Made a Custom section. Got it to show in the app.
It not show video thumbnails for each vid, just the generic blue/purple image that is the name of the folder. (This is for a Video media type)
Yes, it's showing the Video art and the Video Group's art, of which you don't have any. It does not show thumbnails, just like the Channels app.
This may change in the future with an option on your row.
Should it not show the individual video thumbnails as it does when I go into the Video group it self?
I added a custom image, for the Video group, not check the box to apply to each recording...
And it shows that image for each video.
I would expect it to show each vids preview thumbnail, as it does when i open it in the Videos section in the app, as shown here. Each vid has its own preview thunbnail.
Aside from the thumbnails thing, great start to a dedicated section for user customization!
I hope this Custom Sections can expand to be a nice All-in-One place users can make use of.
Personally, i would like to be able to have Rows both for local media library related (Video, TV Shows, etc,) and also DVR related rows, like Recordings, Schedule, etc. That would be awesome, if at all possible.
Looking forward to seeing this feature evolve! 
Thank you for adding this!
And here I was thinking I'd have to wait a while for the feature to be surfaced... 
Thanks!
As of the latest TestFlight beta and server pre-release, Rows now have the option to be shown with thumbnails (episodes and videos).
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What a great idea, I love it! Just created a few templates in about 10 minutes - way cool 
. Just to be clear, server side settings only effect tvOS clients, not iOS/iPadOS clients, correct?
Thank you for all of your continued hard work as I greatly appreciate it, Channels rocks!
Server Side Settings work for all platforms.
Custom Sections, specifically as a feature, are not available for iOS at the moment, but future efforts will get them added.
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Perfect. One more question, will we get shortcut support to show these custom templates on other devices?
Thanks again my friend…
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Yes, full ecosystem support is planned.
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Cool! I love this feature. I understand how to add recorded game show episodes but is there a way to add an "On Now" section there too so we can add Game Shows that are live on air and/or streaming, right now? (just like the new Sports section)
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Not yet. It is totally planned.
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@maddox Found one issue. If you do a single row the text of the movie is covered by the picture. If you do a double row then the text is displayed properly. Not a huge deal but if the pic is white then the text looks odd...
The ability to duplicate existing rows was added as of the latest pre-release.
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This is going to be awesome for a podcasts section
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Documentation does not exist yet.
You can now create Flow based Personal Sections that show your content using the familiar view style of flowing down the view with scrolling with the option of showing the filter bar, like you would see in the All Movies section.
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If that is a screenshot of your personal setup I have to say you have excellent taste!
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