From 3900b57a167e39b9d208034d9fa864a2f07a800d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisk325 <singaracemas@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:07:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix for edge case anime ids imdb+kitsu

---
 src/hooks/useMetadata.ts | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
index 34e4c60f..c42d29ac 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
@@ -2016,16 +2016,18 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
         }
         if (__DEV__) console.log('✅ [loadEpisodeStreams] Converted to TMDB ID:', tmdbId);
 
-        // Ensure consistent format
-        // Ensure consistent format or fallback to episodeId if parsing failed
-        // This handles cases where 'tt' is used for a unique episode ID directly
+        // Ensure consistent format or fallback to episodeId if parsing failed.
+        // If the episode's namespace differs from the show's tt id (e.g. kitsu:48363:8
+        // on a tt-identified show), use showIdStr so we request via the correct namespace.
         if (!seasonNum && !episodeNum) {
           stremioEpisodeId = episodeId;
         } else if (!seasonNum) {
-          // No season (e.g., mal:57658:1) - use id:episode format
-          stremioEpisodeId = `${id}:${episodeNum}`;
+          // No season (e.g., kitsu:48363:8, mal:57658:1)
+          const baseId = showIdStr && showIdStr !== id ? showIdStr : id;
+          stremioEpisodeId = `${baseId}:${episodeNum}`;
         } else {
-          stremioEpisodeId = `${id}:${seasonNum}:${episodeNum}`;
+          const baseId = showIdStr && showIdStr !== id ? showIdStr : id;
+          stremioEpisodeId = `${baseId}:${seasonNum}:${episodeNum}`;
         }
         if (__DEV__) console.log('🔧 [loadEpisodeStreams] Normalized episode ID for addons:', stremioEpisodeId);
       } else {