Popcorn Time (or the next leeching app) isn't good for torrents and sharing in general. If everybody switched to this type of software, there won't be enough seeds. Or maybe seeders will predominantly be those with some commercial interests (malware, ads?); and torrents will no longer be truly peer to peer.<p>Add: The old FAQ is gone, but quote from <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/popcorn-time-movie-streaming-netflix-pirated-content-explained-tech-novice-1560827" rel="nofollow">http://www.ibtimes.com/popcorn-time-movie-streaming-netflix-...</a> : "According to Popcorn Time’s FAQ, you do indeed seed (upload) parts of the movie while you watch. Popcorn Time does state that ‘your movies will stay buried in a secret folder somewhere in your drive until you restart your computer. Then it will be gone for good.’"
The sad thing about Popcorn Time is the way it shows how little people actually care about AV quality. One of the biggest reasons why I personally resort to illegal options (especially with video material) is because of the higher quality they offer compared to legal alternatives, but this aspect is not present in Popcorn Time <i>at all</i> since it sources all the video and audio from YIFY.<p>YIFY is basically a bunch of morons producing nothing but total garbage who would be better off encoding things in SD with the low bitrates they use. Sadly, since their fork is likely going to be considered the "main" one for Popcorn Time, decent AV quality will probably never be a thing with it. (I found a couple issues on various GitHub forks about this subject and ran into this image[1] which demonstrates the problem quite well.)<p>EDIT: Well, I guess there's some hope for the future[2]. Not holding my breath, though.<p>[1] <a href="https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1736009/2426834/15aa358e-abcd-11e3-894a-07cb33069ec7.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1736009/2426834/15aa358e-a...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/Yify/popcorn-app/issues/51" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Yify/popcorn-app/issues/51</a>
Wait, why are people so quick to download and install these binaries? This is an excellent opportunity to piggyback a virus onto a ton of people's computers, and the "Yify" github profile seems to have no other prior history: <a href="https://github.com/Yify" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Yify</a><p>EDIT: Nevermind, it's headed by jduncanator who seems to have done a lot of public work. They also contributed to the original popcorn time.
It's obvious that $8/month for unlimited access to all TV and/or movie content ever created ever just isn't an economic reality. So, how much would you pay on-top of your $8/month Netflix subscription (assuming you have it in your country) for access to new releases? Would you pay another $8 a month? Maybe $12 so it's a round $20 total?<p>Would you pay $5 to rent a new movie if it could then easily be streaming through Netflix on one of eleventy kazillion devices? What would you be willing to pay?
I don't see the usefulness in this. On my Mac it runs very slowly and once you start playing it takes an eternity to jump forward or rewind a little bit. If you just download the movie with torrent in 20 minutes you can jump around instantly and use the <i>much</i> lighter Videolan Player.<p>I can see the convenience in searching movies though.
Can’t help being a pedant but the plural of synopsis is synopses. “Synopsis’s” refers to something belonging to a synopsis, e.g. “the synopsis’s true meaning”.
With the Vuze torrent client right click on the file, select "Set Priority" and select "Numeric...".<p>Next, right click on the file, select "Media Server" and select "Copy Stream URL to Clipboard".<p>Now open VLC Media Player, select "Media", select "Open Network Stream", paste in the URL and click "Play".<p>The cool thing about Vuze is that you can use a SOCKS5 proxy and/or restrict traffic to a virtual NIC if you have a VPN. This way even if you turn your VPN off (to play games etc.) you won't be exposed to the swarm.<p>If you use XBMC you can install the XBMCTorrent add-on which has an interface similar to Popcorn Time. <a href="http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736" rel="nofollow">http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736</a><p>XBMC is cool because you can use the Android app Yatse to control XBMC. If you have two boxes running XBMC (i.e. in your living room and bedroom) you can use Yatse to resume playback on the other box with the push of a button!<p>Unfortunately, XBMCTorrent and Popcorn Time don't support SOCKS5 proxies or restricting traffic on specific NICs. Therefore you'll want to set up an internet kill switch on your box as a fail safe.
