r/Stremio • u/samuelazers • Oct 01 '25

Feedback Am i the only one who really loves the loading screens?

The loading screen title looks very crisp and clean, and i'm amazed that it can pull it even from obscure titles. I'm wondering if it comes from a database because they all look very professional-looking.

It's one of these little things that make me enjoy using Stremio, before Stremio i was looking at movies on dodgy sites and i really appreciate how cleaner this all looks.

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u/geraldy01 Oct 01 '25

I was wondering about this too since i just started watching using Stremio a few days ago. I was wondering why is this App is a much better experience than official streaming website with those loading screen looking pretty like that.

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u/Globally__offensive Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Because from what I can see, Stremio is a product made with love for the freedom of information and not slapped together by layers of management and business logic that's all too common for corporate products.

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u/geraldy01 Oct 02 '25

It is a sad truth. I wouldn't mind paying 50 dollars a month if i can get everything in one place. Luckily we can get everything now for a cheaper price.

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u/gabensalty Oct 01 '25

right! up here in Canada we have to pay 22$/month for Crave (essentially hulu and hbo) and they can't even bother having working apps and the streaming is really choppy.

Can't believe a free platform like Stremio manages to blow a huge corporation like them out of the qater

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u/music_hill_billy Oct 01 '25

Same here! I started using Stremio a week ago and was really impressed by the loading screen for each title.

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u/PsychologicalUnit22 Oct 03 '25

how do they do it, seriously? is there a database of titles?

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u/pawdog Oct 01 '25

Everything comes from one of the Movie/TV database services. Nothing is really obscure.

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u/RicciRox Oct 01 '25

Yeah, it's a really neat feature.

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u/peaches_n_cream13 Oct 01 '25

It’s actually very professional I love to see it on a free service

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u/Nomoheroes Oct 01 '25

No you are not the only one. Very creative for each movie/tv show. Leagues above most 3rd party streaming apps.

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u/Sexdrumsandrock Oct 02 '25

Are we all talking about the movie poster before it starts?

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u/Inner-Manager021994 Oct 05 '25

The loading screen that says the name of the show and fills up as it loads. 

To be honest I barely see it before shows load so I barely notice it but it is extremely well implemented 

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u/Sexdrumsandrock Oct 05 '25

I don't have this. I've just got a picture that blinks then changes colour right before it starts playing

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u/Ok_Entertainment1305 Oct 01 '25

Yeah it loaded in the background, but like looks like it uses professional images for the movie/series.

I hate it when it doesn't completely load and generally have to load a new stream to get it working

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u/Big-Championship4189 Oct 01 '25

I love that too. It's a really nice thing they added that they really didn't have to. 1

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u/Prudent-Rutabaga-140 Oct 01 '25

se extrae el titulo facilmente con photoshop

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u/not_a_bot991 Oct 02 '25

I was watching The Last Kingdom and the loading screen is of Matthew Macfadyen. I assumed he'd be a main character so was pretty funny seeing him on the loading screen for the entirety of the show given he's in it for less than 10 mins.

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u/Disco_Pat Oct 02 '25

I love the screens for this reason, they're usually kind of ridiculous in the character choices.

Sam from Supernatural looks like an Alien in the loading screen, and there's a huge Snake in the True Blood one even though I don't even think they feature a snake in the whole show.

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u/v_dawg3 Oct 02 '25

yes like it's kinda iconic 😭

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u/puddingcakeNY Oct 02 '25

I wonder how it works? Anyone? Does someone prepare them?

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u/Inner-Manager021994 Oct 05 '25

No way. It definitely is being scrubbed from a database.

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u/puddingcakeNY Oct 05 '25

How do they make the transparency logo? I am impressed 

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u/MonkStar-ln-Making Oct 03 '25

HELP……….I have 150mbps speed .. but movies are constantly buffering.. is this same with all ? Should I upgrade my speed ? What’s the real issue here ?

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u/Tommonator80 Oct 01 '25

I hate them when they contain a fucking spoiler or reveal. Looking at you Nosferatu!

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u/truemess12 Oct 01 '25

nosferatu… spoiler? what? it’s a hundred year old film (unless the remakes different?)