What is Portobello?
Portobello is an addon for Stremio.
What is Stremio?
Stremio is a streaming video player app.
How does Portobello work?
The same way a regular video player app on your device needs you to feed it a video file, Stremio is a streaming video player app that needs some streaming source to function.
Portobello browses publicly available content on the internet, and feeds it to the Stremio player app as a streaming source. It sits in the middle between the content and the player, making the latter understand the former.
Neither Stremio nor Portobello host any content. Stremio is just an open-source streaming video player that allows software addons to extend its functionality. Portobello is just an addon that indexes, aggregates, and organizes publicly available content found elsewhere.
How are Stremio and Portobello related?
Stremio and Portobello are not related in any way. Portobello is an addon for Stremio the same way Grammarly is an extension for Chrome. Two pieces of software that work together, but made by two different entities that have no relationship between them whatsoever.
What personal data is stored?
The only data kept is the one used to fill the form in this website. Nothing else.
Stremio keeps your mail address and password to allow you to log in, and Portobello keeps your mail address only to notify you about any technical issues during the beta, and when the beta will end. No spam. Never.
There is no data tracking of any kind about the use of the service. Portobello is specifically designed not to track or keep absolutely any data of its use.
Do I need a VPN?
No. Using a VPN can be a good practice for security and privacy reasons, but it is not required to use Portobello, as it relies on regular http streaming traffic.
What languages is the content available in?
Almost all publicly available content is in its original audio version. Some files have several audio tracks in additional dubbed languages, but it may very well not be the case for the specific content you may want to see.
Some files have embedded subtitles is several languages, and Portobello automatically integrates Opensubtitles for every file in every available language on top of that.
Why are colors weird in some videos?
You are playing a file with an HDR or Dolby Vision profile your device does not support. Select a different file.
Why is the sound weird in some videos?
You are playing a file with a Sorround profile your device does not support. If available, choose a different audio track. If not, select a different file.
Why are some videos buffering?
Be mindful of your internet connection speed and the size of the file you want to play. To make things easy, Portobello first lists files selected for their quality and size balance (and marks them with a star), but if you scroll down the list to choose a 40GB 4K HDR video file, ensure you have a stable broadband internet connection fast enough to handle it.
How do I get support?
You can join our Discord Community.