Thread: Play any video

This is probably the best part of Miro. The formats it supports vary across platforms, but generally it can play almost all the major formats, like MPEG, Quicktime, AV!, H.264, DivX, Wmdows Media, Flash Video, etc. To quote from the Miro FAQ page, "The Linux version of Miro uses GStreamer or Xine to play videos. Xine supports MPEG 1/2/4, DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8, QuickTime, Theora, and more ... GStreamer has varying levels of support: Theora and AV! are well-supported; MPEG 1 is supported but has licensing issues; AAC and H.264 are not well-supported ... " A nice thing about Miro is that it works so well for HD content, you'll find lots of video that looks beautiful in full screen, even on the largest displays. As they say on the homepage, 'More HD than anyone'! Figure 3 shows Miro playing HD content from Diggnation.

Another really useful feature is the option to 'resume from where you left off. You can let Miro remember where you stopped watching a video and start at that point when you play it again. Plus you have keyboard shortcuts as well for all key playback commands. Go to Video ,Options in the Menu to configure Miro the way you want it.