After further testing, I do see the custom categories for SINGLE VIDEOS does work, however, trying to label series with different categories seems to throw an error. In my JSON, I have a handful of "series" entries, and then a few entries as "Cornhole Series". Then I list single videos, or movies with the different category names such as "Sports" Cooking" etc.
The categorized series are getting displayed, and the Series entries are displayed and working correctly. However, upon clicking one of the posters to see the specially named cornhole series, it brings up a single "play" button, not episodes, or seasons, and doesn't actually play. Here is what I have in my RootHandler.brs file:
for each item in json
value = json[item]
if item = "series" or item = "Cornhole Series" or item = "Sports" or item = "News" or item = "Music" or item = "Cooking"
children = []
for each arrayItem in value
itemNode = CreateObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
Utils_ForceSetFields(itemNode, {
hdPosterUrl: arrayItem.thumbnail
Description: arrayItem.shortDescription
id: arrayItem.id
Categories: arrayItem["genres"][0]
title: arrayItem.title
})
if item = "Sports" or item = "News" or item = "Music" or item = "Cooking"
'if item = "movies" or item = "shortFormVideos" or item = "tvSpecials" or item = "liveFeeds"
' Add 4k option
'Never do like this, it' s better to check if all fields exist in json, but in sample we can skip this step
itemNode.Url = arrayItem.content.videos[0].url
end if
if item = "series" or item = "Cornhole Series"
seasonArray = []
if arrayItem.seasons <> invalid and arrayItem.seasons.Count() > 0
for each season in arrayItem.seasons
episodeArray = []
for each episode in season.episodes
episodeArray.Push(GetEpisodeNodeFromJSON(episode))
end for
seasonArray.Push(episodeArray)
end for
else
episodeArray = []
for each episode in arrayItem.episodes
episodeArray.Push(GetEpisodeNodeFromJSON(episode))
end for
seasonArray.Push(episodeArray)
end if
Utils_ForceSetFields(itemNode, { "seasons": seasonArray })
end if
children.Push(itemNode)
end for
