Any time you pause it or rewind it or sneeze it throws the “EXO failed to play this video” error.
That’s WHEN it decides to play sound.
I noticed they said they aren’t worried about fixing it on github??
What is going on here?
I’m using a shield tv pro and it acts like this on my gaming PC too always freezing and making me force shut it down.
Did something happen with stremio lately?
Edit: anyone know of any viable alternatives that don’t require learning hours of self hosting stuff like Jellyfin?


You are not wrong, but my understanding (and how i use mine) could also be wrong
Stremio is for streaming
Jellyfin is a self hosted media manager and relies on you having the files…if you dont have the files downloaded/stored its gonna give you nothing to display.
I set aside a day last year and set up a self host, once up and running its actually quite low maintenance. I use it for stuff i watch regular or that I want to keep (viewed and managed by JF). Also my shows because it just picks up new episodes in the background. Convenient.
For casual streaming when i dont know what i want to watch/check out a new show…its stremio.
You can do the same kind of live streaming with Jellyfin/Plex using Decypharr. It’s more complicated to set up, though.