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Show HN: It's Popcorn Time - Stream movies using node-webkit and backbone

78 points by dperalta 13y ago

argen 13y ago
Nice design and it streams very well
vctrfrnndz 13y ago
One-click movies: Search any movie, click, and watch it instantly!
throwaway420 13y ago
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.
- seppo0010 13y 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.
  - dperalta 13y ago
    You're right we're going to open source the repository in the next few days.
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
lutusp 13y ago
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."
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- dperalta 13y ago
  Actually it works on Win/Mac, the application it's still in beta so if you find any bugs feel free report them!
  - Aaronn 13y ago
    Does the download button at the top change based on the users OS?
    - juliann 13y ago
      yes it does. but you can find all the available platforms at the bottom of the page.
      - Vilkku 13y ago
        It says "For Windows 7 and above" under the top download button while it says "For Windows XP and above" on the other two.
  - lutusp 13y 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.
boothead 13y ago
How about Apple TV, ipad, android etc? Any plans for those platforms?
jtreanor 13y 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?
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
  - jtreanor 13y ago
    Ah I see. A very polished looking app all the same. But most certainly shady as far as legality is concerned.
juliann 13y 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!
CSDude 13y ago
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.
- argen 13y 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.
  - CSDude 13y ago
    Windows 8.1
revelation 13y ago
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.
- vtempest 13y ago
  http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 XBMCtorrent has been doing this already and is open source. runs on all platforms and devices.
- dperalta 13y ago
  This is just an experiment using the peerflix module of node and connecting a bunch of APIs.
NicoJuicy 13y ago
Thsi is really, like, hell... This is awesome!
woutervdb 13y 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.
miketucker 13y ago
is it limited to US at the moment? Just hangs on "Please wait.." in the UK
- davman 13y 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.
- dewey 13y ago
  Guess it's a UK problem. Works fine here (not-us)
dewey 13y 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 http://pastie.org/private/fkqs779gnv13slrqm2gog
okwme 13y ago
i'm 12 and what is this?
anonymousfox 13y ago
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.
- dperalta 13y ago
  There you have the github repo: https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app
alevizio 13y ago
Back online http://getpopcornti.me/ http://getpopcornti.me/

78 points by dperalta 13y ago

argen 13y ago

Nice design and it streams very well

vctrfrnndz 13y ago

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

throwaway420 13y ago

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.

seppo0010 13y 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.
- dperalta 13y ago
  You're right we're going to open source the repository in the next few days.
deleted 13y ago
[deleted]

lutusp 13y ago

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."

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
dperalta 13y ago
Actually it works on Win/Mac, the application it's still in beta so if you find any bugs feel free report them!
- Aaronn 13y ago
  Does the download button at the top change based on the users OS?
  - juliann 13y ago
    yes it does. but you can find all the available platforms at the bottom of the page.
    - Vilkku 13y ago
      It says "For Windows 7 and above" under the top download button while it says "For Windows XP and above" on the other two.
- lutusp 13y 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.

boothead 13y ago

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

jtreanor 13y 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?

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
- jtreanor 13y ago
  Ah I see. A very polished looking app all the same. But most certainly shady as far as legality is concerned.

juliann 13y 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!

CSDude 13y ago

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.

argen 13y 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.
- CSDude 13y ago
  Windows 8.1

revelation 13y ago

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.

vtempest 13y ago
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 XBMCtorrent has been doing this already and is open source. runs on all platforms and devices.
dperalta 13y ago
This is just an experiment using the peerflix module of node and connecting a bunch of APIs.

NicoJuicy 13y ago

Thsi is really, like, hell... This is awesome!

woutervdb 13y 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.

miketucker 13y ago

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

davman 13y 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.
dewey 13y ago
Guess it's a UK problem. Works fine here (not-us)

dewey 13y 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 http://pastie.org/private/fkqs779gnv13slrqm2gog

okwme 13y ago

i'm 12 and what is this?

anonymousfox 13y ago

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.

dperalta 13y ago
There you have the github repo: https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app

alevizio 13y ago

Back online http://getpopcornti.me/ http://getpopcornti.me/