Show HN: It's Popcorn Time - Stream movies using node-webkit and backbone (opens in new tab)

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78 pointsdperalta12y ago31 comments

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lutusp12y ago· 3 in thread

Entrepeneur: "I want to take over the media-streaming world with a killer app that runs everywhere."

Developer: "I totally agree and I'm on board. Let's make it run only on the Mac."

dperaltaOP12y ago

Actually it works on Win/Mac, the application it's still in beta so if you find any bugs feel free report them!

Aaronn12y ago

Does the download button at the top change based on the users OS?

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lutusp12y ago

> Actually it works on Win/Mac ...

So change your landing page -- it detects the user's platform and makes a guess. Visitors running Linux see a Macintosh icon.

revelation12y ago· 2 in thread

Hell, if I didn't know any better, I would almost believe this is a legitimate app.

I'm right with you on "fuck DRM" and I want better media options, but that doesn't mean I'll go out and build apps to facilitate pirating movies and then sign commits under my own name to GitHub. What the hell.

vtempest12y ago

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736

XBMCtorrent has been doing this already and is open source. runs on all platforms and devices.

dperaltaOP12y ago

This is just an experiment using the peerflix module of node and connecting a bunch of APIs.

throwaway42012y ago· 2 in thread

While the site is extremely professional looking and well done, the existence of some questionable people in this arena makes me very cautious about installing something that could potentially have privacy or security issues. I'd welcome any thoughts or opinions on this.

seppo001012y ago

Even though there is no open source repository for it (I think there will be one soon), the code is javascript so you can download the zip and read what it does.

dperaltaOP12y ago

You're right we're going to open source the repository in the next few days.

CSDude12y ago· 2 in thread

The videos lags in Windows. Not buffer lag, decoding is very slow. Other than that, a nice implication about how does it work would be nice.

argen12y ago

Which Windows are you in? It's supposed to be working only with 7 right now. Any bug reports with more details are appreciated.

CSDude12y ago

Windows 8.1

miketucker12y ago· 2 in thread

is it limited to US at the moment? Just hangs on "Please wait.." in the UK

davman12y ago

Yeah... opened a VPN to a US box and it suddenly jumped into life.

edit:

Looks like it uses the YIFY database which is blocked by most UK ISPs.

dewey12y ago

Guess it's a UK problem. Works fine here (not-us)

anonymousfox12y ago· 1 in thread

Github link is down, I'm assuming because of legality issues. Can we still expect the source code to be leaked somehow? I would absolutely love to contribute to the project.

dperaltaOP12y ago

There you have the github repo: https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app

jtreanor12y ago

What is this? There doesn't seem to be an explanation. Perhaps an aggregator for streaming services? Or just an easy way to pirate films?

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dewey12y ago

I hit play and it was just showing the "Buffering video..." overlay for a few seconds and went back to the "collection" view. I was switching to my browser to read the comments here and after one minute it started playing. Pretty good quality too, just seems a bit buggy.

Edit: Just ran into this error: http://pastie.org/private/fkqs779gnv13slrqm2gog

woutervdb12y ago

Doesn't seem to work here. I'm in The Netherlands, if it helps. Clicking "watch now!" shows "Buffering video..." for a short while, but after that, it doesn't do anything.

[edit] After a while it started playing. However, I had very few FPS on Win7.

juliann12y ago

Really cool app. It "just works", you click on the movie you wanna watch and 5 seconds later you are watching it. Keep up the good work guys!

alevizio12y ago

Back online http://getpopcornti.me/

boothead12y ago

How about Apple TV, ipad, android etc? Any plans for those platforms?

vctrfrnndz12y ago

One-click movies: Search any movie, click, and watch it instantly!

argen12y ago

Nice design and it streams very well

NicoJuicy12y ago

Thsi is really, like, hell...

This is awesome!

okwme12y ago

i'm 12 and what is this?

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31 comments

28 comments · 16 top-level

lutusp12y ago· 3 in thread

Entrepeneur: "I want to take over the media-streaming world with a killer app that runs everywhere."

Developer: "I totally agree and I'm on board. Let's make it run only on the Mac."

dperaltaOP12y ago

Actually it works on Win/Mac, the application it's still in beta so if you find any bugs feel free report them!

Aaronn12y ago

Does the download button at the top change based on the users OS?

1 more reply

lutusp12y ago

> Actually it works on Win/Mac ...

So change your landing page -- it detects the user's platform and makes a guess. Visitors running Linux see a Macintosh icon.

revelation12y ago· 2 in thread

Hell, if I didn't know any better, I would almost believe this is a legitimate app.

vtempest12y ago

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736

XBMCtorrent has been doing this already and is open source. runs on all platforms and devices.

dperaltaOP12y ago

This is just an experiment using the peerflix module of node and connecting a bunch of APIs.

throwaway42012y ago· 2 in thread

seppo001012y ago

Even though there is no open source repository for it (I think there will be one soon), the code is javascript so you can download the zip and read what it does.

dperaltaOP12y ago

You're right we're going to open source the repository in the next few days.

CSDude12y ago· 2 in thread

The videos lags in Windows. Not buffer lag, decoding is very slow. Other than that, a nice implication about how does it work would be nice.

argen12y ago

Which Windows are you in? It's supposed to be working only with 7 right now. Any bug reports with more details are appreciated.

CSDude12y ago

Windows 8.1

miketucker12y ago· 2 in thread

is it limited to US at the moment? Just hangs on "Please wait.." in the UK

davman12y ago

Yeah... opened a VPN to a US box and it suddenly jumped into life.

edit:

Looks like it uses the YIFY database which is blocked by most UK ISPs.

dewey12y ago

Guess it's a UK problem. Works fine here (not-us)

anonymousfox12y ago· 1 in thread

Github link is down, I'm assuming because of legality issues. Can we still expect the source code to be leaked somehow? I would absolutely love to contribute to the project.

dperaltaOP12y ago

There you have the github repo: https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app

jtreanor12y ago

What is this? There doesn't seem to be an explanation. Perhaps an aggregator for streaming services? Or just an easy way to pirate films?

1 more reply

dewey12y ago

Edit: Just ran into this error: http://pastie.org/private/fkqs779gnv13slrqm2gog

woutervdb12y ago

Doesn't seem to work here. I'm in The Netherlands, if it helps. Clicking "watch now!" shows "Buffering video..." for a short while, but after that, it doesn't do anything.

[edit] After a while it started playing. However, I had very few FPS on Win7.

juliann12y ago

Really cool app. It "just works", you click on the movie you wanna watch and 5 seconds later you are watching it. Keep up the good work guys!

alevizio12y ago

Back online http://getpopcornti.me/

boothead12y ago

How about Apple TV, ipad, android etc? Any plans for those platforms?

vctrfrnndz12y ago

One-click movies: Search any movie, click, and watch it instantly!

argen12y ago

Nice design and it streams very well

NicoJuicy12y ago

Thsi is really, like, hell...

This is awesome!

okwme12y ago

i'm 12 and what is this?

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