self.catmap = dict((k,int(v)) for v,k in cats.items())   # { "Music": 1 }
        self.categories = sorted(self.catmap, key=self.catmap.get)   # sort by value


    # retrieve and parse
    def update_streams(self, cat, search=None):
        if search:

            params = {
                "tagsOneOf": search,
                "count": 100,
                "sort": "-name",
                "nsfw": "false"
            }
        elif not cat in self.catmap:
            return []
        elif cat:

            params = {
                "categoryOneOf": self.catmap[cat],
                "count": 100,
                "sort": "-publishedAt",
                "nsfw": "false"
            }

        # fetch + map
        self.status(0.9)
        entries = []
        for video in self.api("videos", params):
            #log.DATA(video)
            entries.append(self.map_data(video))
        #log.EN(json.dumps(entries, indent=4))
        self.status(1.0)
        return entries



    # peertube entry to streamtunter2 dict
    def map_data(self, v):

        url = "http://" + v["channel"]["host"]
        return dict(
            uuid = v["uuid"],
            genre = v["category"]["label"],
            title = v["name"],
            playing = re.sub("\s+", " ", v["description"]) if v.get("description") else "",
            url = "urn:peertube:{}".format(v["uuid"]),