Batu69 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The free application Popcorn Time made big waves when it was first released. Depending on who you'd ask, it was either the future of watching content on the Internet or yet another tool to stream movies illegally to users from all over the world.The app combined a movie browser, media viewer and torrent client in a slick great looking and working interface, something that the media industry failed to deliver for years even if you take away the torrent part of the equation.The original version of Popcorn Time was taken down rather quickly but forks quickly filled the void with several applications being released using the technology.Browser Popcorn takes the core Popcorn Time concept and moves it to the web. It requires a modern browser but that is all that is needed to start streaming movies to your location.Unlike apps that are based on Popcorn Time, it is not using user systems to torrent media files selected in the app according to its author. Instead, it is downloading the torrents and streaming the contents to the user while it is doing that in the background.If true, it would mean that users would not torrent these media files directly which would move them out of harms way at least when it comes to the monitoring of torrent downloads. Obviously, there are other ways to obtain data about users who use the streaming service.The service itself lists movie categories on the left, and a selection of movies on the right. Each movie is listed with a poster shot, its name and release date. When you click on it a sidebar opens displaying options to watch the movie and to read a short story synapses.There is also a search that you may use to find movies of interest but that is about it. What you don't get are different qualities right now, options to watch movies in different languages, or subtitles. Subtitles at the very least will be included soon though according to the creator of the site.You are probably wondering how long it will last. I would not get my hopes up that the service is still around for Christmas.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankV Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 The website https://browserpopcorn.xyz/ is not available. It mentions:MPAA, y u gotta ruin everything? BrowserPopcorn has been taken down by the E.V.I.L. money-grabbing shitlords of America, The Motion Picture Association of Murica. Please contact me via [email protected] for more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4rDw4rE Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 It's available again.But nothing special, standalone application if far far better (subtitles, bookmars and quality selection don't exist in browser, slow in palemoon).Only good thing is that movie can be downloaded directly, without torrent application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiM Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 New URL is https://browserpopcorn.biz/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk1966 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 the 15-year old kid who created the browser version had to shut down his project according to torrentfreakhttps://torrentfreak.com/browserpopcorn-shut-down-by-the-mpaa-151020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankV Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 New URL is https://browserpopcorn.biz/ This website is also not accessible: Be back soon. Seriously, don't worry. Basically, the hosting provider shut us down. We're moving to a new home very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Besides just legal troubles.. Popcorn time was getting all there movies from yIfy .. so its doomed for and epic fail when you depend on just one release group to do you're data for and app you make . groups and websites come and go when ever they run into legal trouble. Not only is this offline there p2p streaming software no longer works because YTS (YIFY) is offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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