Virtual Channels order: alternate show, newest episode

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!

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.

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!

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.

Custom lets you drag items to set their order.

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:

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?

Hmm yeah this looks like a bug.

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

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

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.