From dc18fd43ca1da57ed09b73167be814f1609a3725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Viren070 Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:00:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] feat(stremio): add section on metadata addons in technical details --- docs/stremio/technical-details.mdx | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/stremio/technical-details.mdx b/docs/stremio/technical-details.mdx index a805ad6..2a65588 100644 --- a/docs/stremio/technical-details.mdx +++ b/docs/stremio/technical-details.mdx @@ -134,6 +134,23 @@ You also cannot bind your VPN to Stremio, which means that if your VPN disconnec A more effective and better solution to this is to use a debrid service. +#### Metadata Addons + +Metadata addons provide metadata for content. This includes the name, actors, genre, runtime etc. +These addons are used by Stremio to display information about the content you are watching. +Each metadata provider will use separate title IDs for content. You can see the ID prefix when you open a title in [Stremio Web](https://web.stremio.com/) by looking at the URL in the address bar. + +If you open a title in Stremio from the Cinemeta addon (For example, Silo), you will see that it makes use of tt ID's. These correspond to the IMDb ID's for the content. + +If you now open a title from the TMDB addon, you will see that it has the tmdb prefix. These correspond to the TMDB ID's for the content. + +Content from addons that use different prefixes will be considered as separate content by Stremio. If you choose a movie and start watching it from Cinemeta, if you later access it from TMDB, it will not show your previous progress, and it will also refetch addon stream results. + +You may notice that you may not get accurate results for anime content sometimes. +To combat this, the Anime Kitsu addon was created. This makes use of the Kitsu ID. Kitsu, as a database focused on anime content, is more accurate than other metadata providers. +The Torrentio addon, maintained by the same developer as the Anime Kitsu addon, has support for Kitsu ID's. +This means that you can use the Anime Kitsu addon for metadata and the Torrentio addon for streams to get better results for anime content. + ## Debrid Services Debrid services generate unrestricted, high-speed, HTTPS links to torrents or files on supported file hosters (such as Mega, 1fichier etc) by downloading the torrent or file to their servers first.