Bump to 5.0.21 and updated readme

- Bump to 5.0.21 - Updated Readme Animejanai section, added video guide and updated build link - Updated App errors with more common issues
2026-01-11 12:00:40 +00:00 · 2025-12-09 11:12:28 +01:00 · 2025-12-09 11:12:28 +01:00 · f6b08f6267
commit f6b08f6267
parent 90f8961641
8 changed files with 47 additions and 27 deletions
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)

-project(stremio VERSION "5.0.20")
+project(stremio VERSION "5.0.21")

 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@

 - 🎨 **[AnimeJaNai](https://github.com/the-database/mpv-upscale-2x_animejanai)**
    - ❌ Not included by default.
-    - 📥 Download from the **Stremio-Desktop-v5** [release tab](https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/5.0.0-beta.7) the `stremio-animejanai-3.x.x.7z` for Stremio and drop the content of the 7z into `%localAppData%\Programs\LNV\Stremio-5\` and `replace all`
+    - 📥 Download from the **Stremio-Desktop-v5** [release tab](https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-community-v5/releases/tag/5.0.0-beta.20) the `stremio-animejanai-3.x.x.7z.001` and `stremio-animejanai-3.x.x.7z.002` for Stremio and drop the content of the 7z into `%localAppData%\Programs\LNV\Stremio-5\` and `replace all`
        - 🛠️ **Changes made:**
            - Removed `mpvnet.exe` as Stremio is used as the player.
            - Adjusted `mpv.conf` to work with Stremio.
@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
        - 🔢 `SHIFT+1` - `SHIFT+3` Select Quality, Balanced or Performance Profiles
        - ⚙️ `CTRL+1` - `CTRL+9` Switch between Custom Profiles
        - 🔗 For more, check [AnimeJaNai](https://github.com/the-database/mpv-upscale-2x_animejanai)
+  - 📺 **Installation Guide**
+      - See: [AnimeJaNai – Youtube Installation Guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPJ-M3kkdM)

 > **⏳ Note:** When using AnimeJaNai on first playback Stremio will be unresponsive and a console will open to build the model via e.g. TensorRT. You will need to wait until the console closes for playback to start. This happens only once per model.

@ -209,13 +211,31 @@
        - 🔍 ``AllowZoom`` Allow zoom via `pinch action` or ``CTRL+Scroll``

 - ❌ **App Errors**
-    - If the app does not start and instantly closes, check the error log in ``portable_config\errors-{date}.txt``
-  - ⚠️ **Common Issues**
-      - ❗ [WebView2](https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download) not installed – Installed by default using the installer but may have failed
-      - 🌎 Unreachable Web UI. Make sure you can reach the web ui hosted [here](https://zaarrg.github.io/stremio-web-shell-fixes/).
-      - ⚙️ Invalid MPV configuration like ``mpv.conf``, ``input.conf`` or ``scripts``
-      - 📄 Invalid ``stremio-settings.ini``
-      - 🧩 Invalid ``extensions``
+  - If the app does not start and instantly closes, check the error log in ``portable_config\errors-{date}.txt``
+    * ⚠️ **Common Issues**
+        * ❗ **WebView2 not available**
+            * The **installer** requires [WebView2](https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download) to be installed.
+            * The **portable version** includes its own WebView2 runtime and does **not** require system installation.
+            * If a WebView-related error appears, install WebView2 or use the portable build.
+        * 🌎 **Unreachable Web UI**
+          The app loads the UI in the following order:
+            1. [https://stremio.zarg.me/](https://stremio.zarg.me/)
+            2. [https://zaarrg.github.io/stremio-web-shell-fixes/](https://zaarrg.github.io/stremio-web-shell-fixes/)
+            3. [https://web.stremio.com/](https://web.stremio.com/)
+            * If the UI appears stuck, press **F5** to reload.
+            * If the cached UI is outdated, use **Ctrl+F5** to clear cache and reload.
+        * ⚙️ **Invalid MPV configuration**
+          Invalid or unsupported config in `mpv.conf`, `input.conf`, or `scripts/` may prevent MPV from initializing.
+        * 📄 **Invalid `stremio-settings.ini`**
+          A default configuration is available:
+          [stremio-settings.ini](https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/blob/webview-windows/utils/stremio/stremio-settings.ini)
+            * If corrupted, delete the file to let the app regenerate it.
+        * 🧩 **Invalid or incompatible extensions**
+          Extensions under `portable_config/extensions` may prevent startup.
+            * **uBlock** or similar blockers can cause infinite loading loops → remove them (see *Browser Extensions* section above).
+        * 🔁 **Server not running after sleep / incomplete restart**
+          If the PC went to sleep, the internal stremio server stops.
+            * Fully close the app via **Task Manager** and restart it.

