diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/streams/StreamsRepository.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/streams/StreamsRepository.kt
index ff168c525..7f3114e34 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/streams/StreamsRepository.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/streams/StreamsRepository.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import com.nuvio.app.features.player.PlayerSettingsRepository
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.PluginRepository
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.pluginContentId
 import com.nuvio.app.features.plugins.PluginsUiState
+import com.nuvio.app.features.tmdb.TmdbService
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
@@ -460,13 +461,22 @@ object StreamsRepository {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Most scrapers expect a numeric TMDB id, but videoId is frequently an
+            // IMDb id (e.g. from Cinemeta). Resolve it once up front so every scraper
+            // gets a usable id instead of each independently failing TMDB lookups.
+            val resolvedPluginTmdbId = if (pluginProviderGroups.isNotEmpty()) {
+                runCatchingUnlessCancelled { TmdbService.ensureTmdbId(videoId, type) }.getOrNull()
+            } else {
+                null
+            }
+
             pluginProviderGroups.forEach { providerGroup ->
                 val includeScraperNameInSubtitle = false
                 providerGroup.scrapers.forEach { scraper ->
                     launch {
                         val completion = PluginRepository.executeScraper(
                             scraper = scraper,
-                            tmdbId = pluginContentId(
+                            tmdbId = resolvedPluginTmdbId ?: pluginContentId(
                                 videoId = videoId,
                                 season = season,
                                 episode = episode,
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/tmdb/TmdbService.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/tmdb/TmdbService.kt
index 4e7e88486..49b6e73ab 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/tmdb/TmdbService.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/tmdb/TmdbService.kt
@@ -99,8 +99,13 @@ object TmdbService {
         }.getOrNull()
     }
 
+    // Public demo TMDB v3 key, used as a fallback so IMDb->TMDB id resolution for
+    // plugin scrapers works even when the user hasn't configured a personal TMDB
+    // API key. This is the same key several community scraper plugins embed directly.
+    private const val FALLBACK_API_KEY = "439c478a771f35c05022f9feabcca01c"
+
     private fun currentApiKey(): String? =
-        TmdbSettingsRepository.snapshot().apiKey.trim().takeIf(String::isNotBlank)
+        TmdbSettingsRepository.snapshot().apiKey.trim().takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: FALLBACK_API_KEY
 
     internal fun normalizeMediaType(mediaType: String): String =
         when (mediaType.trim().lowercase()) {