieces. -
wjmaggos replied on September 06, 2009 02:16 to the idea "Make a fusion between Miro and Songbird" in Songbird:
mirobird mirobird mirobird -
wjmaggos replied on January 25, 2009 17:55 to the idea "Please make Miro portable!" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):
Miro on Android would be awesome! -
wjmaggos replied on January 25, 2009 17:53 to the idea "Set top box for Miro?" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):
I run Miro on my mac mini hooked up to an HDTV, but there are still the problems of Miro not supporting the Apple Remote or having a 10-ft UI like Front Row. Those are key hurdles (easily done im guessing) to greater adoption of Miro as THE program to run on your HDTV-connected computer. -
wjmaggos started following the idea "HD TV + Dual Monitor support" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro).
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A comment on the idea "Suggestions for using computer+miro as household tv" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):
I'm so glad to see the 10-ft UI is on the horizon. As I've posted on the Miro blog and elsewhere, I run Miro on a mac mini hooked up to my HDTV. I guess I'm waiting for the apple remote to work with Miro, like it does with Boxee. Along the lines of what Ale said above, this would be a huge step toward making Miro the way I watch all my video on the big screen. – wjmaggos, on January 25, 2009 15:58
