Stremio Tech Update #5

It’s time for the February technical update – check out the improvements we have added to the Stremio desktop app.

Subtitles

Over the last few months, VPN users may have experienced an annoying issue with the OpenSubtitles addon: some subtitle options were returning a message urging users to login to OpenSubtitles.

Recently, we pushed out a mitigation for this issue and it should no longer be present. If you still experience the issue above, please make sure you have updated to the last Stremio version; you can also log a ticket through our “Help” section.

Bug in the addon system

Last week, on the 16th of February, we discovered a a few critical bugs with the addon system:

• Legacy addons with an invalid version string may break the third-party addon catalog;
• Installing addons from the desktop version might result in the Android version crashing due to an inconsistency in the versions of one of our core modules.

The fix for both is simple: install the latest versions on both desktop and Android, from our website or from the Google Play store.

Stremio Dice

We’ve received a few requests for a “random movie” functionality. We’ve created a cool new page that we call Stremio Dice. It suggests a random movie each time you refresh it. Try it, it’s fun!

Stremio Catalog Chooser & IMDb list addon

We’ve created a little tool that allows you to add various catalogs to Stremio, sourced from IMDb lists: the Stremio Catalog Builder.

Here is how to use it:

1. Go to the Catalog Builder page.
2. Select the catalog(s) you want to import to Stremio.
3. Click on “Generate”.
4. On the next page, click on “Load catalogs”.
5. A pop-up will appear asking you to open your Stremio app. Click on “Open Stremio”.
6. In the Stremio app, click on the green “Install” button for the personalized catalog addon(s) you have just generated.

ESC button behavior in the Player

Originally, the default behavior of the Stremio player when pressing ESC was to exit full-screen mode if it was enabled, or to exit the player when full-screen wasn’t active.

For consistency, we changed that behavior to always going back, but following some user complaints, we reverted this and made it into a setting.

What’s new at the office

Our neighbors got a baby corgi. We invited said puppy for walk through our office, and the puppy approved. Bellies were rubbed, faces were licked, and treats were secretly given to the pupster. It was a productive day.