diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
index 2049b701..0b7db54c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
@@ -1576,7 +1576,8 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
       let tmdbId;
       let stremioId = id;
       // Use TMDB-resolved type if available — handles "other", "Movie", etc.
-      let effectiveStreamType: string = resolvedTypeRef.current || normalizedType;
+      // Use metadata.type first (from addon meta response), then TMDB-resolved, then normalized
+      let effectiveStreamType: string = metadata?.type || resolvedTypeRef.current || normalizedType;
 
       if (id.startsWith('tmdb:')) {
         tmdbId = id.split(':')[1];
@@ -1631,7 +1632,8 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
         const allStremioAddons = await stremioService.getInstalledAddons();
         const localScrapers = await localScraperService.getInstalledScrapers();
 
-        const requestedStreamType = type;
+        // Use the best available type — not raw type which may be "other"
+        const requestedStreamType = metadata?.type || resolvedTypeRef.current || normalizedType;
 
         const pickEligibleStreamAddons = (requestType: string) =>
           allStremioAddons.filter(addon => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTraktAutosync.ts b/src/hooks/useTraktAutosync.ts
index 4c2f681a..f4cbe5a7 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTraktAutosync.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTraktAutosync.ts
@@ -309,14 +309,6 @@ export function useTraktAutosync(options: TraktAutosyncOptions) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Skip if session was already stopped (e.g. after background/pause).
-    // Without this, the fallback "force start" block inside handleProgressUpdate
-    // would fire a new /scrobble/start on the first periodic save after a remount,
-    // bypassing the hasStopped guard in handlePlaybackStart entirely.
-    if (hasStopped.current) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     try {
       const rawProgress = (currentTime / duration) * 100;
       const progressPercent = Math.min(100, Math.max(0, rawProgress));
@@ -340,6 +332,19 @@ export function useTraktAutosync(options: TraktAutosyncOptions) {
             lastSyncTime.current = now;
             lastSyncProgress.current = progressPercent;
 
+            // If this update crossed the completion threshold, Trakt will have silently
+            // scrobbled it. Mark complete now so unmount/background don't fire a second
+            // /scrobble/stop above threshold and create a duplicate history entry.
+            if (progressPercent >= autosyncSettings.completionThreshold) {
+              isSessionComplete.current = true;
+              const ck = getContentKey(options);
+              const existing = recentlyStoppedSessions.get(ck);
+              if (existing) {
+                recentlyStoppedSessions.set(ck, { ...existing, isComplete: true, progress: progressPercent });
+              }
+              logger.log(`[TraktAutosync] Threshold reached via immediate progress update (${progressPercent.toFixed(1)}%), marking session complete`);
+            }
+
             // Update local storage sync status
             await storageService.updateTraktSyncStatus(
               options.id,
@@ -375,6 +380,19 @@ export function useTraktAutosync(options: TraktAutosyncOptions) {
             lastSyncTime.current = now;
             lastSyncProgress.current = progressPercent;
 
+            // If this periodic update crossed the completion threshold, Trakt will have
+            // silently scrobbled it. Mark complete now so unmount/background don't fire
+            // a second /scrobble/stop above threshold and create a duplicate history entry.
+            if (progressPercent >= autosyncSettings.completionThreshold) {
+              isSessionComplete.current = true;
+              const ck = getContentKey(options);
+              const existing = recentlyStoppedSessions.get(ck);
+              if (existing) {
+                recentlyStoppedSessions.set(ck, { ...existing, isComplete: true, progress: progressPercent });
+              }
+              logger.log(`[TraktAutosync] Threshold reached via progress update (${progressPercent.toFixed(1)}%), marking session complete to prevent duplicate scrobble`);
+            }
+
             // Update local storage sync status
             await storageService.updateTraktSyncStatus(
               options.id,
@@ -385,7 +403,6 @@ export function useTraktAutosync(options: TraktAutosyncOptions) {
               currentTime
             );
 
-            // Progress sync logging removed
             logger.log(`[TraktAutosync] Trakt: Progress updated to ${progressPercent.toFixed(1)}%`);
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/services/catalog/search.ts b/src/services/catalog/search.ts
index 95407c8e..b9142a48 100644
--- a/src/services/catalog/search.ts
+++ b/src/services/catalog/search.ts
@@ -325,12 +325,21 @@ async function searchAddonCatalog(
       // meta addon by ID prefix matching. Setting it here causes 404s when two addons
       // are installed and one returns IDs the other can't serve metadata for.
 
-      const normalizedCatalogType = type ? type.toLowerCase() : type;
-      if (normalizedCatalogType && content.type !== normalizedCatalogType) {
-        content.type = normalizedCatalogType;
-      } else if (content.type) {
+      // Always lowercase the item's own type first
+      if (content.type) {
         content.type = content.type.toLowerCase();
       }
+
+      // Only stamp the catalog type if the item doesn't already have a standard type.
+      // Prevents catalog type "other" from overwriting correct types like "movie"/"series"
+      // that the addon already set on individual items.
+      const normalizedCatalogType = type ? type.toLowerCase() : type;
+      const STANDARD_TYPES = new Set(['movie', 'series', 'anime.movie', 'anime.series', 'anime', 'tv', 'channel']);
+      if (normalizedCatalogType && !STANDARD_TYPES.has(content.type) && STANDARD_TYPES.has(normalizedCatalogType)) {
+        content.type = normalizedCatalogType;
+      } else if (normalizedCatalogType && !content.type) {
+        content.type = normalizedCatalogType;
+      }
       return content;
     });
 
@@ -384,9 +393,17 @@ function dedupeAndStampResults(results: StreamingContent[], catalogType: string)
     }
   }
 
-  return Array.from(bestById.values()).map(item =>
-    catalogType && item.type !== catalogType ? { ...item, type: catalogType } : item
-  );
+  const normalizedCatalogType = catalogType ? catalogType.toLowerCase() : catalogType;
+  const STANDARD_TYPES = new Set(['movie', 'series', 'anime.movie', 'anime.series', 'anime', 'tv', 'channel']);
+
+  return Array.from(bestById.values()).map(item => {
+    // Only stamp catalog type if item doesn't already have a standard type.
+    // Prevents "other" from overwriting correct types like "movie"/"series".
+    if (normalizedCatalogType && !STANDARD_TYPES.has(item.type) && STANDARD_TYPES.has(normalizedCatalogType)) {
+      return { ...item, type: normalizedCatalogType };
+    }
+    return item;
+  });
 }
 
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