diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamRepository.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamRepository.kt
index 35a63284..390d631c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamRepository.kt
@@ -1361,6 +1361,10 @@ class StreamRepository @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun idMatchesAnyPrefix(id: String, prefixes: List<String>?): Boolean {
         if (prefixes.isNullOrEmpty()) return true
+        val isStandardId = id.startsWith("tt", ignoreCase = true) ||
+            id.startsWith("tmdb:", ignoreCase = true) ||
+            id.startsWith("imdb:", ignoreCase = true)
+        if (isStandardId) return true
         return prefixes.any { prefix ->
             val normalizedPrefix = prefix.trim()
             normalizedPrefix.isBlank() ||
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamEpisodeRequestPlannerTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamEpisodeRequestPlannerTest.kt
index 4b3d8b97..5ae30b12 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamEpisodeRequestPlannerTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/arflix/tv/data/repository/StreamEpisodeRequestPlannerTest.kt
@@ -126,4 +126,17 @@ class StreamEpisodeRequestPlannerTest {
 
         assertEquals(false, shouldFallback)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `buildEpisodeIdCandidates produces valid candidates for tmdb and imdb ids`() {
+        val candidates = buildEpisodeIdCandidates(
+            seriesId = "tmdb:82928:1:1",
+            animeQuery = null,
+            tmdbEpisodeId = null,
+            preferNativeAnimeIds = false
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("tmdb:82928:1:1"), candidates.map { it.contentId })
+        assertEquals(listOf("imdb"), candidates.map { it.label })
+    }
 }