Step 1
The installation is pretty straightforward. If you're using Lucid Lynx, all you have to do is go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center, search for Miro and proceed with installing it. Once installed, you'll find it under Applications -> Sound & Video.

Step 2
The first thing to do after running Miro is to subscribe to some content. Miro divides this into 'Video' and 'Audio'. An example of video would be Euronews 'No Comment', and The New York Times Front Page an example of an audio program (also called Podcast). To add No Comment as a show, copy their link, and inside Miro go to Sidebar -> Add feed (on the top menu). Paste the link, select video, and you're good to go!

Step 3
Next thing is to download some episodes from that show. The show will appear on the left sidebar, and clicking on it will reveal the available episodes for download. Choose those that interest you and once they're downloaded, they will show under Video, on top.

Note: The same procedure applies for Audio. Try it out with the NYTimes Front Page feed!

Step 4
Now that you have successfully subscribed to some shows, you can manage their download behavior. The 'Auto Download' menu on top allows you to get all the episodes, hand-pick those you want, or simply have Miro grab the freshest ones every time they come out. This way they'll sit quietly on you Hard-drive waiting to be watched by you.

Finally, peruse the Miro guide (sidebar, on top) and explore some shows that might interest you. Here is a list of some of my favorites.

Audio
Thinking Allowed.
Guardian Daily.
The Monocle Weekly.

Video
Democracy Now! (I got introduced to Miro by these nice folks)
Bleed.
Global Pulse.

Share those you've learned to love on the comment section. I'll lay down some more advanced Miro tips and tricks on a future post.

Step 1

Go to "Applications"->"Wine"->"Wine Configure" and go to the "Audio" tab, it takes a moment to load up. The settings that I found worked well for me was as follows:

Uncheck "ALSA Driver" box
Check "EsounD Driver" box

Hit Apply, OK and then "Test Sound" and if you can hear the sound clearly try running Spotify again and see if that fixes your sound problems, worked great for me haven't had any problems since.

Note: If that didn't work for you can try the Spotify suggested configuration here.

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Step 1

Download flash here (Source).

Note: Download it to somewhere easy to access it like your Desktop

Step 2

Navigate to the download and right click on it and Extract Here.

Step 3

A new folder will be created called /install_flash_player_10_linux open this folder and right click on the file called flashplayer-installer click Properties and naviage to the Permission tab and make sure Allow Executing file as program is checked.

Step 4

Now double click the file flashplayer-installer and then click Run in Terminal.

Note: You're going to need to close you web browser inorder to install flash properly do read ahead before installing, it's pretty easy though.

Step 5

You'll now be prompted with a terminal window asking to you press Enter on your keyboard to continue, do so.

It'll then ask you if you want to proceed with the installation, enter the letter y and hit enter.

You will then be asked you want to do another installation, enter the letter n and hit enter.

Flash 10.1 should now be installed fully!

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When I opened up alsamixer pressed tab until I was viewing [All] I saw that there were two options both called analog and I figure well everything else seems to be on why no see what they do, anyway, I ended up pressing up once to change them both to Digital and that seemed to fix my problem instantly!

A little secondary tip would be to have the Sound Preferences application focused on input and try and make the little bar move when you make a sound. Then test it out with the Sound Recorder application under Applications -> Sound & Video

Hope this helps someone else out!

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Step 1
To access the program, run in the terminal:
gstreamer-properties

Or (for you GUI people)

Go to "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Main Menu". Then select the "Preferences" under the Systems directory. Look down the list and tick the box next to Multimedia Systems Selector" and "Close". You can now access the application throught "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Multimedia Systems Selector"

Step 2
Now in the program go to the "Video" tab and under "Default Output" use the dropdown menu for the "Plugin" option and change it from "Autodetect" to "X Window System (No Xv)" and "Close" the program.

You're all set, now you can use whatever media player you like!

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Update: I've written an update to this fix here.

Step 1
Firstly we need to install VLC media player, I personally think this is the best video player out there on any platform seeing as it will play just about anything under the sun. In your terminal run:
sudo apt-get install vlc

It shouldn't take too long to download and install.

Step 2
Once it's installed open up "VLC media player" from your "Applications" -> "Sound & Video" menu.
Click on "Tools" -> "Preferences" -> "Video". Where is says "Output" the current value is "Default", change this using the drop down menu to "X11 vidoe output". Click "Save" and exit the window.

Step 3
You're going to want to make VLC your default video player, this can be done by right clicking a video and going to "Properties" -> "Open With" and select VLC, if VLC is not there go to "Add" and select it from the list of applications, click "Add" again and set it as the default video player.

