Index: channels/youtube.py
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--- channels/youtube.py
+++ channels/youtube.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 # api: streamtuner2
 # title: Youtube
 # description: Channel, playlist and video browsing for youtube.
 # type: channel
-# version: 0.2
+# version: 0.3
 # url: http://www.youtube.com/
 # category: video
 # config:
 #    { name: youtube_channels,  type: text,  value: "Key Of Awesome, Pentatonix",  description: "Preferred channels to list videos from.",  category: select }
 #    { name: youtube_region,  type: select,  select: "=No Region|AR=Argentina|AU=Australia|AT=Austria|BE=Belgium|BR=Brazil|CA=Canada|CL=Chile|CO=Colombia|CZ=Czech Republic|EG=Egypt|FR=France|DE=Germany|GB=Great Britain|HK=Hong Kong|HU=Hungary|IN=India|IE=Ireland|IL=Israel|IT=Italy|JP=Japan|JO=Jordan|MY=Malaysia|MX=Mexico|MA=Morocco|NL=Netherlands|NZ=New Zealand|PE=Peru|PH=Philippines|PL=Poland|RU=Russia|SA=Saudi Arabia|SG=Singapore|ZA=South Africa|KR=South Korea|ES=Spain|SE=Sweden|CH=Switzerland|TW=Taiwan|AE=United Arab Emirates|US=United States",  value: GB,  description: "Filter by region id.",  category: auth }
@@ -196,21 +196,29 @@
         # - iterates over playlist
         # - then over playlistitems to get videos
         elif cat in channels:
             # channel id, e.g. UCEmCXnbNYz-MOtXi3lZ7W1Q
             UC = self.channel_id(cat)
+
+            # fetches videos ordered by date
+            for row in self.api("search", order="date", fields="pageInfo,nextPageToken,items(id,snippet(title,channelTitle,description))", channelId=UC, type="video"):
+                entries.append( self.wrap3(row, {"genre": cat, "playing": cat}) )
             
-            # playlist
+            # augments with playlist entries
             for i,playlist in enumerate(self.api("playlists", fields="items(id,snippet/title)", channelId=UC, maxResults=15)):
 
                 # items (videos)
                 for row in self.api("playlistItems", playlistId=playlist["id"], fields="items(snippet(title,resourceId/videoId,description))"):
                     entries.append(self.wrap3(row, {"genre": cat, "playing": playlist["snippet"]["title"]}))
 
                 self.update_streams_partially_done(entries)
                 self.parent.status(i / 15.0)
             
+            # unique entries
+            e = []
+            [e.append(v) for v in entries if v not in e]
+            entries = e
         
         # empty entries
         else:
             return self.placeholder
  
@@ -232,20 +240,21 @@
 
 
 
     #-- Retrieve Youtube API query results
     #
-    def api(self, method, ver=3, pages=5, **params):
+    def api(self, method, ver=3, pages=5, debug=False, **params):
         items = []
 
         # URL and default parameters
         (base_url, defaults) = self.service[ver]
         params = dict( list(defaults.items()) + list(params.items())  )
 
         # Retrieve data set
         while pages > 0:
             j = ahttp.get(base_url + method, params=params)
+            #if debug:
             #log.DATA(j)
             if j:
                 # json decode
                 data = json.loads(j)
                 
@@ -291,16 +300,19 @@
             url = "http://youtube.com/v/" + id,
             homepage = "http://youtu.be/" + id + ("?wadsworth=1" if conf.youtube_wadsworth else ""),
             format = self.audioformat,
             title = row["snippet"]["title"],
         ))
+        #log.DATA(row)
         
         # optional values
-        if "playing" not in data:
-            data["playing"] = row["snippet"]["channelTitle"]
-        if "description" in row["snippet"]:
-            data["description"] = row["snippet"]["description"],
+        if "snippet" in row:
+            if "playing" not in data and "channelTitle" in row["snippet"]:
+                 data["playing"] = row["snippet"]["channelTitle"]
+            if "description" in row["snippet"] and "description" in row["snippet"]:
+                data["description"] = row["snippet"]["description"],
+        #log.UI(data)
 
         return data
 
 
     # API version 2.0s jsonified XML needs different unpacking: