Auto-generated and Topic channels playlists are incomplete or empty

[lekma]

a few examples:

• News:

  • https://invidious.snopyta.org/api/v1/channels/UCYfdidRxbB8Qhf0Nx7ioOYw/playlists
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYfdidRxbB8Qhf0Nx7ioOYw/playlists

• Music:

  • https://invidious.snopyta.org/api/v1/channels/UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ/playlists
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ/playlists

• Live:

  • https://invidious.snopyta.org/api/v1/channels/UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig/playlists
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig/playlists

[TheFrenchGhosty]

This is also an issue on Topic channels where most playlists are under "Albums & Singles" and not "real" playlists. Invidious just display the "real" playlists.

Example 1:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfZb0PvtQVA9r-khYZTinA
https://redirect.invidious.io/channel/UCEfZb0PvtQVA9r-khYZTinA

YouTube:

Invidious:

Example 2:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA4DCiOXoknxSxOvenvSCeA
https://invidious.pussthecat.org/channel/UCA4DCiOXoknxSxOvenvSCeA

YouTube:

Invidious:

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Note: those playlists appear in search result under a the artist name (so without -Topic appended), and for whatever reason the name is in bold.

[TheFrenchGhosty]

A 20$ bounty has been added to this issue.

Anyone opening a PR fixing this issue, will receive 20$ (in BTC) from the Invidious project.

More details: #1898

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