Clicking a recommendation/cast/similar link to a title you OWN opens it via a
tmdb URL that redirects to the library detail — but the redirect PUSHED a new
history entry, so Back landed on the tmdb URL which redirected forward again =>
stuck loop + a self-referencing 'Back to <same movie>' label.
The redirect now REPLACES the redirecting entry (keeping its layer + origin)
instead of pushing, so Back unwinds cleanly to where you actually came from.
Smart back (mirrors music's artist-detail): the top-left back button now
remembers where you actually came from, many layers deep. It keeps an origin
stack ({page} or {detail title}) and stamps each history entry with its layer
depth, so:
- the label is dynamic — '← Back to Search' / '← Back to The Bear' / '← Back to
<person>' — instead of a hardcoded 'Library'/'Back';
- backing out of the first layer returns to the page you started from (Search,
Watchlist, wherever), not always the Library;
- browser Back and our button both unwind the chain one layer at a time, in sync.
Fixes: search → person → back → movie used to mislabel as 'Library' and dump you
in the library.
Next level:
- Search isn't a blank box when idle — a 'Trending this week' rail (TMDB
trending, owned/preview annotated). Returns when you clear the query.
- Person page gets a 'Known For' hero rail (top titles by popularity) above a
full filmography now sorted chronologically (newest first).
Backend: TMDBClient.trending + engine.trending (+library annotation), route
/api/video/trending. Isolated; 237 video-suite tests pass.
Search any movie / show / person (TMDB multi-search) entirely in-app. Results
that you already own link straight to the library detail; the rest open a
TMDB-backed 'preview' detail that reuses the exact same Netflix billboard UI
(direct image URLs, nothing owned/enriched). Everything resolves back into
SoulSync — no external links on un-owned titles.
- Search page (video-search.js): debounced /api/video/search, grouped
movies/shows/people cards (reuses .library-artist-card) with owned/preview
ribbons. People open the person page.
- Source-agnostic detail (video-detail.js): loads from /api/video/detail
(library) or /api/video/tmdb (preview); art helpers pick proxy vs direct URLs;
tmdb shows lazy-load episodes per season; owned-via-tmdb-url auto-redirects to
the library detail.
- 'More Like This' now drills in-app (tmdb detail, redirects if owned); cast/crew
link to a new in-app person page (bio + filmography, each credit owned/preview).
Library credits now carry tmdb_id so owned-item cast is clickable too.
- Backend: TMDBClient.search/full_detail/person (+ shared _parse_extras);
engine.search/tmdb_detail/tmdb_season/person_detail; db.library_id_for_tmdb;
routes /search, /tmdb/<kind>/<id>, /tmdb/show/<id>/season/<n>, /person/<id>.
Isolated (one-way): video-only files, no music imports, music shell untouched.
Seam tests: search/full_detail parsing, tmdb_detail assemble+redirect, search +
person library annotation, library_id_for_tmdb, route registration, shell/JS
isolation. 234 video-suite tests pass.
The reload restore could still be clobbered if music's router redirects on a later
tick. Re-assert the /video-detail URL at 120/350/700ms after restore, but ONLY
while the detail subpage is still showing, so it survives an async redirect without
ever fighting genuine navigation away.
Reload bug: music's router boots first, rewrites an unknown /video-detail/... URL
to /dashboard, and my init read the already-changed URL (no restore) AND dispatched
open-detail before video-detail.js was listening (empty page + stray back button).
Fix: capture the path at SCRIPT-EVAL time (before music boots) and DEFER the
restore to a macrotask so every DOMContentLoaded handler is registered and music's
initial routing has run — then re-assert the real URL. Reload/deep-link now restore
the exact item.
Missing-episodes bug: the full-episode-list cascade only ran via the lazy refresh,
which was gated on ART being missing — so a show that already had posters/logo
never pulled its episode list (stayed owned-only). Added shows.episodes_synced
(schema v5): the worker sets it after a full cascade; show_detail returns it; the
lazy refresh now triggers when NOT synced, so owned + missing episodes populate.
Mirrors the music side instead of a custom scheme: library cards are genuine
<a href='/video-detail/<source>/<kind>/<id>'> links, so reload / new-tab / Back /
Forward all work. Left-clicks are intercepted into SPA nav + history.pushState;
modifier-clicks fall through to the real URL.
- popstate restores the detail from the URL; the '← Library' back button is real
history.back(); deep-link / reload to a /video-detail/... URL is restored on load
(path captured before applySide can clear it). Server already serves the SPA for
these paths (permissive catch-all) — no backend change.
- The path carries a SOURCE segment ('library' = a video.db id today; 'tmdb' /
search results not yet in the library come later) — your library-vs-search split.
- Coexists with music's pathname router (only touches /video-detail/* and its own
popstate); music's link/popstate handlers ignore these paths.
Tests: real-link cards, pushState/popstate routing, source segment.
