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Sort YouTube playlist by video length and group by author

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Description

PROBLEM: There are about 100 videos in my "Watch Later" playlist. I keep adding new and deleting old ones, but the number hardly changes.
This gives me a frustration feeling that I was doing useless work. So I wanna watch the shorter videos first, and quickly make the number smaller. Or, sometimes I'd like to choose the longer videos (most likely podcasts) and keep them playing while I was doing housework or exercise at home.
But on Youtube website, I can only sort playlist videos by Time Added, by Video Post date.
I already searched in Chrome webstore, found no available extensions to solve this problem.

SOLUTION: 1. Automatically calculate the total video length of my playlist when I'm watching 2. Allow me to sort the playlist by video length, by video name, and to cancel any sorting. 3. It'll be perfect if I can arrange or group the videos by video author.

ALTERNATIVES: Null

RELEVANCE / SCOPE: Chrome Extension, Youtube Playlist

"SIDE EFFECTS": Null

CONTEXT: The time you enjoy wasting was not wasted. So, we need to waste time more effectively.
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Thank you!

SHORT Table (Summary)
Problem Can't sort YouTube playlist gracefully
Solution Sort YouTube playlist by video length
Alternatives Group YouTube playlist by video author
Scope Chrome Extension, Youtube Playlist
Side effects Null
Context Waste my time more effectively

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the Chrome extension's YouTube playlist entry point and how playlist items expose video length, title, and author. Define the behavior for total length, length/name sorting, clearing the sort, and author grouping. Done means these controls work on Watch Later and other YouTube playlists without disrupting existing playlist behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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