Popcorn Time

Popcorn Time is an open source and multi-platform software project that has been designed from the ground up to provide users with a next-gen, torrent-based free video streaming application that allows anyone to easily watch their favorite movies and TV shows in style and with a minimum effort and fuss.

Features at a glance

Key features include a powerful and attractive graphical user interface that looks the same on all supported platforms, support for both 1080p and 720p movies, two different view modes (Movies and TV Series), built-in search engine, support for bookmarks, support for viewing movie trailers via YouTube, and support for subtitles.

Attractive and modern graphical user interface that is extremely easy to use

After accepting the license (please read it carefully) the program will present you with an attractive and modern graphical user interface (GUI) that is extremely easy to use. It features two view modes, Movies (the default one) and TV Series.

While the items (movies or TV shows) can be easily sorted by popularity, date, year or rating, you can view only a specific genre or all of them at once, which is also the default view mode when opening the application. A built-in search functionality will allow you to quickly search for your favorite videos, and you can access bookmarked items and application’s settings with a click of the mouse.

From the settings screen, it is possible to change the default language, set movie quality options, set subtitle options, such as language and size, configure network connection and DHT (Distributed Hash Table) limits, choose a cache directory, set a port to stream on, as well as to log into your Trakt.tv account to automatically 'scrobble' episodes you watch with the application.

Under the hood, availability and supported OSes

The application uses the powerful and open source FFmpeg cross-platform audio/video codec library, which means that it will play movies on GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Linux users can be download it via Softoware or from its official website as binary archives for the 64-bit and 32-bit hardware platforms. Be aware though, that it is still in development!

Bottom line

Summing up, Popcorn Time is an amazing application that will allow you to watch your favorite TV shows or blockbuster movies without to much hassle. It's never been so easy to see those beautiful movies that you always wanted to rewatch. Be aware though, that downloading copyrighted material may be illegal in some countries, so we strongly suggest that you read the terms of use before use it.

What is new in this release:

• We know a lot of you have been having issues with covers and we know it's frustrating. Thankfully, 0.3.7 is here and it should bring with it a new slew of bugs, and bug fixes.

What is new in version 0.3.6 Beta:

• The mighty beasts that are Chromecast and AirPlay we've once again attempted to tame, same goes for the subtitles loading issues.
• On top of all that, Popcorn Time 0.3.6 also includes a VPN. It's still in Alpha but it's working for us, so we've decided to let you all try it out. Let us know how it works!
• Introducing Popcorn Time for Android!

What is new in version 0.3.5 Beta Hotfix 3:

• Made the updater slightly more durable
• Fixed a bug with the updater breaking when files are missing in Linux
• Added a button to reset the databases if you're stuck on the loading screen
• Fixed the missing and not working Airplay bug
• Fixed the missing and not working ChromeCast
• Fixed the stuck at 99% while using subtitles
• Fixed a bug with trailers in the HTTP API, issue PT-1333
• Fixed the ghost processes left behind on mac and binding issues

What is new in version 0.3.5 Beta:

• Fixed invalid Certificate Fingerprints in the app not verifying causing requests to fail
• Caught when the "Theme" var in Database didn't exist upon upgrading
• Fixed movies not loading because Trakt started replying with 404s
• Fixing bookmarks that don't work on the list page for TV Shows and Anime
• Remove "Blown up" look for Retina but leave it in place for QFHD due to it's size
• Fixed the updater for Popcorn Time in linux

What is new in version 0.3.3 Beta:

• This release ships with a huge internal code clean up that forced us to break former Databases compatibilities, so you most probably will have to reset your DataBase on install. sorry, we'll be better next time.
• We will not support auto-update for this release, sorry, we'll be better next time.
• Move to self-hosted repo, you can now find us at http://git.popcorntime.io/
• Use FontAwesome instead of PNG's: nicer, sharper icons across the UI
• Get rid of white flash at startup.
• Rethink Settings: much cleaner layout, separated in advanced.
• Themes: we give you 3 new themes to check out, and soon you'll be able to submit your own.
• New settings:
• Always on Top option
• Start page option
• Rating on covers
• Fade or Hide watched items
• Multiple UI improvements
• Resize covers on-the-fly, Try pressing Ctrl+ and Ctrl- in the cover view!
• [TV] Open directly next unseen episode
• Built-in help section
• External Media Players:
• VLC,
• XBMC,
• MPlayer,
• mpv,
• and many more!
• Trakt.tv synchronisation: Trakt will now remember your favs for you! Thanks Trakt.tv for being so awesome!
• Chromecast
• Airplay

What is new in version 0.3.2 Beta:

• With this version, we bring Trakt.tv integration, this means you can now register an account and track every movie or series...