Drill-in from a show card: full-bleed backdrop + poster + title/badges/overview +
stat tiles, then seasons->episodes as collapsible accordions with owned/missing
state and per-season coverage bars (season = album, episode = track — inspired by
the music artist page, premium vibe).
- video-detail.js (isolated IIFE) renders from /api/video/detail/show/<id>;
backdrop/poster via the proxy.
- Show cards dispatch soulsync:video-open-detail; video-side.js navigates to the
(non-nav) detail subpage; back button reuses data-video-goto.
- Movies stay non-clickable until the movie-detail page lands next.
- .vd-* CSS scoped to the detail page; music untouched. Shell + isolation tests.
Video Settings was a 'coming soon' placeholder. Now it reuses the actual
#settings-page, shown identically for now (no hiding of music-only bits yet) —
the foundation for adding the Movies/TV library mapping next.
- video-side.js: SHARED_PAGES maps video-settings -> the music 'settings' page;
showPage sets body[data-video-page] and triggers the shared loadPageData
loader (same init music navigation uses) instead of a video subpage.
- CSS reveals #settings-page (and hides the video host) when
data-side=video + data-video-page=video-settings; id selector outranks the
blanket music-page hide. 81 tests green.
- New Tools page (video nav + subpage, mirrors music tools styling): a Library
Scan tool card with Incremental / Full Refresh / Deep Scan buttons + a live
status line. Room for more maintenance jobs later.
- Dashboard Library card now has Refresh (full) + Deep Scan buttons, like the
music dashboard.
- Shared video-scan.js controller: one place triggers + polls scans for all
surfaces (wires any [data-video-scan-mode]/[data-video-scan]); emits
soulsync:video-scan-progress/done. Library/Tools/Dashboard just listen — no
duplicated fetch/poll. video-library.js refactored onto it; dashboard reloads
stats on scan-done.
- All isolated IIFEs, data-attr wired (no inline onclick). video-tools added to
the nav (13 pages). 110 tests green.
Real first video page, reusing music's .dash-grid/.dash-card CSS for an
identical look — but every value is driven by isolated video JS, no music
code referenced.
Sections mirror the music dashboard, adapted:
- Service Status: Media Server / Download Client / Metadata Source
- System Stats: swaps 'Active Syncs' -> 'Disk Usage'; keeps download/speed/
uptime/memory
- Library: Movies / Shows / Episodes / Disk Size
- Recent Syncs -> Recent Downloads (empty state for now)
- Quick Actions: Add Movie/Show, Watchlist, Downloads (navigate via
data-video-goto)
- Recent Activity
- No enrichment section, no header sweep animation (per plan)
Mechanics:
- #video-page-host now holds .video-subpage sections; controller toggles one
at a time and falls back to #video-placeholder-slot for unbuilt pages.
- video-side.js dispatches soulsync:video-page-shown; video-dashboard.js (new
isolated IIFE) listens and applies a zeroed STUB until video.db exists.
Single seam to swap for a real /api/video/dashboard fetch later.
- All wiring via data-attrs + addEventListener; no inline onclick (keeps the
script-split integrity contract intact). 73 tests green.
Completes the Watchlist+Wishlist pair (same as music). Watchlist monitors
shows/channels for new content; Wishlist is the wanted/missing queue
(movies, one-offs, failed grabs to retry). Placeholder for now.
Following (Watchlist) and the download queue (Downloads) are core to a
movies/TV/YouTube manager — same names as music so they read intuitively.
Both wired via data-video-page (no inline onclick); placeholder for now.
- Subtitle on the video side is now 'Video Manager' (was 'Video Sync & Manager').
Music keeps 'Music Sync & Manager' — sync fits music, not video.
- Toggle is now a proper animated pill: a gradient thumb slides under the active
side (CSS-driven off body[data-side], spring easing), each side has a small
icon (music note / film), inset track. Still data-attr wired, no inline onclick.
First slice of the video side, on the experimental branch. Purely additive and
fully isolated from music:
- A Music | Video toggle in the sidebar header; clicking flips body[data-side]
(remembered in localStorage). The shared shell (logo, user, Support, Version)
stays; only the nav set + subtitle swap.
- A second sidebar nav (.video-nav) with the video pages — Dashboard, Search,
Discover, Library, Calendar, Import, Settings, Issues, Help & Docs — shown via
CSS off body[data-side]. Service Status is hidden on the video side.
- A placeholder content host; real video pages land later.
Isolation contract held: index.html is +51/-0 (no music markup changed), music
JS/CSS untouched, nothing in music references the controller. The controller
(webui/static/video/video-side.js) is a self-contained IIFE wired purely via
addEventListener (no globals, no inline onclick) — so it can't affect music and
doesn't trip the script-split-integrity contract.
Tests: 6 video-shell structural/isolation tests + 64 script-integrity green.
