From f8cfdc8ced729ccec4c65a9b06abdfbcea2b6beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisk325 <singaracemas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:27:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix lower case standardization for search catalogs

---
 src/hooks/useMetadata.ts | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
index 0b5c90c8..c9e3c6ba 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
@@ -117,9 +117,15 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
 
   // Normalize anime subtypes to their base types for all internal logic.
   // anime.series behaves like series; anime.movie behaves like movie.
-  const normalizedType = type === 'anime.series' ? 'series'
-    : type === 'anime.movie' ? 'movie'
-    : type;
+  // Lowercase first — some addons use capitalized types (e.g. "Movie", "Series", "Other")
+  // which would break all type comparisons downstream.
+  const lowercasedType = type ? type.toLowerCase() : type;
+
+  // Normalize anime subtypes to their base types for all internal logic.
+  // anime.series behaves like series; anime.movie behaves like movie.
+  const normalizedType = lowercasedType === 'anime.series' ? 'series'
+    : lowercasedType === 'anime.movie' ? 'movie'
+    : lowercasedType;
 
   const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState<StreamingContent | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);

From 1962e66fb488f26652d0874851b68870c4f2b5bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisk325 <singaracemas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:29:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix lower case standardization for search catalogs

---
 src/services/catalogService.ts | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/services/catalogService.ts b/src/services/catalogService.ts
index f918947d..448cafa3 100644
--- a/src/services/catalogService.ts
+++ b/src/services/catalogService.ts
@@ -1731,12 +1731,25 @@ class CatalogService {
       if (metas.length > 0) {
         const items = metas.map(meta => {
           const content = this.convertMetaToStreamingContent(meta);
-          content.addonId = manifest.id;
+          // Only set addonId to this addon if it also supports the meta resource.
+          // Search-only addons (e.g. AI search, people search) don't serve metadata —
+          // leaving addonId unset lets useMetadata fall through to a proper meta addon.
+          const addonSupportsMeta = Array.isArray(manifest.resources) && manifest.resources.some((r: any) =>
+            r === 'meta' || (typeof r === 'object' && r?.name === 'meta')
+          );
+
+          if (addonSupportsMeta) {
+            content.addonId = manifest.id;
+          }
           // The meta's own type field may be generic (e.g. "series") even when
           // the catalog it came from is more specific (e.g. "anime.series").
           // Stamp the catalog type so grouping in the UI is correct.
-          if (type && content.type !== type) {
-            content.type = type;
+          // Also lowercase — some addons declare types with capital letters (e.g. "Movie", "Other").
+          const normalizedCatalogType = type ? type.toLowerCase() : type;
+          if (normalizedCatalogType && content.type !== normalizedCatalogType) {
+            content.type = normalizedCatalogType;
+          } else if (content.type) {
+            content.type = content.type.toLowerCase();
           }
           return content;
         });