fix(stalker): play radio collections with audio layout (#930)

* fix(stalker): play radio collections with audio layout

* fix(stalker): address radio review feedback

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-item.normalizer.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,41 @@
-import { normalizeStalkerDate } from './stalker-item.normalizer';
+import {
+    extractStalkerItemType,
+    isStalkerRadioItem,
+    normalizeStalkerDate,
+} from './stalker-item.normalizer';
+
+describe('extractStalkerItemType', () => {
+    it('treats Stalker radio stations as live collection items', () => {
+        expect(
+            extractStalkerItemType({
+                id: '40001',
+                title: 'Jazz Radio',
+                category_id: 'radio',
+                radio: true,
+            })
+        ).toBe('live');
+        expect(
+            extractStalkerItemType({
+                id: '40002',
+                title: 'Rock Radio',
+                category_id: 'radio-genre-1',
+                radio: 'true',
+            })
+        ).toBe('live');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('isStalkerRadioItem', () => {
+    it('does not infer radio from a generic HTTP path segment', () => {
+        expect(
+            isStalkerRadioItem({
+                id: '77',
+                title: 'News Channel',
+                cmd: 'https://media.example.com/live/radio/news/index.m3u8',
+            })
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
 
 describe('normalizeStalkerDate', () => {
     it('normalizes SQLite UTC timestamps without relying on engine-specific parsing', () => {

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-item.normalizer.ts

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function extractStalkerItemPoster(
 /**
  * Determine the normalised activity type of a Stalker item.
  *
- * - `itv` / `live` → `'live'`
+ * - `itv` / `live` / radio → `'live'`
  * - `series` or `is_series` truthy → `'series'`
  * - everything else → `'movie'`
  */
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ export function extractStalkerItemType(
     const categoryId = String(raw['category_id'] ?? '').toLowerCase();
     const streamType = String(raw['stream_type'] ?? '').toLowerCase();
 
-    if (categoryId === 'itv' || streamType === 'live') {
+    if (
+        categoryId === 'itv' ||
+        streamType === 'live' ||
+        isStalkerRadioItem(raw)
+    ) {
         return 'live';
     }
 
@@ -76,6 +80,39 @@ export function extractStalkerItemType(
     return 'movie';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detect radio station records from Stalker favorites/recently-viewed payloads.
+ */
+export function isStalkerRadioItem(
+    item: StalkerPortalItem | Record<string, unknown>
+): boolean {
+    const raw = item as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const radio = raw['radio'];
+    const radioFlag =
+        radio === true ||
+        radio === 1 ||
+        String(radio ?? '')
+            .trim()
+            .toLowerCase() === 'true' ||
+        String(radio ?? '').trim() === '1';
+    const categoryId = String(raw['category_id'] ?? '')
+        .trim()
+        .toLowerCase();
+    const streamType = String(raw['stream_type'] ?? '')
+        .trim()
+        .toLowerCase();
+    const cmd = String(raw['cmd'] ?? '')
+        .trim()
+        .toLowerCase();
+
+    return (
+        radioFlag ||
+        categoryId === 'radio' ||
+        streamType === 'radio' ||
+        cmd.includes('://radio/')
+    );
+}
+
 /**
  * Normalise a raw date value (epoch number, numeric string, or ISO string)
  * into a consistent ISO 8601 string.
@@ -131,16 +168,8 @@ function normalizeSqliteUtcTimestamp(value: string): string | null {
         return null;
     }
 
-    const [
-        ,
-        year,
-        month,
-        day,
-        hours,
-        minutes,
-        seconds,
-        milliseconds = '0',
-    ] = match;
+    const [, year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds = '0'] =
+        match;
 
     const normalizedMs = milliseconds.padEnd(3, '0').slice(0, 3);
     return new Date(

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-portal-item.interface.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ export interface StalkerPortalItem {
     cover?: string;
     logo?: string;
     poster_url?: string;
-    /** 'itv' | 'vod' | 'series' — Stalker content type */
+    /** Stalker content/category type such as 'itv', 'radio', 'vod', or 'series'. */
     category_id?: string | number;
     stream_type?: string;
+    /** Radio marker returned by some Stalker portals for radio station lists. */
+    radio?: boolean | number | string;
     is_series?: boolean | number | string;
     /** Embedded VOD-series episode numbers preserved for VOD favorites. */
     series?: unknown[];