From 0bde0b376b80e862f20e4e05675be7b66495b701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: absidue <48293849+absidue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:16:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Local API: Support the author-less auto-generated album
 playlists in video lists (#4371)

---
 src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
index c48fcfc6d..dfc84330d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
@@ -482,9 +482,13 @@ export function parseLocalListPlaylist(playlist, author = undefined) {
       channelName = playlist.author.name
       channelId = playlist.author.id
     }
-  } else {
+  } else if (author) {
     channelName = author.name
     channelId = author.id
+  } else if (playlist.author?.name) {
+    // auto-generated album playlists don't have an author
+    // so in search results, the author text is "Playlist" and doesn't have a link or channel ID
+    channelName = playlist.author.name
   }
 
   return {