Stremio Overview & Setup Guide

This guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to setting up Stremio, installing addons, and troubleshooting common issues. It’s designed to serve both newcomers and experienced users by combining detailed installation instructions with a clear, organized structure.

What is Stremio?

Stremio is a free, open-source media center application that allows users to stream and organize a variety of content, including movies, TV shows, live channels, and more. It is available across multiple platforms, such as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and others, offering a user-friendly interface for seamless navigation and content discovery.

The application supports an extensive add-on system, enabling users to expand their streaming options by integrating various content sources. While Stremio and its add-ons are free to use, many add-ons rely on debrid services to provide high-quality, reliable streaming links. A debrid service acts as an unrestricted multi-hoster, allowing users to stream and download videos instantly at optimal speeds.

One popular debrid service is Real-Debrid, which offers premium access to a wide range of hosters. Real-Debrid is a paid subscription service with various pricing tiers. For example, a 15-day subscription costs approximately €3 ($3.16 USD), while a 30-day subscription is around €4 ($4.21 USD). Longer durations are also available, such as a 90-day subscription for €9 ($9.48 USD) and a 180-day subscription for €16 ($16.86 USD).

In summary, while Stremio and its add-ons are free, accessing premium, high-quality streaming links often requires a debrid service like Real-Debrid, which involves additional costs.

Overview

• Download
• Streamio Web
• Pronounced “stream - mio”.
• Video streaming platform alternative.
• Replacement for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus.
• The real power comes from Debrid
• Setup guide on Reddit.
• Makes use of plugins to find media content and streaming links.
• Plugins allow extending the functionality and connecting to external services (paid and free).
• Generally, can stream from torrents, own media and usenet.
• Support for TV, Desktop, Mobile. Support for Apple devices is limited.
• Usage on ios
• Virens guide
• (Tool) Stremio Account Bootstrapper
  • Have not used; it seems to include some plugins that are not necessary.

Setup; TLDR

Reference.

1. Download Stremio on android.
   1. Create an account (it’s free).
   2. Sign in.
2. Create a Real Debrid account.
   1. Sign up for the subscription (yes it’s worth it). Use my referral link.
3. Install my reccommended addons.
4. Search for your media of choice.
5. Select a stream and enjoy.

Recommended addons

Use RPDB - Ratings poster DB for getting IMDB and rotten tomatoes (paid, but has a free version which is more than enough in my experience). The api key can be used with other plugins to show IMDB ratings posters. See an example here.

Dashboard

• (NOT AN ADDON) DMM Cast - Plugin to cast from real debrid to Stremio.
• (NOT AN ADDON) Addon manager - Enables adjusting the order of stremio addons without re-installing.
  • When updating Stremio add-ons, the installation order is important—add-ons installed first will appear first in both streams and catalogs. This means that to change their order, you must uninstall the old versions and reinstall them in your preferred sequence.

☠️ Addons archive

• Up next - synced with Trakt for recommendations
• Jackett - used to find additional torrent links. #self-hosted
• Comet - Torrentio alternative - Dead after RD changes
• Knightcrawler - Torrentio alternative - I believe this is deprecated. Need to double check.
• Media fusion - Torrentio alternative - Reddit thread
• Cyberflix Catalog - Aggregates multiple streaming catalogs; customizable order. It's not being updated with new content
• ⚰️Dead. PPVStreams - Sports.
• ⚰️Dead. World wide sports - Sports.

Useful real-debrid related stuff

Troubleshooting

Can’t find link to stream

• Could be caused by the metadata being incorrect. Consider alternative plugins for metadata.
• Check internet connection.
• Check status of Debrid. Subscription may have expired or the association with the link plugin of choice may have broken.
• Troubleshooting guide

Additional reading/experimentation:

• https://elfhosted.com/
• https://aiostreams.elfhosted.com/configure - still need to play with this, but looks interesting for combining multiple addons into one

Resources

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Stremio/s/sCdd4erPlL
• https://www.reddit.com/r/StremioAddons/s/VHOwWp6QVM
• https://www.reddit.com/r/StremioAddons/comments/1et5e89/how_to_use_elfhosted_free_torrentio_alternatives/
• https://debrid.news/
• Addons website: https://stremio-addons.com/

Related

Live TV references