Hi there,

my name is Matthias Mehldau, mostly called wetterfrosch, and I'm new to the mixd.tv team. My role concerns especially you, the user - ok, everyone's work here does.

My part is to stay in touch with you. That means: I'll keep you up-to-date about the progress, new features and activities of mixd.tv through posts on the blog, twitter account and facebook page, reading the feedback of our dearest beta-testers and getting your words in to the minds of our developers.

I'm looking forward to read or write to you soon and if you like to contact me, feel free to send a mail to wetter_aett_mixd.tv. My mixd.tv username, where you can find my playlists, is wetterfrosch.

We've just entered the test phase for the mixd.tv Mac OSX app. As it turns out the mixd.tv app is already faster than YouTube's flash player (with our video player not yet fully optimized). In the screencast below you see the same 1080p video (scaled down by the players) as it is running in Safari and then playing in mixd.tv's mplayer.

The frame rate in the mixd.tv app is way higher than in YouTube's flash player. Filmed from a MacMini (1.83 GHz) on OSX Version 10.5.8.



To try it for yourself, visit the YouTube Video.

We've collected a list of common questions and answers at our new FAQ page. Suggestions are always welcome.

We've been visiting Paris to meet other startups and investors at the Red Herring Europe Conference. After two amazing days of sharing ideas, presenting and seeing presentations of other startups, we're happy to be a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Startup winner. (see press release for details)

Today we're sending out invite codes for the first beta applicants. Users can test the Linux and Windows Software with features such as:

• Searching various video sources simultaneously
• Video playback while loading
• Collecting online videos in playlists
• Publishing and subscribe to playlists online

We're looking forward to some feedback, and hope our new users will have fun using the mixd.tv platform. You can apply for the upcoming beta-2 now.

We've been interviewed by Golem a German news service for IT professionals . The article (in German) describes how the mixd.tv technology is designed and what users can expect from our desktop app.

We are currently preparing for our talk at re:publica 2010. re:publica is Germany's biggest blogger and social media conference. We are happy to present the current state of the mixd.tv project there. You can also expect more news on the mixd.tv beta soon.

Welcome to the brand new mixd.tv blog. We'll tell you what's going on in the mixd.tv world and comment on new features. Also the mixd.tv developers will blog about what they're up to. Have fun!