HELP US TEST! Watch "Forrest Gump" with us!
HELP US TEST! We have been working on an EASY way to watch our full length reactions. We would love if you could help us test it out (completely free).
It's a chrome extension that auto-syncs our full reactions to your favorite streaming service (where the movie is available for streaming or rent/purchase) and allows you to pause, skip around and resume seamlessly.
If you are already in the Kernel Club or above, you have access to all of our reactions (that have been uploaded) in the library to watch via auto-sync. For free users, this is an opportunity to test it out!
For users in the U.S. we have "Forrest Gump" available to watch free on YouTube. We chose that one for the test/trial. If you want to watch the entire thing a long with Carly and I, please visit https://beta.popcorninbed.com/try-sync and give it a try.
The only thing you need is to sign up for a free account on the beta website (or our Patreon page). If you are already a kernel club+ member, you should have access already. There will definitely be bugs and issues, and we need your help to sort them out! Thanks in advance.
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We need Unedited reactions. The watch along format is outdated. Most reactors have moved to unedited. Idk how they get around copyright but they’re finding ways. They either post a separate link to a diff website or use stream able or other similar sites I think
The problem is that one lawsuit from a studio could take down the whole channel. The other ones are risking it now, so they're not sure if it'll be worth it in the end.
Can we watch any of your reactions there?
Here on Patreon, yes. Full and edited.
After installing the plugin it overlays the left side of the screen when I visit Disney and Amazon Prime. This makes it difficult to navigate the sites when I am not trying to sync anything. Signing out of PIB Sync does not help. Is it just me? [Edit: I found the switch to turn off the plugin]
Does anyone know if they ever watched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 2? I can't imagine after everything that happened they wouldn't finish the series...
It gets brought up frequently (by her also), but so far nada.
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please keep auto sync free from now on as someone who would like it to be free
You already covered Forest Gump. You watched it again??
They're trying to test this program that automatically syncs Forrest Gump on Amazon Prime or wherever to the full length PIB reaction.
I'm going to have to strongly agree with Sean Kay below that I would prefer a Discord site to have some of these discussions -- besides the fact that it is a fun way for fans to communicate with each other generally! In my case however, there are two problems: 1) I found the post by "Tim" below about possible security risks interesting. But what I do when finding information like this myself is to run it by Google Gemini Pro, which I am a subscriber to, as well as Claude. But the response that comes back from them is WAY too long to post here. This isn't the kind of forum for that -- it would be very impolite for me as a user to post something that long here. I assume you are doing these checks (AI) yourself, but it still leaves questions in the mind of other readers here. Discord would be a perfect place for this type of discussion. 2) You can't post screenshots here (or X, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, etc.), and I often find posting screenshots is the fastest and quickest way to communicate information. But anyway my AI PARTLY said: "SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED? 'Popcorn in Bed' is a known, public-facing YouTube channel with a reputation to uphold. It is highly unlikely they are intentionally deploying malicious spyware. THE REAL RISK: The more realistic concern isn't that the creator is spying on you, but rather that the third-party developer they hired to build the extension might have used sloppy code or asked for broader permissions than strictly necessary, which creates a theoretical security vulnerability. THE BOTTOM LINE: The engineer is factually correct that extensions can do these invasive things if programmed maliciously. However, if the extension uses standard OAuth for Patreon and limits its activity to syncing video timestamps, the everyday risk to you is incredibly low." So there's part of it anyway. But someday shoot for creation of that Discord channel! Would be fun!
Tried it, but the app seems to assume anyone using it is American since it's only giving me the American streaming options to sync with, which are useless to me. The movie I was trying to watch is on Netflix in my country, but only on Prime for rent in the US. It's a shame cause I really like the idea and the convenience it offers
YouTube works great for me. Haven’t tried Prime. Love this idea! I hope more reactors try this.
Very convenient for when you wanna pause.
Desperately Jonesing for the Pick-a-Flick draw right now. I always look forward to the crushing disappointment of my kernel popping out on the "go" of Cassie's "Here we go!" You just can't beat it.
It was so much fun losing...I stopped playing, lol.
Anyone want to jump in the discord to discuss it? I feel like this is what the discord was made for at the very least...if not for this than for what...lemmie know I guess
A absolutely agree, except I just finished checking the Popcorn in Bed "LinkTree" and there is no Discord mentioned there, only Twitter and Reddit and Instagram. I will post a separate note here above supporting your suggestion. If there is a specific Discord channel you are watching, if you could post the link here I will check back in a day or so to see about it and follow up. Thanks!