Note: You might have to repeat this step for different video formats eg. avi, xvid, mp4. You only have to set VLC as default to that video format once on any file of that format, after that it'll know to open up those formats in VLC. Although if you do run into a video that opens in Totem, you know what to do.

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Don’t worry, Apple hasn’t really given you a Trojan Horse! Basically what’s happening is AVG is scanning the iTunes Installer, iTunes and iPod directories and thinking you’ve been infected with a “Small.BOG Trojan Horse”. This prevents you from downloading the installer, because AVG just deletes files inside it and even if you mange to download the installer without AVG deleting files from it, it will just delete files from the directories where iTunes is installed. Enough of that, here how to fix it...

This fix will work for both Windows XP and Vista (I’m assuming it’ll work on 64-bit version also).

Step 1
We first need to create expectations in AVG, this will stop it from scanning and deleting files from the /iTunes and /iPod directories in C:/Program Files.

Open up AVG and right and click on resident shield, select open and uncheck resident shield active.

Click “Manage Exceptions”, then “Add Path” and navigate to both (you’ll have to do this one at a time):

C:/Program Files/iTunes/
C:/Program Files/iPod/

Note: If you have uninstalled iTunes at this time you won’t see the iTunes or iPod directory. Simple navigate to where they should be (C:/Program Files/) and create a new folder and call them iTunes and iPod.

Click “Apply”, then “OK”, then “Save Changes”.

Step 2
Now we have to disable AVG from starting up (we will re-enable this once iTunes is installed), because if we don’t it will just delete files from the iTunes installer straight after we download it.

Right click on “My Computer” (either in the Start Menu or Desktop icon) and go to “Manage”. Double click “Services and Applications” and then double click on “Services”.

Look for “AVG Free8 WatchDog” and right click on it and go to “Properties”. Where is says “Startup Type” it should say “Automatic”, change this to “Disabled” via the dropdown menu. Click “Apply” and then “OK”.

Close all windows and restart your computer.

Note: don't worry about the security warnings you get when you boot back up, this is normal and we will amend them once we have fixed iTunes.

Step 3
If you tried to reinstall iTunes but it didn’t work, follow the instructions in Fix A. If you did not uninstall iTunes and just left it the way it was, follow the instructions in Fix B. If you don’t have the “Apple Software Update” program needed in A or just aren’t sure follow the instruction in Fix C (This one is pretty much bullet proof, if all fails try Fix C).

Fix A
If you uninstalled iTunes when you found it had stopped working and tried to reinstall it, but found that didn’t work either. Open the “Apple Software Update” program in your Start Menu (if you don’t have it follow the instructions in Fix C) and check the box for “iTunes + QuickTime” and click install. Follow the on screen prompts. It should download and install. Just quit out of the updater when it's all done, run iTunes to make sure it's working and move on to Step 4 if this didn’t work try Fix C.

Fix B
If you did not uninstall the program, run iTunes from the Start Menu (or icon), I found that in Vista (not sure about XP, but assuming) it knew there was a problem and fixed it. Again just follow any prompts and make sure when its finished iTunes is working. If this doesn’t work try Fix C.

Fix C
If you don't have “Apple Software Update” installed currently or have completely removed iTunes you can just go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and download iTunes. Make sure you've selected the right version for your system (32-bit or 64-bit) and download it. Once it has downloaded simply double click the setup installer and follow the on screen prompts, it should install fine. If no errors occur during the install just run iTunes and make sure it works.

Step 4
Return to the “Services” window (see above; right click on My Computer->Manage->Services and applications->Services) and find “AVG Free8 WatchDog” again. Right click on it and set the “Startup Type” back to “Automatic”.

Restart your computer and everything should be fine working fine. Open up AVG, and then open the “Resident Shield” and check the “Resident Shield Active” box. You're all done now. iTunes should not have any more problems with AVG.

I followed these methods on both a Windows XP and Vista machine (both 32-bit). I assume this will work with 64-bit versions as long as you follow my instructions.

This is just a work around to stop AVG from deleting iTunes. Lets hope AVG update there database soon. Once they do we can remove the Exception paths we add so that AVG can scan those directories for actual malicious files.

Please post in the comments if this helps you or if you have any problems.

Note: At the time of this post the conflicting software versions where; AVG version 8.5.392, Virus database version 270.13.28/2259 (Release Date 24 July 2009) conflicting with iTunes Version 8.2.1.6.