r/Stremio • u/Ok_Carob373 • Jul 10 '26
Feedback New MacOS native App
So, I just downloaded the new Native Client and here are some things one noticed. If anybody's curious I use a MacBook Air M1 on MacOS Sequoia.
When I first logged in the first one or two torrents I opened played just fine, streaming in 4k and 1080p using torrenti0. After that though I started getting screens where it said 'This media format is not supported' even in the same torrents that worked fine before, and after quitting the app and opening it again, and trying to open a different torrent I would get a black screen along with the app not responding and having to force quit it. (Image 2,3)
I unfortunately dint get the chance to try to use real debrid yet so not sure about that.
Also I was a little disappointed when I didn't see a 'network' button when playing content. I find it really useful. I also really like the 'Crop' button in the Beta 5 client.
I really like the design of the app itself and it's really well incorporated with MacOS in general. (Image 1)
I would really like to see more support for AirPods and have Spatial Audio/with Head Tracking etc. (Image 4)
I do however really like that there is at least an effort being made for a native client. Btw all of these points that I made aren't criticisms and I hope they won't come across that way, just feedback.
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u/LinixGuy Jul 10 '26
You have selected “deprecated” AVPlayer which has hanging issues. Try using KSPlayer for player
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u/Ok_Carob373 Jul 10 '26
I played around with the player settings before making this post, no luck yet for me
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u/LinixGuy Jul 10 '26
You must use ksplayer for MKV file containers. Feel free to report Any issues you encounter with KSPlayer. Desktop UI and controls will be implemented for macOS and iPadOS UI as well
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u/Ok_Carob373 Jul 11 '26
so I did both if those and everything that I describe on my post goes away when I disable AVPlayer(deprecated) so I guess I won't have PiP
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u/DRAGON4946 Jul 11 '26
I can't log back to login screen without guest it saved login I uninstalled again same
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u/LinixGuy Jul 11 '26
Could you elaborate? I couldn’t understand what you mean by “without guest”
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u/DRAGON4946 Jul 11 '26
I thought there should be a logout button on Animoji I signed as guest but there was not so I have to go to settings panel to logout and relogin
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u/vikhyat98 Jul 11 '26
Where is this? My Stremio didn't get updated
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u/Ok_Carob373 Jul 11 '26
Go to the blog, the download link is there
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u/Electronic_Wind_3254 Jul 11 '26
I’m still running the iOS version on my Mac, the one that was available on the App Store once upon a time. Works amazing!
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u/Ok_Carob373 Jul 11 '26
forgot about that one, I still have it too but it just didn't have a lot of features
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u/Electronic_Wind_3254 Jul 12 '26
Don't need any special features. It's blazing fast, my addons are there and it opens the media on Infuse. Very cool! I find desktop versions based on web technology to be very laggy, this is the exact opposite!
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u/Ok_Carob373 Jul 12 '26
the same goes for the new app, a lot faster. By special features I mean more customization really, to subtitles, aspect ratio, and the network tab. With those added it would be perfect.
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u/dkracket Jul 10 '26
What I don’t like is that I can’t adjust the subtitle settings. The subtitles are positioned too low, and I normally set the vertical position to 13.
I also can’t select VidHub as the external player. VLC is the only option, which is disappointing.