This quick comparison found on the New TeeVee blog … the whole blog post has more detail than the edited excerpt below.
Miro is a free, online open source internet television and video clip player. Anything free and open source I am interested in looking at, adiposity and I support the mission and work of the Participatory Culture Foundation.
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What Joost And Miro Could Learn From Each Other
The folks over at the Participatory Culture Foundation are gearing up for the 1.0 release of their Miro video player, formerly known as Democracy, and you can practically hear them sharpening their knives. The Getmiro.com web site is now featuringa comparison of Miro and Joost, and Joost doesn’t get much love: “Miro is open like the Internet. Joost works like a cable company with DRM.” Snap!
The aggressive tone of the site is understandable. Miro is an excellent product, but ever since they launched late last year, Joost has been getting all the attention. But is it really true that Joost is “a pretty dull product,” as the Miro blog laments? We’re not so certain about that. Sure, Joost has its shortcomings, but it also has some pretty innovative features. So why not learn from the competition? You can always start your knife fight later.
Here are a few things that Miro could learn from Joost:
Be more social.
Get widgets/plug-ins.
Be more open.[ Snip … ]
Of course, Joost has some lessons to learn as well:
Open up your catalog.
Play local video.
Tear down these walls.And finally, a lesson for both of them: One size doesn’t fit all. We’ve had this one box in our living room, serving all of our TV needs for decades, and now it’s supposed to be replaced by one software solution? No way. The competition both Joost and Miro need to be positioning themselves against is the web and its flash video platforms, not one another.
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