<s>
Miro	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
named	O
Democracy	B-Language
Player	I-Language
or	O
DTV	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
player	O
and	O
Internet	O
television	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Participatory	O
Culture	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
supports	O
most	O
known	O
video	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Participatory	O
Culture	O
Foundation	O
no	O
longer	O
develops	O
Miro	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
can	O
automatically	O
download	O
videos	O
from	O
RSS-based	O
"	O
channels	O
"	O
,	O
manage	O
them	O
and	O
play	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
mesh	O
with	O
other	O
Participatory	O
Culture	O
Foundation	O
(	O
PCF	O
)	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Video	O
Bomb	O
,	O
a	O
social	B-General_Concept
tagging	I-General_Concept
video	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Channel	O
Channel	O
,	O
a	O
TV	O
guide	O
for	O
Internet	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
integrates	O
an	O
RSS	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
and	O
podcatcher	B-Application
,	O
a	O
BitTorrent	O
client	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
libtorrent	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
media	O
player	O
(	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
under	O
Windows	O
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
under	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
xine	B-Application
media	O
player	O
or	O
GStreamer	B-Language
under	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2.0	O
,	O
Miro	B-Language
supports	O
the	O
adding	O
of	O
website	O
bookmarks	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
Sites	O
"	O
category	O
;	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
ClearBits.net	O
is	O
preloaded	O
in	O
Miro	B-Language
as	O
a	O
bookmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
supported	O
video	O
files	O
are	O
QuickTime	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Video	I-Device
(	O
WMV	B-Device
)	O
,	O
MPEG	O
,	O
Audio	O
Video	O
Interleave	O
(	O
AVI	O
)	O
,	O
XVID	B-Algorithm
as	O
a	O
video	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miro	B-Language
Video	O
Converter	O
converts	O
video	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
with	O
profiles	O
for	O
the	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
(	O
.ogv	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
.mp4	O
,	O
and	O
WebM	B-Application
video	O
formats	O
supported	O
by	O
various	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
developer	O
of	O
Miro	B-Language
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Windows	O
installer	O
installs	O
proprietary	O
commercial	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
browser	O
add-ons	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
crapware	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
primary	O
ways	O
we	O
fund	O
continued	O
Miro	B-Language
development.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
first	O
launched	O
in	O
2005	O
as	O
Democracy	B-Language
Player	I-Language
(	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
DTV	O
)	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
as	O
Miro	B-Language
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
is	O
mostly	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
although	O
it	O
links	O
to	O
various	O
libraries	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
through	O
2.x	O
had	O
an	O
almost	O
entirely	O
HTML/CSS	O
based	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
uses	O
embedded	O
WebKit	O
in	O
a	O
GTK	B-Application
window	O
on	O
Unix/Linux	O
(	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Gecko/XUL	O
until	O
3.0.2	O
)	O
,	O
WebKit	O
in	O
a	O
Cocoa	O
window	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
in	O
a	O
XUL	B-Application
window	O
on	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
port	O
uses	O
Cocoa	O
and	O
others	O
use	O
GTK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	B-Language
received	O
a	O
favorable	O
review	O
from	O
Josh	O
Quittner	O
who	O
wrote	O
"	O
I	O
have	O
seen	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
television	O
and	O
it	O
’s	O
an	O
application	O
called	O
Miro.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Seth	O
Rosenblatt	O
of	O
CNET	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Providing	O
one-stop	O
shopping	O
for	O
all	O
your	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
management	O
desires	O
,	O
open-source	O
and	O
cross-platform	O
Miro	B-Language
deserves	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
praise	O
that	O
's	O
been	O
heaped	O
upon	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Softonic	B-Application
review	O
gave	O
the	O
software	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
9/10	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
perfect	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
video	O
content	O
from	O
different	O
sources	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
one	O
single	O
application	O
and	O
served	O
directly	O
to	O
your	O
PC	O
in	O
a	O
fast	O
,	O
easy	O
and	O
elegant	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
