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Dynamic Shuffle Mode Option
While the Sync Bookmarklet is great for playing playlists in their strict chronological order, I would love an optional "Shuffle Mode" toggle for custom channels. Instead of building one static, permanently scrambled loop, this mode would play through the playlist in a randomized sequence, and then—the moment the last video finishes—automatically "re-roll" the playlist into a brand-new random sequence for the next rotation. For Example… In a 6-video playlist, the first sequence rotation could be 3-1-2-6-4-5. Once video 6 finishes, the next rotation dynamically shuffles to 1-6-3-5-2-4. While the risk of repeats is a thing, a longer playlist with more videos isn’t going to have this issue as much. With that said, I think some types of channels can benefit with this. Especially ambience channels.
Allow bulk importing of Channel and Playlists
This will allow supporters to bulk import a lot of data at once vs. one source at a time.
Exclude shorts / include all videos in Custom Channels
I love that you added the ability to exclude shorts / import all videos when importing individual channels. Could we see this also with Custom Channels composed of several playlists/ channels? I’d love to be able to exclude shorts / import all videos on an individual basis in those setups
Auto Fetch Imported Data
I need to do more backend work for this, and that’s coming as part of the bigger work to allow more videos per channel. Once that’s in place all of it will auto refresh.
Change video order for channels/playlists
Is it possible to load the videos from the channel and then order them oldest to newest (or for that to be an option)? Watching a webseries in reverse order is fine if there is no throughline, but it can be a bit odd seeing multipart videos coming through with the last part first.
Import ALL videos?
This is a fantastic product. Well done. Is there any possible way to set this up so that when you import a channel or a playlist without using the bookmarklet, it will import all of the videos that are within the playlist or the entire channel? Currently, when I use the instant importer and just drop in a playlist or a channel, I only get the most recent fifteen videos or so. This is a shame because I'm trying to create a custom Sesame Street channel for my son, and I want to combine the videos that are in about five different playlists. f I add all five of those playlists, I'll only get around fifteen videos from each, when a lot of these playlists actually have hundreds of videos in them… That's a lot of content I would hate for him to miss out on, but I love the idea of having a unified master playlist that has everything in it.
Add Filter for YouTube Shorts!
Hey there! I typically watch long form videos for my channels but many creators make Youtube Shorts which don’t fit the scaling or vibe of Channel Surfer. Would we be able to implement a feature to filter these out? Thanks for your consideration!😄
Custom channel reordering & ability to hide default channels
1. Reorder custom channels — Let users drag/arrange their custom channels in whatever order they want. As people add more channels and make changes, they need a way to organize them intentionally rather than being stuck with creation order. 2. Hide/disable default channels — Give paid subscribers the option to hide the built-in default channels so they can have a view that shows only their custom channels. Not deleting them permanently, just toggling visibility.
Actual Full screen
Would love to see me being able to truly full screen, without the bottom bar. even if it’s just a key shortcut.
Smarter video importing and channel creation
Users want Channel Surfer to support more advanced importing and curation instead of just mirroring YouTube channels. Requests include: group videos into themed channels instead of source channels support sub-categories within themes let users create a custom channel from multiple YouTube channels import a playlist as one channel add more curated channel types like sports, news, gaming, comedy, kids, weird/surreal, and live/current-event content This would make Channel Surfer feel more like real TV programming and less like a thin wrapper around YouTube.
Stream videos under related theme not YT channel
My last suggestion was misunderstood and stored under turning YT playlists into channels. Nevertheles, my suggestion was an import option to sort videos not according to the source channel but according to theme. For instance, videos from basketball related channels will be streamed under basketball (it would be perfect if you could find a way to micro categorize videos, like nba/euroleauge etc.).