[YoutubeBridge] Add option to skip members-only videos#5019
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Adds an opt-in checkbox parameter `skip_members_only`, default off. When enabled, items in the lockupViewModel JSON shape that carry a `BADGE_MEMBERS_ONLY` badge are dropped, since they require a paid channel membership to watch. With the option off the feed is unchanged. Only affects the JSON path (when duration_min/duration_max is set); the Atom path relies on YouTube's server-side filtering and ignores it.
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Adds an opt-in
skip_members_onlycheckbox, default off. When enabled, videos that require a paid channel membership are dropped from the feed. With it off the feed is unchanged, so existing users see no difference.Members-only videos show up in a channel's listing but can't be played without a membership, so they're noise in a feed reader. This lets people who don't want them filter them out.
The filter has to live in this bridge rather than FilterBridge: membership status isn't in the title or description, only in a
BADGE_MEMBERS_ONLYbadge in YouTube's raw JSON. Members-only items use the lockupViewModel layout (the one parsed since #4982), sowrapLockupViewModelreturns null for any item carrying that badge, which drops it.Only the JSON path is affected (the one used when
duration_min/duration_maxis set). The Atom path already filters members-only server-side and ignores the parameter.Test plan
Ran the bridge locally against a channel that currently surfaces members-only content (LMG, channel id
UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw) on the JSON path:&skip_members_only=on: 23 items, the 7 members-only videos dropped and nothing else changed.Cross-checked the 7 dropped ids against the
BADGE_MEMBERS_ONLYmarkers in that channel'sytInitialData: exact match.php -lpasses.