From 049cd148d2a0ea8828bcc6e4b6d1b3ef14a74944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Luther <MrLuther@Live.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 01:16:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Demote alternate cuts within tier and handle youtu.be and
 embed URLs

A flat 10 point demotion ranked an accessibility variant of a real
trailer below non-trailer junk like Behind the Scenes or Review.
Subtract 0.5 instead, so an alternate cut loses to an ordinary entry
of the same tier but still beats lower tier promo clips.

Also parse youtu.be short links and youtube.com embed links by
pathname, since neither carries a v query param.
---
 slideshowpure.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slideshowpure.js b/slideshowpure.js
index 07119b3..23c18e6 100644
--- a/slideshowpure.js
+++ b/slideshowpure.js
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ const CONFIG = {
   enableTrailers: true,
   // Name fragments identifying alternate cuts of a trailer: accessibility
   // variants and social crops. Matched case insensitively against the
-  // RemoteTrailers entry name. These are ranked below every ordinary entry
-  // rather than removed, so an item whose only trailer is an alternate cut
-  // still plays something.
+  // RemoteTrailers entry name. These are demoted within their tier, so an
+  // alternate cut loses to an ordinary entry of the same tier but still
+  // beats lower tier promo clips, and an item whose only trailer is an
+  // alternate cut still plays something.
   trailerAlternateCutTerms: [
     "sign language",
     "asl trailer",
@@ -1219,7 +1220,9 @@ const SlideCreator = {
    * accessibility variant rather than the main trailer, and it is not
    * guaranteed to be a YouTube link at all. Entries are ranked by name, with
    * provider order breaking ties, and any entry that does not yield a video id
-   * is skipped instead of losing the trailer for that slide.
+   * is skipped instead of losing the trailer for that slide. Alternate cuts
+   * are demoted within their tier: they lose to an ordinary entry of the same
+   * tier but still beat lower tier promo clips.
    *
    * @param {Array} remoteTrailers - RemoteTrailers array from the item
    * @returns {string|null} YouTube video id, or null if no entry is usable
@@ -1243,7 +1246,7 @@ const SlideCreator = {
       else if (text.includes("teaser")) rank = 2;
       else rank = 1;
 
-      return isAlternateCut ? rank - 10 : rank;
+      return isAlternateCut ? rank - 0.5 : rank;
     };
 
     let best = null;
@@ -1251,7 +1254,18 @@ const SlideCreator = {
     for (const trailer of remoteTrailers) {
       let videoId = null;
       try {
-        videoId = new URL(trailer.Url).searchParams.get("v");
+        const urlObj = new URL(trailer.Url);
+        const host = urlObj.hostname.replace(/^www\./, "");
+        if (host === "youtu.be") {
+          videoId = urlObj.pathname.split("/")[1] || null;
+        } else if (
+          (host === "youtube.com" || host === "m.youtube.com") &&
+          urlObj.pathname.startsWith("/embed/")
+        ) {
+          videoId = urlObj.pathname.split("/")[2] || null;
+        } else {
+          videoId = urlObj.searchParams.get("v");
+        }
       } catch (e) {}
 
       if (!videoId) continue;