Torrent file doesn't open when the app is already open

[adler-amorette]

Operating System Version:

LMDE 6

Popcorn Time Version:

Popcorn-Time-0.5.1-amd64-0.44.5.deb

Download url:

github releases

Expected Behaviour:

Open the torrent file as if the app was closed.

Actual Behaviour:

Nothing happens.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Open the app
2. Open a torrent file with the app through the context menu of a file manger, or achieve the same by running /opt/Popcorn-Time/Popcorn-Time <torrent_file>, in which case it will output "Opening in existing browser session".

[merseyV]

Expected Behaviour: Open the torrent file as if (when) the app was (is) closed.

And that works?

I wouldn't have expected Popcorntime to open a (local) torrent file ... even if it was closed ... by using a context menu? Definitely not on a my Mac, anyway! Only ever known it to work with 'drag/dropping' a torrent file into its open window? I tried with 'Terminal' cmd (out of curiosity) but that's also a no-go!

If you can load a torrent file using PTapp from context menu/cmd line .. I'm impressed - and jealous!! 😆

... or have I misread you?

[dutchy1001]

You can add a .torrent file in pct. On top right you see 3 lines, hover over and it's called " torrent collection", you can import there a .torrent file (icons next to the search bar).

As I do not look for torrents myself ( I prefer .nzb files) I never got to use it.

I also dont see the point of using it unless you look for a specific file.

@merseyV do I hear an ECHO ECHO ECHO ECHO 🤣🤣🤣

[dutchy1001]

I not sure but to use a .torrent file you have to go through the app (like I mentioned above) and not with a command line.

[merseyV]

@dutchy1001

It's probably just me! ... misreading his post? To be honest, I don't really understand what he's doing. (Lol)

Expected Behaviour: Open the torrent file as if the app was closed.

If the app is closed ... is he expecting to open a (local) torrent file (download) in PTapp, using a file manager menu/cmd line? Or is he talking about a magnet link/torrent file - not a downloaded file. In which case: you can't (I think) open either with the app closed.

It's all "Greco-Russian" to me!! 🤣

[merseyV]

@dutchy1001 , you hit the nail ...

I not sure but to use a.torrent file you have to go through the app (like I mentioned above) and not with a command line.

My point, exactly: If it's a .torrent file or (the downloaded) Torrent file ... it's always been drag/drop into the open PTapp?

So what's he actually trying to do?

[dutchy1001]

It's probably just me! ... misreading his post?

It's not you, it's us

I don't really understand what he's doing. (Lol)

same here

So what's he actually trying to do?

beats me!!!

If you want to download a .torrent file use a torrent downloader, not PCT, that is not were its made for. Yes the option is there for a specific movie/series you want but still, if you know how to get a .torrent file you know how to use a torrent downloader aswell, use that instead.

Trying to complicate things for no reason in my opinion

[adler-amorette]

@dutchy1001

if you know how to get a .torrent file you know how to use a torrent downloader aswell, use that instead

I use Popcorn to instantly watch, instead of downloading big(>5GB) files. Also to check if something is worth watching, or to find a specific moment from something I've watched. I've always assumed other people use it for the same purpose.

Recently I found out there's a VLC plugin for bittorrent, which works perfectly for me, except for the lack of indication of download speed (though it's not particularly needed).