Popcorn Time: New version 4.0 to watch movies and series online

Popcorn Time: New version 4.0 to watch movies and series online

In these global social isolation (distancing, quarantine) times, many of united states who have an Internet connexion, have been forced to take advantage of the time browsingWhether it'southward reading, writing, blogging, or just watching tutorials, taking courses, playing games, or watching some multimedia content online.

And precisely, for the latter, the creators of popcorn Time have recently launched a new beta version, iv.0, of its wonderful open up source app.

Popcorn Time: Introduction

Yeah, Popcorn Fourth dimension! The application is even so agile and has been updated to allow united states to continue using your fabled platform whose performance is based on the bittorrent protocol. popcorn Fourth dimension is a good example of how Free software and / or Open Source can simply, efficiently and elegantly use available engineering to offer applied solutions for many, at affordable or zero costs. Although for some, popcorn Time It is a kind of existent alternative, although not very legal or authorized, to streaming platforms such as Netflix, Por ejemplo.

En FromLinux It is not the first time nosotros talked about popcorn Fourth dimension. Our last post about information technology was a phone call «Tips to install Popcorn Time, Spotify and Telegram on DEBIAN» , in which we describe popcorn Time on the table:

"Popcorn Time: It is an application that transmits (reproduces) and downloads movies, television programs (serial) and Animes (Japanese Comics) online (via the Internet) from torrent files. Its employ is very simple, information technology is downloaded, unzipped, executed, a flick or episode is selected, the playback quality and the appropriate subtitles are selected, finally click on play and savour".

So that, we invite you to read information technology later, for sheer general culture.

Popcorn Time: Content

Table of Contents

  • 1 popcorn Time
    • i.1 Sections
    • one.2 Filters
    • ane.3 Installation
    • 1.iv Screen shots
  • ii Conclusion

popcorn Time

Currently, popcorn Fourth dimension has a stable version (3.0) and at present has a new beta version (four.0), which has among some news, i that stands out, which is your notice that our IP adress is or may be existence geo-located and tracked (monitored) past our Isp or Regime, above all, past the type of content consumed. In it, he invites usa to use a VPN network to protect our anonymity and / or privacy, at least, when making use of popcorn Fourth dimension.

Otherwise, the new version works exactly the same as previous ones, that is, it uses an intuitive and friendly interface, that is, clear and simple, since shows trending content (featured), past default, and allows u.s. to search for content through filters arranged at the top, separated by sections. Depending on the quality and bandwidth of each user, he can experience an almost instantaneous reproduction of each content displayed.

Sections

  1. Movies
  2. TV Shows
  3. Animes
  4. Favorites

Filters

  1. Blazon: Movies, serial and anime.
  2. Sort by: Items viewed, Championship, twelvemonth, and rating.

Installation

Downloading it and using it is very piece of cake, nosotros just have to go to Popcorn Fourth dimension official website, unzip, create a shortcut in the main bill of fare and run to offset view our multimedia content online preferred or desired.

Screen shots

Popcorn Time: Screenshot 1

Popcorn Time: Screenshot 2

Popcorn Time: Screenshot 3

Popcorn Time: Screenshot 4

Finally, it is noteworthy that, popcorn Time is an application that throughout its existence or history has presented many bug, both legal by the content offered that violates copyright of the companies that produce them, likewise equally competition for struggles between development teams of like applications (forks).

So for now popcorn Fourth dimension, is agile and updated, but we do non know for how long. Therefore, it is worth using and enjoying it in these solitary times at home, which nosotros will have every bit a result of the COVID-xix pandemic.

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Decision

We promise this "useful fiddling post" nigh the wonderful awarding known by the proper noun of «Popcorn Time» created so that many Net users who love movies, TV series and anime, can find and view said content through a platform based on bittorrent protocol, is of great interest and utility, for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of groovy contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of «GNU/Linux» .

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