Show latest from channel

[kommunarr]

Show latest from channel

Pull Request Type

• Feature Implementation

Related issue

closes #546

Description

Shows only the most recent video from each unique channel that the user is subscribed to in the Subscriptions tab. Latest of each video tab that you're on, to be specific (Videos, Shorts, & Live, but not Community).

Screenshots

Testing

Test Videos, Shorts, and Live tabs.

• Test feature enabled with RSS feed enabled
• Test feature enabled without RSS feed disabled
• Test feature disabled

Desktop

• OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
• OS Version: 2023xxxx
• FreeTube version: 0.19.1

Additional context

I wonder if it would be a neat feature later on to have these subscription settings show up on the subscription page. Not sure how to feel about it, but share your thoughts on that with your review if you have any.

[PikachuEXE]

As a user I have no idea what latest video from each subscribed channel means

[kommunarr]

As a user I have no idea what latest video from each subscribed channel means

The label that's used in the code is Only Show Latest Video from Channel. For reference, the label for this feature in Invidious is Only show latest video from channel. Are you saying the text is confusing or do you need context on the original feature request?

Edit: modified the description, if that helps

[PikachuEXE]

Which means Show Only The Latest Videos from Channels (well not sure how to express per channel well)
The label text should make user easier to understand that it's only one, latest, per channel
Coz when I read it first I read it as latest videos from channel (For me it's quite easy to be confused by Only Show Latest Video from Channel, missing only one & per channel)

[kommunarr]

Only show latest video from each subscribed channel?

[PikachuEXE]

the latest? Problem is that without the it reads similar to Latest News which seems multiple (per channel)

[kommunarr]

I think the singular latest video instead of latest videos makes that clear enough, no? Presence of "the" doesn't change the meaning to me personally, as it can be used for either a singular or plural noun

[PikachuEXE]

Not so clear for me but I guess you can ask other people :P
Again I personally have no idea what it does on first read (well user can try and found out, but better if it's expressed well from the beginning)
If others feel like it's easy enough to be understood then I won't reject it just for the label text

[absidue]

What about "Only show latest video for each channel"?

[PikachuEXE]

I am OK with "for each channel"

[absidue]

I'm curious about the order of the filtering, currently it's done before we filter out premieres or currently live live streams, so theoretically you could end up with nothing being shown for a channel (filter picks the first item which is an upcoming premiere, upcoming premiere filter filters it out).

Would it be better to do this filtering after the content type filters, that way there is a higher chance that you will actually see something for all channels? (Should be as simple as moving the new code in the subscriptions helper file down 30ish lines).

[absidue]

:)