[Bug]: The fields 'author' and 'authorID' are not added on the channel home page

[TerEsper]

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• 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.
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• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

FT doesn't always save the fields 'author' and 'authorID' when you add a video to your playlist

2025-02-15.01-00-22.channel.name.is.not.saved_converted.mp4

Here what I see in exported playlist:

{"playlistName":"Test 9","protected":false,"description":"","videos":[{"videoId":"OllZoUV2XsU","title":"ШАЛЬНОЙ МАЙНШИЛД (PWGood, Alfedov, ObsidianTime и тд)","author":null,"authorId":null,"lengthSeconds":1005,"published":1737759618027,"timeAdded":1739574046081,"playlistItemId":"0244b87c-8fe6-4e53-9f9b-c49553ad7e11","type":"video"}],"_id":"ft-playlist--4e5c2c34-bf99-4875-8357-742358f54051","createdAt":1739573826900,"lastUpdatedAt":1739574046081}

"author":null,"authorId":null

All other information is still saved

Expected Behavior

The fields "author" and "authorId" should save this info

Issue Labels

usability issue, inconsistent behavior

FreeTube Version

Release 0.23.1 Beta

Operating System Version

Windows 11

Installation Method

.exe

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]

So the issue here is that YouTube doesn't include that information for the videos on channels (you can see the same if you visit YouTube). On other channels tabs we solve that relatively easily by copying the channel name and ID for the current channel to the videos, however as the channel home page can also contain videos from other channels, we currently don't copy the information over. If we start doing it we will have to make sure we don't make the mistake of copying the information to videos that belong to another channel.

[TerEsper]

OK, thanks! At least now I know how I can save videos to my playlists without these problems. I just need to avoid main channel page