The Participatory Culture Foundation, a Massachusetts based non-profit, has announced an update to the open source Miro internet TV platform that features faster performance and audio podcasts.

Changes in Miro 2.5 include:

• Miro 2.5 launches 2 – 4 times faster (especially for users with lots of videos and feeds)
• New audio podcast section of the Miro Guide
• Better interface for audio playback
• Button to download from YouTube when you add as sidebar site – also see: 4 ways to download files (including torrents) from websites inside Miro
• Smarter handling of bittorrent files, especially videos
• New Library interface with ‘Video’, ‘Audio’, and ‘Other’ sections
• New keyboard shortcuts for virtually all functions (great for programming a remote control)
• Interface polish and refinement
• Easier hacking: the database layer was rewritten to use a simplified SQLite schema and we’ve created a new developer documentation site: Miro Developer Documentation v2.5

Miro is available for OS X, Windows & Linux. Download Miro here.