[Bug]: Sorting chronologically in subscriptions fails after two weeks.

[Gevaarlijk]

Guidelines

• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

When you hit the subscriptions tab then all videos are sorted chronologically descending. But only for two weeks. Videos older than two weeks seem to be sorted by channelname and then chronologically and split per week. Or something similar to that.

This is weird and sometimes makes me miss video's because depending on how many weeks old they are their place in the sorting can shift anytime I refresh.

It is also obnoxious if you try to follow a storyline based on actual events through video's from multiple channels. (If channel A responds to a news item and then channel B responds to the same item and reacts to what Channel A said while doing so I want to watch channel A first and then channel B).

Expected Behavior

Please make it so that everything is always sorted chronologically only.

Issue Labels

inconsistent behavior

FreeTube Version

All versions

Operating System Version

Windows 11

Installation Method

Portable

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

No response

Additional Information

No response

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[absidue]

That is working as expected YouTube's channel tabs only contain the relative timestamps, so for recent videos they are detailed enough to sort decently e.g. 2 hours ago vs 3 hours ago but when more time passes then they'll both just say 2 weeks ago. So yes they end up being sorted somewhat randomly or more specifically whichever requests finish first will be considered older because we do now in milliseconds - relative timestamp.

If you want accurate sorting you can switch to the RSS feeds (setting in the subscription settings) which have exact timestamps but you will lose the video durations, live status and upcoming videos will show the date that they first appeared in the feed not when they'll actually be published, additionally you'll only get 15 instead of 30 videos per channel.

[Gevaarlijk]

Thank you! RSS feeds actually works much better indeed.

Live status and upcoming videos being eliminated is actually a bonus as those are just annoying and I can certainly live without the duration.

Can you explain what you mean by 15 instead of 30 videos per channel? I wasn't aware there was any limit whatsoever?