I’m keeping a close eye on Miro every since the product was released as the Democracy Player back in 2006. A lot has changed since then, not only the name. The developers have pushed out the first beta of the upcoming version of Miro. Let me explain quickly what Miro is all about. Miro, in [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows

I have reviewed several video players in the past that use MPlayer as a core component. This includes my favorite video player SMPlayer but also KMPlayer (just received an update to version 3) or MPlayer WW. UMplayer is another MPlayer fork with some interesting new features that you won’t find in the other players. I [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows

Web video is still largely powered by Adobe’s Flash technology. Sure, some sites like Youtube begin to offer videos in different formats like WebM, but Adobe Flash is still the dominant format, even on Youtube. That’s a problem if Flash is not working properly on your system. If you experience lags, endless buffering or other [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Sometimes you may want to see a specific scene of a video, or a movie in full detail. Some action scenes for instance are to fast to see all the details. That’s where Image by Image can help the viewer with. The free sub 150k video player can play videos slower than usual so that [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Current Adobe Flash versions cause a heavy load on many computer systems during video playback. This will change with the upcoming Adobe Flash Player 10.2 which is currently available as a beta version. Users who are experiencing performance problems during video playback, especially when they are playing high definition contents on video sites such as [...]

Categories: Mac, Software, Windows

MPlayer is one of the most popular media players. Many media players are actually using MPlayer as their core. This is for instance the case for the two players KMPlayer and SMPlayer. Both offer an improved interface and better direct customizability. MPlayer WW is another variant for Windows users. It features a slick interface, great [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Windows

Nothing is more frustrating than having to wait until a media player has finished building the font cache, before a video can be played on the local computer system. Especially so, if the “building font cache” window appears every time the media player is used to play videos. The first question that comes to mind [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Tutorials Basic, Windows

VLC Media Player is a popular media player available for Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Version 1.0 of the player has been downloaded more than 150 million times. A recent video player comparison at Techradar saw VLC 1.0 at the top of the field together with other popular players such as SMPlayer, KPlayer or [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The video player Miro that we have reviewed in the past has been recently updated to version 3. Miro 3 combines the features of the previous version of the application with several new features that increase the usefulness and reach of the video player. Miro on first glance is a video player that can play [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows