[Enhancement] Set custom order for podcast library #1152

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opened 2026-04-24 23:34:17 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @advplyr on GitHub (May 24, 2023).

Pocketcasts has it set up as a drag and drop sort of thing. You tap on the cover art of the podcast you want to move, then move it to a new spot and let go. And then the app inserts it at that spot. Not unlike rearranging app icons on the homescreen of iOS/Android.

For abs yeah I think you can just add an additional "custom" sort order, called (say) "Custom" that enables custom rearrangement of the subscriptions. The rearrangement could be implemented with dragging and dropping the cover art like pocketcasts, or you could add an "index" variable that the user could edit manually for each subscription that determines the order.

Originally posted by @JJGerace in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1701#issuecomment-1561883898

Originally created by @advplyr on GitHub (May 24, 2023). Pocketcasts has it set up as a drag and drop sort of thing. You tap on the cover art of the podcast you want to move, then move it to a new spot and let go. And then the app inserts it at that spot. Not unlike rearranging app icons on the homescreen of iOS/Android. For abs yeah I think you can just add an additional "custom" sort order, called (say) "Custom" that enables custom rearrangement of the subscriptions. The rearrangement could be implemented with dragging and dropping the cover art like pocketcasts, or you could add an "index" variable that the user could edit manually for each subscription that determines the order. _Originally posted by @JJGerace in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1701#issuecomment-1561883898_
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:34:17 +02:00
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@lhassell commented on GitHub (May 25, 2023):

The biggest thing here to my mind is that podcasts have some fundamental differences compared to audiobooks. Some are episodic (fiction podcasts, for example), versus some that are time-sensitive but not necessarily connected (say news podcasts, for example). It would be helpful to be able to have different virtual folders to help sort the flood into manageable pieces. Similarly, being able to auto-fill a daily queue via a pre-set algorithm (another Pocketcasts feature) would be nice. For example, every morning I may listen to a particular set of news podcasts that are timely to the day they come out; I would like to have a flag that says "Every time there is a new episode of X, add that to the current events podcast queue," and allow me to select that auto-generated playlist instead of individually having to play one, then go looking for the next podcast that may or may not have a new episode ready.

Hopefully that is more clear, but please let me know if I have missed that functionality somewhere.

@lhassell commented on GitHub (May 25, 2023): The biggest thing here to my mind is that podcasts have some fundamental differences compared to audiobooks. Some are episodic (fiction podcasts, for example), versus some that are time-sensitive but not necessarily connected (say news podcasts, for example). It would be helpful to be able to have different virtual folders to help sort the flood into manageable pieces. Similarly, being able to auto-fill a daily queue via a pre-set algorithm (another Pocketcasts feature) would be nice. For example, every morning I may listen to a particular set of news podcasts that are timely to the day they come out; I would like to have a flag that says "Every time there is a new episode of X, add that to the current events podcast queue," and allow me to select that auto-generated playlist instead of individually having to play one, then go looking for the next podcast that may or may not have a new episode ready. Hopefully that is more clear, but please let me know if I have missed that functionality somewhere.
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 25, 2023):

That is a feature request for filters put in #1477.
This is for the full podcast item, not episodes

@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 25, 2023): That is a feature request for filters put in #1477. This is for the full podcast item, not episodes
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#1152