Episodes
An episode is a single movie produced by a channel. It uses the channel’s story template and the next dynamic-seed value to produce a new movie automatically.
How episodes get created
Section titled “How episodes get created”There are two ways:
- Autopilot — when you have auto-generation on, Popcorn fires a new episode at the scheduled time.
- Manual — open a channel and click Generate Episode at the bottom of the editor. Useful for one-off episodes, urgent topics, or testing the format.
Either way, the production pipeline is the same as for any movie. The agent writes, casts, generates, and edits. You’ll see the new episode appear in the channel’s episode list as it moves through statuses.
Episode statuses
Section titled “Episode statuses”| Status | What’s happening |
|---|---|
| Pending | Queued, hasn’t started yet. |
| Scripting | Popp is writing the script. |
| Producing | Shots, voices, music, composition in flight. |
| Ready | Episode finished. Ready to preview, download, or publish. |
| Published | Pushed to the connected destination (e.g. YouTube). |
| Failed | Something went wrong. Open the episode for the error message. |
Where to find episodes
Section titled “Where to find episodes”On the channel page (sidebar → click a channel), scroll down to the Episodes section. Each episode is a card showing thumbnail, title, status badge, and creation date.
Click any episode to:
- Preview the finished video (if Ready or Published).
- Watch the production (if it’s still in flight) — same studio chat as a regular movie.
- Re-generate if you want a fresh take on the same episode topic.
- Edit in the studio just like any other movie —
@-mention different elements, tweak shots, swap music. - Publish or unpublish to your connected destinations.
Re-running an episode
Section titled “Re-running an episode”If an episode came out wrong (bad take, hallucination, off-brand), open it and ask Popp to redo it. Or click Re-generate to discard the current cut and start a new one with the same seed.
This doesn’t change the channel format — only this episode.
Editing episodes manually
Section titled “Editing episodes manually”Every episode is also a regular Popcorn movie. You can open it in the studio and iterate exactly the way you would with any other movie — the studio chat, @-mentions, versions, download, publish, all the same.
Edits to a single episode don’t affect future autopilot episodes — those still use the channel’s story template.