From 12927edd6344869d5a07c72fb9f0767a27ceb385 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WardPearce <wardpearce@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:55:04 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Improved channel on YT backend

---
 materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/channel.ts | 16 +++++----
 .../src/lib/components/Thumbnail.svelte       |  4 ++-
 .../routes/(app)/channel/[slug]/+page.svelte  | 35 +++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/channel.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/channel.ts
index b0156378..fd77bc6a 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/channel.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/channel.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ export async function getChannelYTjs(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelPage> {
 	const authorId = innerResults.metadata.url?.split('/')[4] ?? '';
 
 	let authorBanners: Image[] = [];
-	if (innerResults.header?.is(YTNodes.PageHeaderView)) {
-		authorBanners = innerResults.header.banner?.image ?? [];
+	if (
+		innerResults.header?.is(YTNodes.PageHeader) &&
+		innerResults.header.content?.is(YTNodes.PageHeaderView)
+	) {
+		authorBanners = innerResults.header.content.banner?.image ?? [];
 	}
 
+	const description = innerResults.metadata.description ?? '';
+
 	return {
 		type: 'channel',
 		allowedRegions: innerResults.metadata.available_countries ?? [],
@@ -38,8 +43,8 @@ export async function getChannelYTjs(channelId: string): Promise<ChannelPage> {
 		authorUrl: `/channel/${authorId}`,
 		subCount: 0,
 		autoGenerated: false,
-		description: '',
-		descriptionHml: ''
+		description,
+		descriptionHml: description
 	};
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +96,6 @@ function fetchChannelContentVideosWithContinuation(
 }
 
 async function fetchChannelContentWithContinuation(
-	channelId: string,
 	innerResults: YT.Channel | YT.ChannelListContinuation,
 	author: string
 ): Promise<ChannelContent> {
@@ -131,5 +135,5 @@ export async function getChannelContentYTjs(
 		innerResults = await channel.getLiveStreams();
 	}
 
-	return fetchChannelContentWithContinuation(channelId, innerResults, author);
+	return fetchChannelContentWithContinuation(innerResults, author);
 }
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Thumbnail.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Thumbnail.svelte
index 25d0ee35..3968e65f 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Thumbnail.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Thumbnail.svelte
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@
 					<div class="max">
 						{video.viewCountText ?? cleanNumber(video.viewCount ?? 0)}
 						•
-						{isYTBackend() ? relativeTimestamp(video.published, false) : video.publishedText}
+						{isYTBackend() && video.published !== 0
+							? relativeTimestamp(video.published, false)
+							: video.publishedText}
 					</div>
 				{/if}
 			</div>
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/channel/[slug]/+page.svelte b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/channel/[slug]/+page.svelte
index 0a54dbb5..7ff220a7 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/channel/[slug]/+page.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/channel/[slug]/+page.svelte
@@ -36,31 +36,46 @@
 	async function loadMore(event: InfiniteEvent) {
 		if (typeof displayContent === 'undefined') return;
 
-		if (typeof displayContent.continuation === 'undefined') {
-			event.detail.complete();
-			return;
+		let completed = false;
+		let newContent: ChannelContent;
+		if (displayContent.getContinuation) {
+			newContent = await displayContent.getContinuation();
+			displayContent.getContinuation = newContent.getContinuation;
+
+			completed = newContent.getContinuation === undefined;
+		} else {
+			if (typeof displayContent.continuation === 'undefined') {
+				event.detail.complete();
+				return;
+			}
+
+			newContent = await getChannelContent(page.params.slug, {
+				type: tab,
+				continuation: displayContent.continuation,
+				sortBy: sortBy
+			});
+
+			completed = displayContent.continuation === newContent.continuation;
 		}
 
-		const newContent = await getChannelContent(page.params.slug, {
-			type: tab,
-			continuation: displayContent.continuation,
-			sortBy: sortBy
-		});
 		if ('videos' in newContent && 'videos' in displayContent) {
-			if (displayContent.continuation === newContent.continuation) {
+			if (completed) {
 				event.detail.complete();
 			} else {
 				event.detail.loaded();
 			}
+
 			displayContent.videos = [...displayContent.videos, ...newContent.videos];
 		} else if ('playlists' in displayContent && 'playlists' in newContent) {
-			if (displayContent.continuation === newContent.continuation) {
+			if (completed) {
 				event.detail.complete();
 			} else {
 				event.detail.loaded();
 			}
+
 			displayContent.playlists = [...displayContent.playlists, ...newContent.playlists];
 		}
+
 		displayContent.continuation = newContent.continuation;
 	}