Thursday, January 13, 2005
Grouper is Souper!
I downloaded Grouper today and it is super cool. It is a private P2P app that integrates chat and a media player. While this might sound like a wacky combination of features, it really makes a lot of sense.
Here's how Grouper works:
You install Grouper and select files that you want to share with your friends. You then create a group and invite friends to join (just enter in their e-mail addresses and Grouper sends out an invitation). Once friends join the group, you are able to browse and download any files that your friends have shared.
One of the cooler applications is for streaming MP3s. The built-in media player lets you play files from your own computer or from the shares of your friends. No need to download them. Just queue them up in your playlist and stream them.
I have my HTPC's music files shared and I listen to them from the Grouper app I have installed at work.
Best of all, Grouper is private and encrypted, so there will be no "Imperial entanglements."
Grouper is free. Get it here.
I downloaded Grouper today and it is super cool. It is a private P2P app that integrates chat and a media player. While this might sound like a wacky combination of features, it really makes a lot of sense.
Here's how Grouper works:
You install Grouper and select files that you want to share with your friends. You then create a group and invite friends to join (just enter in their e-mail addresses and Grouper sends out an invitation). Once friends join the group, you are able to browse and download any files that your friends have shared.
One of the cooler applications is for streaming MP3s. The built-in media player lets you play files from your own computer or from the shares of your friends. No need to download them. Just queue them up in your playlist and stream them.
I have my HTPC's music files shared and I listen to them from the Grouper app I have installed at work.
Best of all, Grouper is private and encrypted, so there will be no "Imperial entanglements."
Grouper is free. Get it here.
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