Adobe Media Player

"Does the world really need another standalone media player?" If they can get better broadcast television deals than Joost, then yes. I might even switch to it from Miro for web content if they provide a better user experience.

Hmph, I'm not sure I like the method they've used for inserting adverts. You can only drag the progress slider up to the "bump" where the next advert is and you have to watch the advert to get access to the next part of the video and the ads sometimes cut in too early, making you miss part of the show. Also, I got half way through the episode and it stopped playing, I went back to the home page and back into the episode and it wanted me to start at the beginning again, adverts and all. I was able to skip forward to the ads so I only wasted a couple of minutes getting back to where I was, but it happened again and then the episode disappeared before I had a chance to finish watching it. Guess I'll have to wait a couple of weeks till it airs over here, serves me right.

It appears that all my problems were with streaming content with ads; downloaded content plays fine and remembers your position when you return to it. It's actually a better flv player than Miro right now as you can seek within a video (which currently causes Miro to stall for flv files) but it lacks Miros ability to subscribe to any RSS feed with video content. Looks like I'll have to carry on downloading Google Tech Talks with Miro but I'll be watching them with Adobe Media Player.

"Competition helps the consumer win" ....but not the vendor. "This idea of exclusivity in the media store is a losing proposition" seems to have worked for Apple.... "I'd really love if Apple gave permission for WMP to access and sync with the iPod/iTunes Store." ain't gonna happen, sorry.