From 709d70a4d95ddcb8ff8d5dce7ddc68f1628f88d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin <colin@uninsane.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:49:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] gpodder: configure settings (e.g. yt-dlp enablement)
 statically

---
 hosts/common/programs/gpodder/default.nix  |  12 +-
 hosts/common/programs/gpodder/settings.nix | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hosts/common/programs/gpodder/settings.nix

diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/default.nix
index a2ddae308..50160fc93 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ in {
     sandbox.net = "clearnet";
 
     fs.".config/gpodderFeeds.opml".symlink.text = feeds.feedsToOpml wanted-feeds;
+    fs.".local/share/gPodder/Settings.json".symlink.text = builtins.toJSON ./settings.nix;
+    # if you don't persist its database, you get untracked (and hence non-gc'd) downloads, plus slooow startup.
+    # but i *don't* want to persist all the things in this directory, so dedicate a subdir to the persisted data.
+    fs.".local/share/gPodder/Database".symlink.text = "persist/Database";
+    # fs.".local/share/gPodder/gpodder.net".symlink.text = "persist/gpodder.net";  #< for synching episode playback positions between devices, i think
 
     services.gpodder-ensure-feeds = {
       description = "synchronize static OPML feeds into gPodder's subscription database";
@@ -44,8 +49,11 @@ in {
 
     persist.byStore.plaintext = [
       "Videos/gPodder"
-      # if you don't persist its database, you get untracked (and hence non-gc'd) downloads, plus slooow startup.
-      ".local/share/gPodder"
+      ".local/share/gPodder/persist"
+    ];
+    persist.byStore.ephemeral = [
+      ".local/share/gPodder/Logs"
+      ".local/share/gPodder/youtube-dl"
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/settings.nix b/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/settings.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d39abe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/gpodder/settings.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+{
+  auto = {
+    cleanup.days = 7;
+    cleanup.played = false;
+    cleanup.unfinished = true;
+    cleanup.unplayed = false;
+    retries = 3;
+    update.enabled = false;
+    # update.frequency = 20;
+  };
+  check_connection = false;
+  downloads.chronological_order = true;
+  extensions.enabled = [
+    # gpodder's python-only youtube-dl module doesn't support DRM'd videos,
+    # so *always* shell out to yt-dlp
+    "youtube-dl"
+  ];
+  extensions.youtube-dl = {
+    embed_subtitles = false;
+    manage_channel = true;
+    manage_downloads = true;
+  };
+  limit.bandwidth.enabled = false;
+  # limit.bandwidth.kbps = 500.0;
+  limit.downloads.concurrent = 2;
+  limit.downloads.concurrent_max = 16;
+  limit.downloads.enabled = true;
+  limit.episodes = 200;
+  # player.audio = "default";
+  # player.video = "default";
+  software_update.check_on_startup = false;
+  software_update.interval = 0;
+  software_update.last_check = 0;
+  # "ui": {
+  #   "cli": {
+  #     "colors": true
+  #   },
+  #   "gtk": {
+  #     "color_scheme": "light",
+  #     "download_list": {
+  #       "remove_finished": true
+  #     },
+  #     "episode_list": {
+  #       "always_show_new": true,
+  #       "columns": 6,
+  #       "ctrl_click_to_sort": false,
+  #       "descriptions": true,
+  #       "right_align_released_column": false,
+  #       "show_released_time": false,
+  #       "trim_title_prefix": true,
+  #       "view_mode": 1
+  #     },
+  #     "find_as_you_type": true,
+  #     "html_shownotes": true,
+  #     "live_search_delay": 200,
+  #     "new_episodes": "show",
+  #     "only_added_are_new": false,
+  #     "podcast_list": {
+  #       "all_episodes": true,
+  #       "hide_empty": false,
+  #       "sections": true,
+  #       "view_mode": 1
+  #     },
+  #     "search_always_visible": false,
+  #     "state": {
+  #       "channel_editor": {
+  #         "height": -1,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": -1,
+  #         "x": -1,
+  #         "y": -1
+  #       },
+  #       "config_editor": {
+  #         "height": 450,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": 750,
+  #         "x": 0,
+  #         "y": 0
+  #       },
+  #       "episode_selector": {
+  #         "height": 1136,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": 958,
+  #         "x": 20,
+  #         "y": 20
+  #       },
+  #       "episode_window": {
+  #         "height": 400,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": 500,
+  #         "x": -1,
+  #         "y": -1
+  #       },
+  #       "export_to_local_folder": {
+  #         "height": 400,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": 500,
+  #         "x": -1,
+  #         "y": -1
+  #       },
+  #       "main_window": {
+  #         "episode_column_order": [],
+  #         "episode_column_sort_id": 12,
+  #         "episode_column_sort_order": false,
+  #         "episode_list_size": 200,
+  #         "height": 1137,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "paned_position": 200,
+  #         "width": 1920,
+  #         "x": 20,
+  #         "y": 20
+  #       },
+  #       "podcastdirectory": {
+  #         "height": -1,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": -1,
+  #         "x": -1,
+  #         "y": -1
+  #       },
+  #       "preferences": {
+  #         "height": 1137,
+  #         "maximized": false,
+  #         "width": 1920,
+  #         "x": 0,
+  #         "y": 0
+  #       }
+  #     },
+  #     "toolbar": false
+  #   }
+  # },
+  # "vimeo": {
+  #   "fileformat": "720p"
+  # },
+  # "youtube": {
+  #   "preferred_fmt_id": 18,
+  #   "preferred_fmt_ids": [],
+  #   "preferred_hls_fmt_id": 93,
+  #   "preferred_hls_fmt_ids": []
+  # }
+}