I will give it a try.
oh, man, I've always wanted something like this
Try the site called Streamable.com/ SOme reactors have their full reactions UNCUT and unblurred movie shots.. Much better option
Those reactors are breaking the law by doing so. They're just relying on being small and going unnoticed.
Worked perfectly on YouTube and Amazon Prime, but I got nothing on Paramount+.
Yeah Paramount isn't integrated yet. It's up next though! Thanks for testing it out. -Ben
Cool idea! Unfortunately, I’m a physical media guy so I’m watching the full reactions on my MacBook and watching the blu rays on my tv so this wouldn’t apply to me. Hope others get a lot out of it though!
Yeah lots of people watch just like you! And you'll have that option forever. This is mostly for those who watch on a computer. We'll Also have a desktop version that will sync your local copy (on a PC via VLC) with the reaction in the same way. -Ben
Hi Cassie! Ted in Calgary here. I ran into two small problems: 1) on the last page of the successful sign-up, the "Overview" lists 4 instruction steps. Step 1 states: "Start a synced viewing session on [P-in-B dotcom]". Step 2 then proceeds directly to: "2. Open your movie or show on a supported streaming platform". No, that is not exactly correct. I visited your .com and there is no automatic posted link there to start the session. I tried to follow the instructions provided by Geoman, below, after I saw them, which helped. What I found was that I had to go to my general Chrome settings (on any page), starting by clicking on the "Chrome Menu" "...", scroll down to "Extensions", then "Manage Extensions", then under the list of possible extensions click "PiB AutoSync", then "Details", and then on my Chrome the option was "Pin-to-Toolbar" (Geoman says his was "Add To Homepage"). I got a "popcorn box" icon showing on my toolbar, and when I click on it, it leads me to the movie page with the Forest Gump movie. I'm assuming this will work for all future movie options! 2) Unfortunately, the options to watch the movie are different somewhat by country. There appears on the watch-along screen an option that says "Free", but when I clicked on it the YouTube response that came up read "Video Unavailable: the uploader has not made this video available in your country", and at present I am not willing to pay the fee to try the movie to see how it would go (partly because I'm just not a big Tom Hanks fan). But at least I'm all signed-up and linked to Patreon so I can proceed in the future! Great idea if we can get it going! Enjoy your Easter!
Apparently doesn't work if you sail the high seas.
I'll just cotinue the way ive always done it patreon on one device copy of movie on other hit play sinc up done not difficult.
Totally fine! -Ben
Your website said the PIB Auto Sync loaded onto my Android but in the Chrome instructions where it says to turn on sync there is not a sync option on my tablet. And if sync is on I can't start the reaction on the website even though the Youtube movie is playing. Either my tablet can't do it or my 56 years of using computers fails me.
Sam, it's not you. I haven't looked into making this work on tablets yet. I've just been focused on getting it to work on a desktop computer. I'm hoping to get to mobile devices and tablets eventually! -Ben
It works with the Brave web browser as well. I'm 10 minutes into the movie and haven't experienced any issues so far.
VLC
Yes, I'd like to see it work with VLC (or other media players) eventually too.
What an excellent idea and it works perfectly so far on my end.
Ok
I already built something very similar for myself: https://github.com/arstropica/reaction-maker 🤣😂🤣
You should REALLY add more to your Chrome extension. This is the type of thing that will make me REJECT this type of Tracking. I get the concept of what the developer person was going for, but that is WAYYYY too much information to grab without understanding what it is being used for and since it is a Chrome extension, will it track OTHER sites. Keystroke logging, mouse position, and network monitoring along with passwords. If I logged in via Patreon, are you really capturing my Password from Patreon or the "Is this person logged in". I have been a software engineer for over 20 years. Sorry. I would love to help, but it's too much until fixed. Authentication information For example: passwords, credentials, security question, or personal identification number (PIN) User activity For example: network monitoring, clicks, mouse position, scroll, or keystroke logging
Ok iv been able to download it and it gives me the PIB icon on my home screen..I went to the homepage of your app then touched the 3 ... dots..in the drop down there ADD TO HOMEPAGE..I clicked it and it works perfectly.
Does this work on Phones? Xbox..etc...or only laptop or desktop Once it looks like it works well...Will you add Fandango(Vudu) to app features
Yeah you can put it on your fone..iv got an android and I use Google Chrome so it was easy.
Love to but I'm straight physical media homie
+1
Good luck with your test
Sounds like a cool feature! Will give it a try!
