Install Miro Internet TV on ubuntu

Miro is a free application that turns your computer into an internet TV video player. You can download it for your Linux ubuntu. This will turn your system into live Internet TV and its not like youtube or any other online streaming software which buffers while playing.

Minimum System Requirement
Linux: 500Mhz CPU with a good video card, 1GHz without, 128MB RAM.

There are 2 ways to install Miro on your ubuntu

First way to install Miro
To install it on your ubuntu, just go to terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

this will open up sources list where you need to add this line at the end

for hardy users
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu hardy/

for Gusty users
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu gutsy/

now just save and exit this file

after this we need to update sources list using following command

sudo apt-get update

till here our half work is done :)

now to install Miro use following command in terminal

sudo aptitude install miro

To Access Miro goto
Applications—>Sound & video—>Miro Internet TV


Second way to install Miro
To install Miro by this way on Ubuntu, you need to add Miro repository. This is pretty easy and you only need to do it once.

Open synaptic package manager (System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager)

Open the repositories window (In synaptic package manager>>Settings>>repositories)

Click on Third Party Tab then press add button

Now add APT Line (repositories)

For Hardy
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu hardy/

For Gusty
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu gutsy/

For Fiesty
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu feisty/

For Dapper
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu dapper/


Now click Add Source button

Once its added just press the reload button on the left hand top corner of synaptic package manager window

Search for Miro in synaptic package manager and mark for install

Press Apply button now and its installed :)

To Access Miro goto
Applications—>Sound & video—>Miro Internet TV