When Popcorn Time was released, it quickly got popular because of its functionality of playing video files from torrents either in its on video player or in VLC Media Player or on TV through Chromecast. Currently, there are two versions of Popcorn Time on the web. The original Popcorn Time apart from streaming movies, also lets you play videos using Torrent links or Magnet links. This is one nice feature if you want to watch a video or movie that's not in the app's directory of movies or shows.
- All you have to do is click 'Open torrent online' to browse for a torrent file or click the arrow and paste a magnet link into the box. Once the torrent has been parsed, hover over the video file and press the play button. Pressing the download button instead will start the file downloading in your browser like a normal file.
- Find: Search for torrents or browse artist-sponsored content, directly from your software interface. Get: Download torrents and manage your files in the torrent manager. Play: It's better than ever with buttons for Play and Stream right where you can see them.
But if you're one of those who don't like to use apps, there's another way to achieve the functionality of Popcorn Time without any app. Peerflix is a torrent streaming client for Node.js created by Mathias Buus which lets you play movies or video files from torrents to VLC Media Player on Mac.
Peerflix lets you stream any torrent right from the Terminal app. All you need to use Peerflix is have Node.js installed on your system. Once you install Node.js, you can use the following command to install Peerflix on your Mac.
Now, all you have to do is copy a torrent magnet link or the link to torrent file and use the link in the following format to start streaming the video or movie. Also make sure that you have VLC media player installed on your Mac.
The basic core of Torrent Stream System is a specialized software (TS Engine), developed as a client application software for Windows, Mac, Linux/Ubuntu, Android, Apple iOS, etc. (Prior to release.
The '–vlc' option makes sure that VLC Media Player is automatically opened when the video is ready to stream. If you don't add that, it will start caching the video but it will not open the player. In this case, you'll have to enter the local address it shows at the top in the 'Open Network' option in the VLC Media Player. You can also stream just the audio from the videos. For that, you have to use the following command.
But if you're one of those who don't like to use apps, there's another way to achieve the functionality of Popcorn Time without any app. Peerflix is a torrent streaming client for Node.js created by Mathias Buus which lets you play movies or video files from torrents to VLC Media Player on Mac.
Peerflix lets you stream any torrent right from the Terminal app. All you need to use Peerflix is have Node.js installed on your system. Once you install Node.js, you can use the following command to install Peerflix on your Mac.
Now, all you have to do is copy a torrent magnet link or the link to torrent file and use the link in the following format to start streaming the video or movie. Also make sure that you have VLC media player installed on your Mac.
The basic core of Torrent Stream System is a specialized software (TS Engine), developed as a client application software for Windows, Mac, Linux/Ubuntu, Android, Apple iOS, etc. (Prior to release.
The '–vlc' option makes sure that VLC Media Player is automatically opened when the video is ready to stream. If you don't add that, it will start caching the video but it will not open the player. In this case, you'll have to enter the local address it shows at the top in the 'Open Network' option in the VLC Media Player. You can also stream just the audio from the videos. For that, you have to use the following command.
Not only this, there are lots of other options available which you can view using the 'peerflix -help' command. By default, Peerflix plays the biggest file in the Torrent but you can use options to change the file. It also lets you load a subtitle file.
While streaming the video file, it shows you some information in the Terminal app such as the download speed, the amount of data downloaded and uploaded etc. It also shows a network address which you can use to play the video not only in VLC Media Player but also in other video players which support streaming from network addresses.
Popcorn Time also uses Peerflix to stream torrents. There's a similar Torrent Streaming plus Chromecast client called Peercast by the same developer. If your Mac and Chromecast are on the same WiFi, you can use Peercast to stream videos from magnet links or torrent links directly to your TV. I haven't tried it, but since you can install Node.js on Windows, Peerflix should work on Windows and other platforms as well.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitTorrent Inc., a leader in peer-to-peer protocols and products, announced the official release of µTorrent Web for Mac, an online torrent client that helps users quickly search, download and stream torrent files inside their browser.
Available at utorrent.com, the product is compatible with Safari and Chrome browsers and delivers to both new and experienced users a simplified experience on macOS Catalina and previous versions. BitTorrent Web for Mac, a similar product available at bittorrent.com, is also now available.
'With µTorrent Web for Mac, we extended the feature set of our popular Windows Web torrent client to macOS,' said Justin Knoll, VP of Product at BitTorrent. 'Now Mac users can download any file type to store locally, stream media within a browser-based player while files download, set download/upload speed limits to free up network resources for other internet tasks, and much more.'
The company plans to automatically update users on the old version, µTorrent Classic for Mac, to the new version to ensure the software continues to work seamlessly with Catalina. For users that don't have plans to update their macOS to Catalina and wish to continue using µTorrent Classic for Mac, they will be able to download the old version from utorrent.com after the automatic update occurs. However, users should note that if they update to macOS Catalina (version 10.15) sometime in the future, µTorrent Classic for Mac will no longer work.
Plans to integrate BitTorrent Speed, a feature that introduces BitTorrent (BTT) token to enable faster downloads, will be announced at a later date.
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