PHIntroduction
What is Stremio?
Stremio, on its surface, is a simple media player and aggregator. When combined with the right addons and a debrid service though, it becomes my favourite on-demand video streamer currently in existence. Following this guide, you'll end up with a simple solution to streaming content from all streaming services and more in the highest quality available with no buffering.Stremio itself is free to download and use. All addons are also free to install and use. You can optionally use addons with debrid services or Usenet providers to improve your experience. To reiterate, these are optional and not required to use Stremio. I cover what these services are and why you may want to use them later on in the guide.
Stremio can be used on many devices, including but not limited to:
- Android
- iPhone and iPad
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Steam Deck
- Fire TV
- Android TV
- Samsung TV (2019+ Models)
- LG TV (2020+ Models)
- Hisense TV (Android TV and Vidaa OS)
- Phillips TV
- Rasberry Pi
- Meta Quest
- Apple Vision Pro
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Why should I use it over a movie website
- Your website likely doesn't support 4K, and even if it does, the quality is likely not as good as what you can get through Stremio using torrents.
- The 1080p content available through Stremio is vastly superior to the low bitrate and compressed content shown on your movie website
- With a Debrid service, you are accessing content from high speed servers, so you will likely not have to deal with buffering - assuming you have a good internet connection.
- As soon as digital copies are available, you will be able to watch it through Stremio.
- Stremio can be directly installed onto many devices and there are no ads, making it easy to use on your TV.
Setup
I will now begin the guide to setting up Stremio and its addons. I recommend that the initial setup is completed on your laptop or desktop. Once it has been setup, you can log in to Stremio with the same account on any device and your configuration will be synced to the device so there is no need to set it up again.Creating a Stremio Account
First, we need to create a Stremio account. This allows you to keep your progress on different content synced across devices and also allows you to sync your configuration so that it does not need to be repeated.Head over to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and either You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. with an email or You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. through Facebook.
Setting up Addon
Description
You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is a torrent search addon that scrapes public trackers. (For a in depth explanation of how Torrentio works, see You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)Configuration
To begin, head over to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to manage the addon.Torrentio has a lot of options to customise your experience. I will go through each option explaining what it does and list my preferences and why.
- Providers: These are all checked by default, I recommend leaving it like that. This is to maximise results. You can uncheck foreign providers to remove potential foreign language results, but most will likely also include English audio.
- Sorting: By quality then size. If you are not using a debrid service, then do By quality then seeders . This is because without a debrid service you are reliant on the number of seeders. However, with a debrid service the number of seeders is irrelevant to you.
- Priority foreign language: Select a language here if you want results with audio in that foreign language to be prioritised. I leave this blank as I do not need to prioritise any foreign language.
- Exclude qualities: This option allows you to remove certain qualities from the search results. I exclude Screener and CAM sources. If you have slower internet or your devices aren't capable of playing 4K content, you may want to exclude 4K sources.
- Max results per quality: This option will limit the number of results shown for each quality. I leave this blank to obtain all results.
- Video size limit: This option will limit the size of the video. If your internet or device is not capable of streaming large files, you may want to set a limit. I leave this blank.
- Debrid provider: Choose your Debrid provider if you are using one. If not, skip the rest of the options.
- API Key: Click here. This link will take you to your debrid provider's website where you can obtain your API key. Copy that and paste it here. (Struggling to find the API key? You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
- Debrid options
- Don't show download to debrid: These links will be displayed with a [.. Download] in front of them. These are torrents that were found but not downloaded (cached) to the Debrid's servers. Clicking this link sends a request to your Debrid provider to start downloading that torrent. Clicking it poses no risk to you. I leave this unchecked.
Leaving this unchecked is especially recommended when using a debrid service that doesn't have an accurate way of telling what's cached such as Real Debrid. As many 'download to debrid' links may actually be playable but not marked as such and you would miss out on those streams. - Don't show debrid catalog: This will show catalogue(s) containing files that you have previously downloaded with your Debrid provider. I check this box as it is unnecessary clutter to me.
- Don't show download to debrid: These links will be displayed with a [.. Download] in front of them. These are torrents that were found but not downloaded (cached) to the Debrid's servers. Clicking this link sends a request to your Debrid provider to start downloading that torrent. Clicking it poses no risk to you. I leave this unchecked.
