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All of us are viewing, collecting and streaming video online much more than we used to. Video content has proliferated on the web, and creating online video is no longer the work of just an isolated group of skilled technocrats. Anyone can become a video broadcaster online, and there are countless tools that can help you collect and consume video content. In this post, you'll find 10 resources for making your experience with online video better, and more efficient.?

Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and Linux. Miro has long been well-liked as a way to collect and view timely video content, as well as manage video libraries. There are many enhancements in the new version, detailed here, but two of the new features that have jumped out at me as I've used the new version are audio podcasts available through Miroguide (a really nice way to navigate to content from all around the web and sample offerings that you may like), and smarter handling of BitTorrent files, especially videos.

We've covered VLC Media Player a number of times, and it is now out in a new version 1.0.0, dubbed Goldeneye. You can download it here. It's available for the Mac, Windows and Linux, and has long been one of the best of all media players. Back in April, VideoLAN put out a call for Mac developers, and the Mac version is slicker than ever. You can use VLC Media Player to transcode videos and songs between formats, stream content, and it's well-known for handling almost any format you throw at it.