It makes me incredibly happy as an Australian with no access to a Netflix type service (because none exists here) that isn't cable television that costs over $100 per month via Foxtel to be able to stream movies.<p>Yes, I do feel bad for using apps like this, but I have no other legal and affordable choice. I have Fetch TV which offers movies and additional content bundled with my Internet connection, you get 30 free movies per month (usually older movies) and have to pay for newer ones which can quickly add up if you pay for a few of them.<p>Popcorn highlights a real problem in the entertainment industry and as someone who's looked into starting a Netflix like service in Australia, the licencing and costs associated with licences and obtaining decent content are way too expensive to even consider starting something up.<p>Until the situation improves for us Australians and our New Zealand neighbours amongst other countries, people will continue to use apps like this. Learn from Spotify industry heavyweights and open up your content for streaming globally via paid services like Netflix.
Nice! I want this to continue to grow in popularity and mindshare. It's about time the movie industry stopped being so greedy and selling things using RIDICULOUS drm rules.<p>Why can I pay $8 for netflix and watch in on my phone, pc, mac, ps3 and ipad - but any newish movie I need to use iTunes and locked there?
Is there any content in the popcorn catalog that is known to be license-friendly with popcorn's distribution mechanism?<p>I want to see the mechanism of popcorn work without violating copyright. I'd like to see a category for 'Creative Commons' or 'Public Domain'.
8 years ago I bought a small DVD player for my son from US. I can't use it for any of the DVDs I bought from here, in Romania. But the AVIs will play just fine.
It's weird that the absolute best video experience right now seems to involve Plex plus either piracy or purchasing huge numbers of Blu-Ray and ripping them yourself; it's pretty much your own Netflix, seeded with first-run content, no spying, etc. But you need a seedbox, membership on private torrent sites (which requires either starting from semi-open sites and moving up, or getting direct invites from knowledgeable friends), some effort paid to keep ratio in line, etc.<p>That's a pretty substantial investment; for $100/mo or more, it's hard to believe the "legit" industry hasn't come out with something like "Netflix that doesn't suck".
Question to anyone who uses this or torrents directly to their PC (rather then via Seedbox). Has anyone heard of anyone that has received notice from their ISP yet for the "6 strikes" changes that went into play?<p>As soon as I heard about those I transitioned completely to a seedbox setup. It is actually great for media because I can stream directly from my seedbox to my chromecast, but for some things like software / games it would be more convenient to just torrent it directly.<p>I am basically curious if maintaining an up to date IP block list via peerblock and using only private trackers is enough to keep you off the radar?
No need for the sensationalist title (currently "Popcorn Time is back with a vengeance"). "Popcorn Time build 0.2.7" would suit it fine.
"To allow any computer user to watch movies easily streaming from torrents, without any particular knowledge."<p>The screen shot shows a bunch of very old looking movies, and categories like film-noir and biography. Is there really a vast resource of torrents for all potential movies with enough seeds to stream them for real-time viewing?
Interesting, Yify picked it up. If you don't know, Yify is a movie release group.<p><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/yify-torrents-announces-retirement-of-yify-but-show-goes-on-140124/" rel="nofollow">https://torrentfreak.com/yify-torrents-announces-retirement-...</a>
Inspired by Popcorn-time, Hacked together a cli tool:
Morrent - Command-line Search and Stream Movie Torrent.<p><a href="https://www.npmjs.org/package/morrent" rel="nofollow">https://www.npmjs.org/package/morrent</a><p>Uses yts.re API and peerflix.
I played around with the original a bit, and I couldn't find this anywhere; does Popcorn Time support/allow me to require encrypting my torrent traffic?
fantastic standalone app. I created something similar, a simple movie torrent search engine: <a href="http://www.moviemagnet.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.moviemagnet.net</a> I hope people are not discouraged by Popcorn's exit, since torrent based applications should force the issue, old media companies to change their archaic distribution models.
so someone tell me the real risk of me getting sued (or even threatened) by a movie company, by my ISP, by my police department, and then I will use it. maybe
People breaking the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Digital rights management protects the artists and the publishers from having their rights violated by the criminals who watch movies using Popcorn Time. Furthermore, the creators of Popcorn Time are subject to being accessories to the crime.