Frequently Asked Questions

Popcorn Time! is the result of many developers and designers putting a bunch of APIs together to make the experience of watching torrent movies as simple as possible.

We are an open source project. We are from all over the world. We love our movies. And boy, do we love popcorn.

Is this legal?

Depends on where you're from, really.

This works through torrents, fair enough. Am I seeding while watching a movie?

Indeed, you are. You're going to be uploading bits and bits of the movie for as long as you're watching it on Popcorn Time.

How come you've got the latest movies?

We track movies uploaded by YIFY. Better ask them how they are handling this!

Will you be adding movies in my language?

Chances are that most (if not all) of the movies available in Popcorn Time will be in English. However, languages for subtitles and the app itself are constantly being added by our lovely contributors.

Why can't I launch Popcorn Time?

Your system may prevent unsigned apps from being run
Go to System Preferences > Security > Allow Apps downloaded from > Anywhere and try to launch Popcorn Time! again.

You may have not have enough User Priviliges
Open a Terminal, and type:

• $ chmod +x /Applications/Popcorn\ Time.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit
• $ chmod +x /Applications/Popcorn\ Time.app/Contents/Frameworks/crash_inspector
• $ chmod +x /Applications/Popcorn\ Time.app/Contents/Frameworks/node-webkit\ Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit\ Helper
• $ chmod +x /Applications/Popcorn\ Time.app/Contents/Frameworks/node-webkit\ Helper\ EH.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit\ Helper\ EH
• $ chmod +x /Applications/Popcorn\ Time.app/Contents/Frameworks/node-webkit\ Helper\ NP.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit\ Helper\ NP

I can't get past the initial "Please wait..." screen :(

Chances are that you're from the UK. Nothing we can do about that right now, sorry. But setting up a proxy might do the trick.

Why can't I select subtitles?

You may have to wait until all of the movie data (cover, summary, length, etc...) is retrieved. Sometimes it may be something else! Who knows :P

Thinking about launching for Android/iOS/Chromecast/Smart TVs/Commodore 64?

Our efforts are towards making the best desktop app for watching torrent movies. So, no. Launching versions for other devices is not in our roadmap.