Popcorn Time Desktop Changelog
What's new in Popcorn Time Desktop 0.5.1
Apr 19, 2024- New Features:
- Update NW.js runtime to 0.86.0 (0.44.5 still supported as an option for this release)
- Add Always show bookmark over covers option
- Improve local file support adding external players/cast devices
- Add option to rescan external players/cast devices
- Include PATH env. variable when scanning for external players
- Improve Torrent Collection/Seedbox interaction
- Add Linux AppImage
- Bug Fixes:
- Fix native player UI issue when in fullscreen
- Fix Favorites/Watched tabs Anime category
- Fix issue with missing covers when TMDb is inaccessible
- Fix issue with displaying incorrect filters in some instances
- Fix issue with the settings/databases flushing functions
- Tooltip fixes
- Other:
- Replace the old Help screen with the online FAQ
- Update the build system
- Clean up obsolete/unnecessary code
- Update torrent trackers
- Update various modules/dependencies
- Various other small fixes and optimizations
New in Popcorn Time Desktop 0.5.0 (Feb 27, 2024)
- New Features:
- Update NW.js runtime to 0.82.0 (0.44.5 still supported as an option for this release)
- Add macOS build for Apple Silicon (NW.js 0.82.0 only)
- Add working Anime tab
- Add Watched tab
- Add Seedbox option for exiting the app when downloads complete
- Add VLC flatpack external player support
- Add Movies/Series UI Transparency option
- Add new theme Dutchy's Dark Orange
- Switch to the new OpenSubtitles REST API
- Update WebTorrent to 1.9.7
- Bug Fixes:
- Fix WebTorrent bug which caused high CPU/memory usage
- Fix issue with broken bookmark entries preventing list from loading
- Fix issue with title translations
- Fix bug which caused switching to the default Chromium player when broken trailer link
- Fix bug which prevented saving magnet links with no name property
- Fix missing provider icons when no source link
- Fix Series poster zoom implementation
- Fix brightness and hue filters implementations
- Fix title display for mpv external player
- Other:
- Update the build system
- Clean up obsolete/unnecessary code
- Update Torrent Collection providers
- Update torrent trackers
- Update various modules/dependencies
- Various other small fixes and optimizations
New in Popcorn Time Desktop 0.4.9 (Sep 13, 2022)
- New Features:
- Add right-click to copy support to the majority of UI elements
- Add update notification option
- Add disable Favorites tab option
- Add ability to filter Torrent Collection results by right-clicking providers
- Make the Torrent Collection directory a part of the database also adding the ability to import/export it
- Bug Fixes:
- Fix cover resize
- Fix some overlapping UI elements
- Fix Show all available subtitles for the default language option
- Fix issue with peers not being resolved when resuming stream/download
- Fix stream/download resuming when modifying file selection bug
- Fix undefined download/upload speed issue
- Other:
- Clean up obsolete/unnecessary code
- Many more Settings, Torrent Collection, Seedbox and File selector UI changes/updates
- Update Torrent Collection providers
- Update various icons
- Update various modules/dependencies
- Various other small fixes and optimizations