Virtual Channels order: alternate show, newest episode

Channels DVR Server Feature Requests
#1

Hey all, just want to say thanks for such a great piece of software. Been looking for something like this for a while. When I discovered Virtual Channels, I was floored... it's what I've been requesting from other apps for so long.

Quick question/request: I want to be able to set a virtual channel to have, say, 5 different shows and then play the latest season/episode from each show while cycling through shows. As an example -> Friends, Coach, Cheers, Twin Peaks, Friends, Coach...

I don't believe this is currently available... right? If not, this would be fantastic and exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks again!

#2

It isn’t. You can pick season and episode, but it’s specific. There’s no way to pick the last episode per season with a rule.

You can always do it manually though.

#3

Ahh, got it. That's a shame. Definitely would love to see that in the future! I think manually would be too painful given the number of episodes of some of the shows.

Keep up the great work!

#4

Actually, one last question: when I select Custom in Virtual Channels, what is expected to happen? I don't see an additional interface appear where I can customize anything. I think I maybe missing something.

#5

Custom lets you drag items to set their order.

#6

Yep, I get that. What I'm saying is, when I select Custom, there's nothing I can do. Here's a screen shot of my setup:

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When I select Custom, I cannot move the thumbnails of the shows or do anything different than if I selected a different ordering. Or am I supposed to drag items in a different screen?

#7

Hmm yeah this looks like a bug.

#8

Ahh! Gotcha. For debugging purposes, I've tried in Firefox 93 and Safari 15.1.

#9

Any updates on this one? I'm still looking for the ability to add a few shows to virtual channel, and for them to play in random order, but specifically:

  • a different show is played each time
  • the episodes are played in order

Like:

  1. Show A - E01
  2. Show B - E01
  3. Show C - E01
  4. Show B - E02
  5. Show A - E02
#10

Any chance this is in the feature queue? The current Season/Episode is great, but I'm just looking for a way to alternate between shows and progress through their episode order. This would make virtual channels perfect, IMO.