PUMP Video software incremental release 0.7.4 came out a couple of days ago, and adds a few things to the Preview 2 (0.7.3) from May 12.
PUMP is still in private beta but this new version of PUMP is available through the "Check for update" feature if you have a previous version. The checking is done either at start-up if you checked that setting or from the Help menu. If you don't have PUMP, sign-up for an invitation.
So, what's new? Way more than bug fixes, as you can see:
Mix a media player with a BitTorrent client, a browser, an RSS client, a download manager, a meta search engine, a media converter and a mobile sync manager - what do you get? >>> either a freak of nature or the first complete video software ever.
We revealed PUMP-Preview-1 back in December 2008 to get feedback and we got tons of it. Since then we have taken a huge step. We made some great improvements and added a bunch of very cool features in this PUMP-Preview-2:
a completely revamped user-interface -- a much better video library with video thumbnails -- improved BitTorrent and http downloads, web browser and flash video extractor -- added audio/video conversion (hell yeah!) -- and added audio/video sync with the iPod/iPhone -- yeeeeeha!
Click here for some high quality screenshots. Click here for the full changelog.
You can download PUMP (0.7.3) here with an invite code. The code DISCOVERPUMP will work 1000 100 times. If the code has expired you can leave a comment on this page and wait for the next invite distribution, or you can contact me on twitter: I will offer a 100-usage invite code to anyone who writes about PUMP on a blog or forum or elsewhere, whether it is a good or bad review.
We put a lot of work into this and I seize the opportunity to congratulate the team. We are very proud and we really hope you'll like it too!
Wanna have a look before you install? see this video screencast:
Yes, it is the first time we present PUMP on this blog and that's a sign. We are now en route for the public beta and we thought it was time to show some cards. So, what comes next?
Finish the conversion feature: make it look better, and make it even more simple to use
Finish the iPhone support
Fix bugs, more bugs and even more bugs
Then what?
Well, it is our opinion that a great Video software must have sharing and socializing features built-in. Obviously, building that from the ground up is a tough task. Hey but wait, remember, we already have VIPeers: a file sharing platform, dubbed as a social network!
So, there you go, the next big step will see the integration of PUMP with the VIPeers network. Until then, please give as tons of feedback on the VIPeers forum or better yet, follow @vipeers on twitter.
