mixd.tv allows users to discover content via a 3 means:
- Search box: users can enter whatever search term that they want.
- Source browsing: users can browse through a source tree and find subscribable channels of content. Channels represent a source of content that is regularly updated, subscribers are notified of the updates in digests each time they login.
- Playlists: User created lists of video that can be searched for from the search box and subscribed to. Playlists can be anything from a list of someone’s favorite music videos, to a list of educational videos about a certain topic, to a list of things that just catch your eye.
There is a known issue in the software that we are looking to fix in the next release. The issue can be fixed by restarting the application.
The mixd.tv app is special in that it acts very much like a browser for video. This has the advantage of putting you in charge of what you search for (which sources you use), making search a customised experience and making sure that you are doing nothing more than accessing content that would be freely available on the web. It does however, cost a little time, the performance of your computer can make a difference as can the quality of the equipment used by websites to provide their video streams.