[feature idea]User custom groups/list in addition to 'favorites'

[oldgranola]

I'm a happy user of open-tv who wanted the ability to create custom named playlists independent of provider categories in addition to 'favorites'. I developed this with AI assistance (Claude/Anthropic MCP). The architecture uses a source-agnostic join table so it works across M3U, Xtream, and custom sources without touching existing functionality. It creates an additional button in the GUI front with a drop down list for create new list and shows any created lists. I have that working in linux Mint 22.3 and 21.3 as an appimage and an installable .deb file for my own use. I have it in my git as a features fork. If interested, I am happy to adjust anything to fit your coding standards. Cheers and many thanks for your efforts!

[EDIT]. I made a new repo https://github.com/oldgranola/Fred-tv-plus which contains my additions for custom lists. There is also a new flatpak version there. In making that, I am not intending to step on toes or take over, just needed a rename there to keep things straight for myself. The flatpak worked for me in Linux Mint 22.3 and 21.3. The latter needed installation of org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/48 which I did via flatpak. Need testing in updated Ubuntu. Note: I do NOT plan to publish on flathub or AUR.

[oldgranola]

Actually didn't work so well in Mint 21.x due to having been compiled in Mint22.3 due to webkit library version conflict. So making a flatpak to see how portable. Proving abnoxious due to various Tauri Cargo FP builder etc version conflicts but will get there. Making me really appreciate your efforts!

[drejjmit]

Would love this too. So i can have like a "Sports Favorites" "Documentary Favorites" etc. Gonna see if i can try your fork.

[drejjmit]

Renaming and changing icons of favorites/lists would be nice too!

Doesn't seem like you pushed the code to that branch, so can't help you test.

[oldgranola]

Drejimit, The changes are in the new features fork. I should reupload. I'll give it a go shortly . I can send you a .deb or appimage or flatpak that has worked for me on linux Mint 22 and 21.

[oldgranola]

@drejjmit Drejimit, I am a bit new to using github so had mistakenly just pushed the original forked files to my 'open-tv' repo. So I made a new repo: https://github.com/oldgranola/Fred-tv-plus . It has a new flatpak that worked here at home. Pleas give it a try.You might need to install a gnome org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/48 runtime env. I had to do "flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/48" on linux Mint 21