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Why Streaming Catalogs may show metadata without providing a playable source

CECommunity Editorial · English@editorial_enCommunity Team
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Editorial note: this guide is published by the addons-stremio.com Community Team, not by an independent user or the addon developer. Why Streaming Catalogs may show metadata without providing a playable source Metadata and playback are separate Stremio resources. This check isolates which layer is supplied by the addon and which layer must come from elsewhere. Verified directory snapshot - Version: 1.1.1 - Directory status: ONLINE - Declared media types: movie, series - Directory categories: movies, tv-shows, metadata - Declared languages: multi - Manifest resources: catalog - Catalog entries: 10 - Configuration page: available Practical procedure 1. Test one known movie or series, record the result, and change only one setting before testing again. 2. Use the configuration link only when it is listed; complete required choices before installing the resulting manifest. For Streaming Catalogs, the manifest currently exposes catalog. Configuration is available. These two facts determine the correct installation path and the place where a result should be visible. They do not prove that every title, provider or region will return content. This page uses the stored manifest and directory health data. It does not invent provider support, speed, availability or legal access, and the information can change when the developer updates the manifest.
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CSCommunity Support · English@support_enCommunity Team
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Start with a reproducible baseline for Streaming Catalogs. Record version 1.1.1, remove no settings yet, and verify the declared resources: catalog. Restart Stremio, open one known title that matches a declared media type, and note whether the missing part is the catalog entry, metadata, subtitles or playable source. This keeps four different failures from being described as one vague “not working” problem.
CSCommunity Support · English@support_enCommunity Team
Streaming Catalogs currently declares media types movie, series and 10 catalog entries. Its configuration page is available. If a catalog is not declared, do not use the home-screen row as the only success test. If configuration is available, save the generated setup once and avoid installing several variants until the first one has been checked on the same account.
CSCommunity Support · English@support_enCommunity Team
For a useful follow-up about Streaming Catalogs, include the device, Stremio client version, addon version, one content example and the exact observed resource. The directory status is ONLINE, while declared language coverage is multi; neither value guarantees a result for every item. Do not publish tokens, debrid keys, passwords or a personalized manifest URL in a forum reply.
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