Metadata & catalogs
Streams are half the experience. The other half is what you see before pressing play: posters, descriptions, episode lists and the rows on your Board.
Cinemeta (built in)
Cinemeta is the default metadata add-on. It supplies:
- the standard catalogs (popular, featured, IMDb-derived lists),
- posters, backgrounds and descriptions,
- season and episode structure.
Leave it installed. Almost every other add-on assumes its IDs (tt…).
AIOMetadata
AIOMetadata replaces Cinemeta's output with something noticeably better.
- Configurable catalogs from TMDB, TVDB, MyAnimeList, AniList and Trakt.
- Higher-resolution artwork.
- Ratings from several sources.
- Per-catalog ordering and limits.
Setup is a configure page like any other add-on: choose providers, pick catalogs, install the manifest. Keep the number of catalogs modest — each row is a request when the home screen loads.
TMDB add-on
tmdb.elfhosted.com adds TMDB's popular, trending, upcoming and top-rated lists without replacing Cinemeta. TMDB Discover+ goes further with genre, year and release-date discovery.
Use it when you want more rows, not different metadata.
Anime
- Anime Kitsu — Kitsu catalogs and metadata, the classic choice for anime rows.
- AIOMetadata — MyAnimeList and AniList catalogs in the same add-on as everything else.
- Anime IDs are messy: a title may exist as both a TMDB entry and a Kitsu entry. Pick one metadata source per library to avoid duplicates.
Custom catalogs
- AIOLists — turns MDBList and Trakt lists into catalogs.
- IMDb list — any public IMDb list as a row.
- IMDb tag — dynamic catalogs from an IMDb tag.
- Stremio Catalog Builder — official no-code builder.
Poster ratings
RPDB draws ratings onto posters. It is not an add-on: you plug its URL into a metadata add-on (AIOMetadata supports it natively). Free tier exists; the paid tiers add styles and more rating sources.
Ordering
Metadata add-ons are queried in list order, and the first one that answers wins for a given ID. If two add-ons provide the same title, you may see duplicates or mismatched artwork. Keep one primary metadata source and disable the overlapping catalogs on the others.
Common problems
Duplicate titles in Discover — two metadata add-ons both provide the same catalog. Disable one.
Wrong posters — a metadata add-on is overriding Cinemeta with a lower-quality image. Reorder or remove it.
Anime shows as a movie — the ID came from TMDB instead of Kitsu/MAL. Use one source per title.
Home screen slow — too many catalogs. Cut it to five or six.