This is the qBittorrent search feature, in action. Needs a bit of setting up .. but worth it, when it works? Don't worry .. no need for a mod "panic-attack!!" The search result is (obviously) for a perfectly legal torrent :)
So, why bother .. just download the torrent where it is? Well, that's what I normally do. Probably 95% of my downloads go through qBittorrent (for watching at a later date). However, Popcorntime app still has its uses (for me). Even after its API's fade and die, it'll have a productive retirement. And that's not just nostalgia .. but, that also plays its part?
- It's my "back-up" torrent client: I've used it before with torrents that wouldn't start (or were struggling to download) in qBittorrent.
- I've mentioned it before, but the DNLA option is something I use often - to stream "something to watch" directly to my LG/Panasonic TV's. Still hoping (in vain) for an Airplay 2 patch ... Oh! well.
- Some users might find 0.44.5 still useful - for watching local content (with its extra codecs and subtitles in the PT media player). Maybe for Chromecast, too (via VLC player)
So while torrents exist, so will torrent clients: And Popcorntime will still be (at its heart) a sequential torrent client/streaming/media player ... till it dies?
u/merseyV__ — 12 days ago