Geek Software of the Week: Somud!
Somud is so much more than just a Bittorrent client! Check it out!
Somud – Bittorrent Client and So Much More!
Search and Download
Embedded P2P search engine support allows you to search and download anything from most popular P2P search engines
Embedded web video search engine support allows you to search, preview and download web video on the Internet
Simple click to download any file you find – zero need for any BitTorrent or P2P knowledge
Easily download web images to your gallery
Support searching via Sock5/HTTP proxy
BitTorrent Download and Share
Preview capability – allows you to play media file while it is being dowloaded
Fast resume – resume task quickly without checking file integrity from the beginning
Adjust download/upload bandwidth limit for all tasks or for individual task
Support downloading only specified files within a Torrent
Create your own Torrent for seeding – share your own files over P2P networks
Schedule tasks or shutdown computer at specified time
Look up for peer location
Block particular peer or multiple IP ranges
Support downloading via Magnet URI and Info-hash
Web brower integration for Magnet protocol
Support both HTTP and UDP trackers
Support multiple trackers
Support DHT protocol – trackerless Torrent
Support router NAT and UPnP
Support LSD (Local service discovery) – discover peers within the same local network
Support task queue management
Support super seeding – initial seeding
Support private Torrent
Support web seeding – HTTP seeding
Support Sock5/HTTP proxy for connecting trackers, DHT networks and/or peers
Support encrypting/decrypting data streams
Support disk caching management
Support user commenting and rating
Support URL clipboard monitoring
Support drag/drop
HTTP/FTP Download
Intelligent multiple splitting support greatly boosts download speed
Support downloading with multiple mirror URLs to boost download speed
Preview capability allows you to play media file while it is being dowloaded
Support looking up for URL host location
Support downloading via Sock5/HTTP proxy
Support authentication, rename and file tag/description
Failure retry mechanism
Support URL clipboard monitoring
Support user commenting and rating
Web Image Download
Extract and download all web images from web pages to your gallery
Support JPG/JPEG/GIF/PNG image formats
Support downloading images with customized sizes
Support zoom in/out preview
Support web browser integration
Desktop Audio/Video and Camera Audio/Video Recording (Windows only)
Record your desktop/screen motion and sound into video to present and to share
Support recording either full screen or selected desktop/screen areas
Support seamlessly inserting customized screen annotations while recording for better presentation
Record any sound from your PC or microphone into MP3
Capture camera video and audio
Support customized recording and capturing parameters adjustment for professional use
Support shortcut operations
Currently, these features are only supported on Windows platforms
MP4/FLV (Flash) Web Video Playback
Embedded MP4/FLV (Flash) video player allows you to play downloaded web videos
Integrated into SoMud – download, preview and play operations are streamlined
Support drag/drop
File Integrity Verification
Verify file integrity based on its hash
Generate hash for specified file
Supported hash algorithms: MD4, MD5 and SHA-1
Support drag/drop
Audio/Video Format Conversion
Plugin support for converting any audio and video format
Support for multiple files conversion
Support for customized parameters adjustment
Support drag/drop
Parental Control and Virus Scan
Support parental control to filter specified keywords and lock specified content
Support integrating third-party anti-virus software to scan downloaded files
AP Suggestor
Support search engine keywords suggestion
Support video and image suggestion
Support similar sites and answers suggestion
Support shopping comparison
Support facebook and twitter suggestion
For more information, please check here
Cross-platform Support
SoMud currently supports operating systems for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X
For Windows:
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP
For Mac OS X:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
CPU Architecture Support: Universal Binary