GhostVOD Engine

👻 GhostVOD Engine v2.1.6

A lightweight, ultra-fast cloud engine that seamlessly combines multiple remote Xtream Codes API and M3U VOD playlists into a single, unified Stremio add-on.

✨ What's New in v2.1.6

• 🌍 Universal Non-Latin Script Support: Overhauled title normalization to fully support non-Latin languages.
  • Broader Language Coverage: Titles in Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Asian scripts, and other writing systems are now preserved and accurately matched instead of being stripped out.
• ✍️ Smart Diacritics & Punctuation Smoothing: Enhanced matching flexibility across diverse typographies.
  • Accents & Tashkeel Handling: Automatically flattens accents, diacritics (including Arabic Tashkeel), and varied quote/apostrophe styles, preventing missed matches between provider names and official metadata.
• 🔢 Accurate Number & Sequel Detection: Refined token filtering for international releases.
  • Precision Matching: Fixed false positive matches where non-Latin titles containing numbers were reduced to digits only, ensuring sequels and numbered parts match the correct releases.
• ⚡ Performance & System Stability: Core engine optimizations under the hood.
  • Reliable Streaming: General maintenance updates and backend stability improvements for a faster and smoother experience across all devices.

✨ What's New in v2.1.5

• 🌐 Custom User-Agent per Provider: Added a dedicated "Custom User-Agent" field in the configurator for each provider card.
  • Bypass Provider Restrictions: Emulate specific media players or official apps required by certain strict IPTV providers to avoid stream blocking.
  • Flexible & Safe: Fully optional, leaving it blank automatically retains the default clean browser User-Agent.
• 🌎 Spanish — Latino (Español Latino) Stream Sorting: Added a dedicated sorting option for Latin American Spanish.
  • Accurate Regional Priority: Intelligently recognizes and prioritizes Latin American audio and dubbing tags (LATINO, LAT, ESLAT, MX, LATAM) separately from European/Castilian Spanish.
• 🌍 Latin American Translated Title Matching: Expanded the multi-language title matcher with Spanish — Latino (es-LA).
  • Broader TMDB Regional Coverage: Automatically maps localized titles across Latin American TMDB regions (Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, etc.) to match seamlessly against default English/original metadata.
• Community Hub: Added direct links to our official community hub at r/GhostVOD for discussions, feature requests, and support.

✨ What's New in v2.1.4

• 🎯 Strict Word Comparison Mode: Added a new "Use strict word comparison only" toggle in the configurator.
  • Cleaner results: Stops unwanted titles or different franchise sequels from crowding your stream list, showing only the precise movie or show you selected.
  • Note: Because it is strict, streams named with heavy abbreviations or missing key words might be filtered out. It is ideal for providers with well-named libraries, while keeping it unchecked allows a more forgiving search for messy playlists.
• ⚡ Faster Stream Link Loading: Stream options now resolve and load almost instantly thanks to major optimizations in the title ranking pipeline[cite: 5].
• 🛡️ Enhanced Stability & Resilience: Hardened background services against unexpected stops and optimized memory efficiency for a smoother experience during heavy use.
• 🌍 Better Title Recognition: Smarter recognition of numbered sequels, localized translations, and accented characters across different languages.

✨ What's New in v2.1.3

• Improved Provider Compatibility: Enhanced support for various IPTV providers and strict firewalls, ensuring smoother connection and fewer loading errors.
• Smarter Background Fetching: Significantly optimized how the addon communicates with providers, reducing server load and improving overall response times.
• Faster & More Reliable Streams: Upgraded failover systems to deliver quicker stream links and prevent buffering delays during peak hours.
• General Fixes & Stability: Minor bug fixes, improved error handling, and performance optimizations across all catalogs.

✨ What's New in the v2.1.2 Update?

• 🌍 Multi-Language Search & Translated Title Matching: You can now match IPTV streams named in local languages against official movie and series titles. For example, searching for an English title will accurately find your provider's streams even if they are named in Spanish (Proyecto Hail Mary), German, French, or other languages. Simply pick your preferred search languages from the dashboard preferences.

• 🛡️ Security & Stability Hardening: Extensive security updates, stricter network validations, and engine-wide stability improvements to ensure a smoother, safer, and interruption-free streaming experience.

✨ What's New in the v2.1.0 Update?

• 🔒 Ultimate Privacy ("Stateless" Links): Generate a 100% Zero-Storage Stateless Long Link where your credentials are AES-256 encrypted directly inside the URL itself—nothing is saved in our database! Prefer short links? They are now protected with deep server-side encryption.
• 🎬 Massive Metadata & Cast Overhaul: Automatically enriches movies and series with TMDB and Cinemeta metadata. Enjoy rich plots, genres, accurate runtimes, cast information, and posters seamlessly integrated into Stremio.
• 🔎 Instant Category Filtering: Managing massive IPTV playlists with hundreds of categories? Use the new search bar in the configuration portal to instantly filter and select only the catalogs you want to display.
• 🔀 Advanced Catalog Sorting: Sort your VOD catalogs by Newest Added, Oldest Added, Alphabetically (A-Z), or maintain your Provider's Default order.
• 🌍 7 New Language Priorities: Extended stream sorting priority to support Filipino (PH), Hindi (IN), Persian (IR), Danish (DA), Swedish (SV), Portuguese/Brazilian (PT/BR), and Russian (RU).
• 🛡️ Enhanced Security & Anti-Ban Protection: Upgraded with strict SSRF protection, XSS prevention, and intelligent rate-limiting to protect both your server and your IPTV account from provider bans.

🚀 Core Features:

• 🎯 Ultra-Precise Title Matching: Intelligently cleans titles, stripping provider prefixes, quality tags, and complex subtitles to ensure accurate stream matching with Stremio's metadata.
• 📂 Native Episode Support: Parses TV series seasons and episodes directly from your IPTV provider into Stremio's native episode structure.
• 🚫 Zero UI Clutter (Streams-Only Mode): Don't want extra catalogs on your home screen? GhostVOD can run in streams-only mode, silently injecting your IPTV streams directly into Stremio's source list when searching or browsing any title.
• 📋 Instant M3U/Xtream Extraction: Paste your Xtream Codes API credentials OR your full M3U Playlist URL—credentials are automatically extracted on-the-fly.
• 🔗 Multi-Provider Aggregation: Merge multiple Xtream VOD subscriptions into one single manifest link.
• 🏷️ Transparent Server Tagging: Every stream result clearly displays its server origin or custom alias so you know which provider is streaming.

⚙️ How to Configure & Install:

1. Click Configure to open the setup portal.
2. Enter your Xtream Codes API credentials or full M3U Playlist URL.
3. Filter and select your favorite categories and sorting preferences.
4. Select your privacy mode: Encrypted Short Link or Zero-Storage Stateless Link.
5. Click 🚀 Generate Magic Link and select Install Directly to App or paste the link into Stremio.

⚠️ Important: GhostVOD only accepts valid Xtream Codes / M3U VOD playlists. Do NOT enter Debrid links or other Stremio addon manifests.

Disclaimer: GhostVOD is a pure software engine/tool. We do not host, provide, or stream any media content, nor do we sell streaming subscriptions or access codes. Users are solely responsible for their own media sources and compliance with local laws.