 > **⏳ Note:** A default stremio-settings.ini can be found [here](https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/blob/webview-windows/utils/stremio/stremio-settings.ini)

--- a/src/core/globals.h
+++ b/src/core/globals.h
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ using json = nlohmann::json;
 #define APP_TITLE "Stremio - Freedom to Stream"
 #define APP_NAME  "Stremio"
 #define APP_CLASS L"Stremio"
-#define APP_VERSION "5.0.20"
+#define APP_VERSION "5.0.21"

 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Globals
--- a/utils/chocolatey/stremio.nuspec
+++ b/utils/chocolatey/stremio.nuspec
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2011/08/nuspec.xsd">
  <metadata>
    <id>stremio-desktop-v5</id>
-    <version>5.0.20</version>
+    <version>5.0.21</version>
    <title>Stremio Desktop v5</title>
    <authors>Zarg</authors>
    <owners>Zarg</owners>
--- a/utils/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1
+++ b/utils/chocolatey/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1
@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ $packageArgs = @{


 if ([Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) {
-    $packageArgs['url']          = 'https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x64.exe'
-    $packageArgs['checksum']     = '8ea913d802602b3aca1d6333e142a9a11cf070015f2d4ff7f5a4f1d543448879'
+    $packageArgs['url']          = 'https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x64.exe'
+    $packageArgs['checksum']     = '6b2597e3179355fb59b62df762d65dbe3e493f96471fa3cf17e1620fadd0a1d7'
    $packageArgs['checksumType'] = 'sha256'
 } else {
-    $packageArgs['url']          = 'https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x86.exe'
-    $packageArgs['checksum']     = '659177650030b33c19e6cacad9f879fa25c3f91f2ecc8678a657998430beed7d'
+    $packageArgs['url']          = 'https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x86.exe'
+    $packageArgs['checksum']     = 'f2dfad202ae03b26a1d584d9a4e8747be6e0b078e6c6c5773d57632bdfe3aee0'
    $packageArgs['checksumType'] = 'sha256'
 }

--- a/utils/scoop/stremio-desktop-v5.json
+++ b/utils/scoop/stremio-desktop-v5.json
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "version": "5.0.20",
+  "version": "5.0.21",
  "description": "Stremio Desktop v5 Community",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "architecture": {
    "64bit": {
-      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x64.exe",
-      "hash": "8ea913d802602b3aca1d6333e142a9a11cf070015f2d4ff7f5a4f1d543448879",
+      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x64.exe",
+      "hash": "6b2597e3179355fb59b62df762d65dbe3e493f96471fa3cf17e1620fadd0a1d7",
      "installer": {
        "args": [
          "/S"
@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
      }
    },
    "32bit": {
-      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x86.exe",
-      "hash": "659177650030b33c19e6cacad9f879fa25c3f91f2ecc8678a657998430beed7d",
+      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x86.exe",
+      "hash": "f2dfad202ae03b26a1d584d9a4e8747be6e0b078e6c6c5773d57632bdfe3aee0",
      "installer": {
        "args": [
          "/S"
--- a/version/version-details.json
+++ b/version/version-details.json
@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
-  "shellVersion": "5.0.20",
+  "shellVersion": "5.0.21",
  "files": {
    "windows-x64": {
-      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x64.exe",
-      "checksum": "8ea913d802602b3aca1d6333e142a9a11cf070015f2d4ff7f5a4f1d543448879"
+      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x64.exe",
+      "checksum": "6b2597e3179355fb59b62df762d65dbe3e493f96471fa3cf17e1620fadd0a1d7"
    },
    "windows-x86": {
-      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.20/Stremio.5.0.20-x86.exe",
-      "checksum": "659177650030b33c19e6cacad9f879fa25c3f91f2ecc8678a657998430beed7d"
+      "url": "https://github.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/releases/download/5.0.0-beta.21/Stremio.5.0.21-x86.exe",
+      "checksum": "f2dfad202ae03b26a1d584d9a4e8747be6e0b078e6c6c5773d57632bdfe3aee0"
    },
    "server.js": {
      "url": "https://dl.strem.io/server/v4.20.15/desktop/server.js",
-      "checksum": "d900b0525bac3531aa6ce98e1a3c8a3b1d1b1daa069a7f6fcbddea5625f1f791"
+      "checksum": "fcc4c5e620effda04c9e1d29a76aa087ec86fd08a747cdcbdccc5bb8f0ec4818"
    }
  }
 }
--- a/version/version.json
+++ b/version/version.json
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
  "upToDate": false,
  "versionDesc": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5/refs/heads/webview-windows/version/version-details.json",
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