Guides

Running Popcorn Time on a Synology NAS for Home Streaming
A Synology Network Attached Storage device has quietly become the centre of many Australian home media setups. Tucked next to the Wi-Fi router in a study nook…
corn Time compared to BitTorrent streaming for speed and reliability
Australians who watch a lot of films and series on the internet have become accustomed to two very different ways of pulling content through the BitTorrent…
Fixing Popcorn Time Black Screen With Audio
A black video window with working sound usually means Popcorn Time is receiving the media stream but cannot render the picture. The fault may sit in the app’s…
Organising your Popcorn Time library with favourites and watchlist
Australians have embraced on-demand streaming with enthusiasm, with households in cities from Sydney to Perth routinely juggling multiple subscriptions…
Popcorn Time on Linux Mint: a practical installation guide
Popcorn Time can run on Linux Mint through a compatible desktop build, although the software landscape changes frequently. Original projects have been…
Why Popcorn Time plays the wrong episode and how to prevent it
Popcorn Time is built around a constantly refreshed catalogue of torrents, and most of the time the application pulls the right file without any intervention.…
How to stream Popcorn Time on Roku via screen mirroring
Popcorn Time arrived in the early 2010s as a streaming app that pulls its catalogue from peer-to-peer sources, letting users watch films and series without…
Popcorn Time for anime: sources, forks and quality streams
Anime has quietly become one of the most-watched genres on Australian streaming screens, with local fans gathering at conventions in Sydney and Melbourne and…
Fixing Popcorn Time When It Cannot Reach the Update Server
When you fire up Popcorn Time and get a banner telling you the app cannot reach its update server, the whole evening can grind to a halt. The streaming…
Best Popcorn Time Forks With Built-In Trakt Tracking
Popcorn Time forks vary widely in design, maintenance and feature support. Some concentrate on a familiar torrent-streaming interface, while others add account…