The rc1 of the 4.1 version is now available. Key changes include

• use multiple threads on mp4 transcoding
• cross browser compatible video play and download count support using collective.piwik.flowplayer
• remove stale rtorrent entry
• upgrade step to create torrents for existing videos
• add an exception to varnish for m4v files

A full list of closed tickets can be found here.

Code repository is at https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/plumi.app/tags/4.1rc1 or check the page on plone.org.

Working version can be seen at demo.plumi.org.

Beta Announcement with further details

Final release imminent! Any testing much appreciated.

Big thanks to Unweb and Dave Fregon for making the release possible.

We are pleased to announce the release of a beta version of Plumi 4.1. New features are focused on improving video sharing and playback, including BitTorrent video-sharing support, high/low resolution video playback, video-analytics and template improvements.

The plumi.app package can be found on PyPI here:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/plumi.app/

It is available here on Plone.org:
http://plone.org/products/plumi/releases/4.1b1

Changes include:

• Torrent support [clopy]
• Show available seeders on video view [clopy]
• Views/ Downloads stats for videos [dimo, mgogoulos]
• High / Low quality for videos [clopy]
• Remove Action – Renaming Video Item – When in Pending/Published State [dave]
• Remove ability of ordinary Members to change folder view of any folder [dave]
• Add link to video author in taxonomy and other video listings [dave]

A full list of tickets closed for this release can be found here on the Plumi development tracker.

This version is beta software, it is not ready for a production environment, but please try installing it and send us any bugs you find by lodging them as a ticket here.

You can also test the software at the Plumi testing site here:
http://testing.plumi.org/

The code is available here in SVN:
https://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/plumi.app/tags/4.1b1/

This release has been produced by Unweb in conjunction with EngageMedia.