Sort Playlist Rule

The sort rule controls the ordering of channels in a playlist, optionally grouping by any channel field.

YAML Structure

sort:
  selector: ""
  order: []
  group_by:
    selector: ""
    order: []

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
selector	Selector	No	Property to use for sorting (attribute/tag/etc), default is name
order	[]regex	No	Custom order of channels, regex patterns
group_by	GroupByRule	No	Group before sorting

GroupByRule

Field	Type	Required	Description
selector	Selector	Yes	How to group (attribute/tag)
order	[]regex	No	Custom order of groups, regex patterns

How It Works

1. If group_by is set, channels are grouped by group_by.selector.
2. Channel or group order is determined by the corresponding order arrays (if present).
3. Within each group (or globally), regex order is applied in order. Unmatched go at the end.
4. Channels within the same priority are alphabetically sorted by name/selector value.

Examples

Simple alphabetical sort:

playlist_rules:
  - sort: {}

Sort by attribute, move News and Children groups to the top:

playlist_rules:
  - sort:
      selector: attr/tvg-name
      group_by:
        selector: tag/EXTGRP
        order: ["News", "Children", ""]