fabzter / Yak

Watch movies easier

Yak

Watch movies easier

What is Yak?

Yak is a project which aims to provide a simple interface to watch any movie.

Well, is it legal?

Depending on which country you live in, it may be not.

Hmm, it reminds me of something...

Well, you may be thinking about Popcorn Time, don't you? If so, yes. The concept is not new, and this project is clearly inspired from it. Also, my primary goal was to make an alternative, using .NET framework.

What does it use?

I use .NET Framework 4.6 and C# for the backend. WPF/XAML for the interface. Libtorrent-rasterbar for torrent downloading.

Supported platforms

At this time, only Windows 7+ is supported (Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | 32/64 Bits). I plan to make it cross-platform using Mono.

Can I help you?

Of course yes! It's open-source so feel free to submit pull-request, I promise I'll consider them.

Visual Studio .sln

The solution is built using Visual Studio 2015.

Yak VS Popcorn Time?

Well, there's some points.

• Cross-platform. Popcorn Time is based on Node-WebKit, hence, on NodeJS. Consequently, it's cross-platform. At the opposite, Yak is fully built using .NET/C#. So, multi-platform does not come out of the box. However, Mono works well and is aimed to support multi-platform, so that future support for multiple OS is conceivable.

• Performances. Since NodeJS is based on V8 VM, it is fast. Really fast. But compared to a fully native app, it's a slow rabbit. That's why Popcorn Time compares bad to Yak, whose performances are great.

• Features. Since Yak is a recent project, Popcorn Time supports more features. But it's just a matter of time.

• API. It's simple: Yak uses the YTS and The Movie Database APIs, same ones that Popcorn Time uses.

How do I compile the solution?

Just open the .sln with VS 2015, right-click on the solution, click "Enable NuGet Package Restore" and run F5.

What if I don't have VS 2015/.NET 4.6 yet?

This project is using some of the new features of C# 6, such as null-propagation. So, keep in mind this project won't compile on earlier versions without making some code change.