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@KarthikJay i don't know why you flagged the package out of date. you said it needs updated to 1.1.2 which is the version it already is on and has been since the 7th, shortly after the release upstream. i just tested the issue you mentioned that 1.1.2 addresses and the m3u8 playlists option works fine with this PKGBUILD, with or without stremio-web. the version the package is on can be seen on the AUR web interface and in the PKGBUILD. make sure you have updated your install locally, you can check with pacman -Q stremio-linux-shell

other than the theme parsing & xdg portal errors those errors/warnings are just how it is from upstream and what i get too so looks fine, if it is working now then it's all good. i'll add xdg-desktop-portal as a dependency too but it could just the implementation for your DE doesnt support that background mode thing which i don't think should affect usage/functionality

I re-installed it, all of a sudden it's opening correctly multiple times?

Anyway,

sh -c "stremio -o '%u'"

(stremio:707777): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:47:02.214: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:164:14: 'filter' is not a valid property name
2026-05-20T07:47:02.226371Z ERROR stremio_linux_shell::app: Failed to set background mode: A portal frontend implementing `org.freedesktop.portal.Background` was not found
Cannot load libcuda.so.1

(stremio:707777): libayatana-appindicator-WARNING **: 03:47:02.231: libayatana-appindicator is deprecated. Please use libayatana-appindicator-glib in newly written code.
(node:707779) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:707779) [DEP0060] DeprecationWarning: The `util._extend` API is deprecated. Please use Object.assign() instead.
(node:707779) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
Failed to convert IpcEvent to IpcMessageRequest: Unknown method
(node:707779) [DEP0044] DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead.
Error: stream ended
    at Socket.onFinished (/usr/share/stremio/server.js:81013:145)
    at AsyncResource.runInAsyncScope (node:async_hooks:214:14)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/streams/end-of-stream:61:21)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/util:569:20)
    at Socket.onfinish (node:internal/streams/end-of-stream:125:16)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
    at finish (node:internal/streams/writable:955:10)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:89:21)
Error: stream ended
    at Socket.onFinished (/usr/share/stremio/server.js:81013:145)
    at AsyncResource.runInAsyncScope (node:async_hooks:214:14)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/streams/end-of-stream:61:21)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/util:569:20)
    at Socket.onfinish (node:internal/streams/end-of-stream:125:16)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
    at finish (node:internal/streams/writable:955:10)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:89:21)
[707777:707871:0520/034706.590461:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:291] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT

it was missing a couple dependencies, critically nodejs so if you didn't already have that a black window would make sense. i've updated it to include that as a dependency. if it still doesn't work open the app from a terminal and share the output it gives here

Is there any reason why this just shows a black box when starting?