From 000cb7572651658661f8f26ee9057c12ace65e98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Dove <1695733+jasongdove@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:43:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup
---
.../AlternateScheduleAnchorTests.cs | 19 ++------
.../ClassicScheduling/ContinuePlayoutTests.cs | 3 +-
.../ClassicScheduling/MultiDayBuildTests.cs | 46 ++++++-------------
.../Scheduling/MarathonEnumeratorTests.cs | 29 +++---------
.../Scheduling/PlaylistEnumeratorTests.cs | 12 ++---
.../Scheduling/ShuffledContentTests.cs | 7 +--
.../Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs | 27 +++--------
ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs | 28 ++++-------
.../SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs | 5 +-
9 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/AlternateScheduleAnchorTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/AlternateScheduleAnchorTests.cs
index df6513926..6091bce38 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/AlternateScheduleAnchorTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/AlternateScheduleAnchorTests.cs
@@ -11,24 +11,16 @@ using Testably.Abstractions.Testing;
namespace ErsatzTV.Core.Tests.Scheduling.ClassicScheduling;
-///
-/// A collection used only by an alternate schedule still gets an enumerator on days when that
-/// alternate isn't active, because the collection media items are gathered once for the primary
-/// schedule and every alternate. On those days it falls into the filler branch and gets a
-/// shuffled enumerator, whose index domain is the grouped item count rather than the media item
-/// count.
-///
+// a collection used only by an alternate schedule still gets an enumerator on days that alternate
+// isn't active, because media items are gathered once for the primary schedule and every alternate
[TestFixture]
public class AlternateScheduleAnchorTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
{
private const int PrimaryCollectionId = 1;
private const int AlternateCollectionId = 2;
- ///
- /// The alternate's collection has 10 episodes and its schedule orders them by season/episode,
- /// so its own enumerator's index domain is 0-9. With a multi-part pair the shuffled enumerator
- /// used on inactive days groups those 10 items into 9, so index 9 is out of its domain.
- ///
+ // season/episode order over 10 episodes indexes 0-9; with a multi-part pair, the shuffled
+ // enumerator used on inactive days sees 9 groups, so index 9 is outside its domain
[TestCase(9, true, ExpectedResult = 9, TestName = "Index at the grouped count")]
[TestCase(8, true, ExpectedResult = 8, TestName = "Index below the grouped count")]
[TestCase(9, false, ExpectedResult = 9, TestName = "Index at the grouped count, nothing grouped")]
@@ -47,8 +39,7 @@ public class AlternateScheduleAnchorTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
EnumeratorState = new CollectionEnumeratorState { Seed = 1234, Index = index }
});
- // a Wednesday, so the alternate (Sundays only) is not active and the alternate's
- // collection is not scheduled at all
+ // a Wednesday, so the alternate (Sundays only) is not active
DateTimeOffset now = LocalTime(new DateTime(2025, 6, 11), 20);
now.DayOfWeek.ShouldBe(DayOfWeek.Wednesday);
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/ContinuePlayoutTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/ContinuePlayoutTests.cs
index 62c961230..2586e3a6d 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/ContinuePlayoutTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/ContinuePlayoutTests.cs
@@ -468,8 +468,7 @@ public class ContinuePlayoutTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
result.AddedItems.Count.ShouldBe(53);
}
- // two collections, each with a checkpoint for the two midnights the build crossed
- // plus a continue anchor
+ // two collections, each with a continue anchor and a checkpoint per midnight crossed
playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors.Count.ShouldBe(6);
playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors.Count(x => x.AnchorDate is not null).ShouldBe(4);
PlayoutProgramScheduleAnchor lastCheckpoint = playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/MultiDayBuildTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/MultiDayBuildTests.cs
index b7142c411..efbc73ad5 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/MultiDayBuildTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ClassicScheduling/MultiDayBuildTests.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@ using Testably.Abstractions.Testing;
namespace ErsatzTV.Core.Tests.Scheduling.ClassicScheduling;
-///
-/// Unit-test version of the "fast forward a playout" debugging endpoint that used to live in
-/// ChannelController: run hourly continue builds across several days and assert invariants at
-/// every step.
-///
+// unit-test version of the "fast forward a playout" debugging endpoint that used to live in
+// ChannelController
[TestFixture]
public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
{
@@ -25,13 +22,11 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
[Test]
public async Task Continue_Should_Keep_A_Checkpoint_For_The_Current_Day()
{
- // 6 hour movies scheduled 3 at a time, so a block spans 18 hours and regularly
- // crosses midnight - which is expected and intended
+ // 6 hour movies 3 at a time, so an 18 hour block regularly crosses midnight
(PlayoutBuilder builder, Playout playout, PlayoutReferenceData referenceData) = MultipleTestData(
TimeSpan.FromHours(6),
multipleCount: "3");
- // a playout created at 20:00, then built every hour for a week
DateTimeOffset start = LocalTime(20);
var missing = new List();
@@ -48,15 +43,13 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
result.IsRight.ShouldBeTrue($"build failed at {now:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}");
- // a build never writes a checkpoint for its own first day, and doesn't need to:
- // there is no earlier state to restore, so refreshing starts from index 0 and
- // reproduces the same schedule
+ // no checkpoint is written for a build's own first day, and none is needed: there is no
+ // earlier state, so refreshing from index 0 reproduces the same schedule
if (now.Date == start.Date)
{
continue;
}
- // from here on, a refresh has to have somewhere to rewind to
bool hasCheckpointForToday = playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors.Any(a =>
a.AnchorDateOffset.HasValue && a.AnchorDateOffset.Value.Date == now.Date);
@@ -74,8 +67,7 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
[Test]
public async Task Refresh_Should_Not_Reset_Collection_Progress()
{
- // a collection large enough that the index can't wrap over the whole run, so the
- // index is a straightforward measure of how much progress has been made
+ // large enough that the index can't wrap, so it measures progress directly
(PlayoutBuilder builder, Playout playout, PlayoutReferenceData referenceData) = MultipleTestData(
TimeSpan.FromHours(6),
multipleCount: "3",
@@ -83,8 +75,7 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
DateTimeOffset start = LocalTime(20);
- // three weeks of hourly builds, so that progress is far enough along to be clearly
- // distinguishable from a playout that restarted at the beginning
+ // long enough that progress is clearly distinguishable from a playout that restarted
for (var hour = 0; hour < 24 * 21; hour++)
{
await builder.Build(
@@ -107,9 +98,8 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
result.IsRight.ShouldBeTrue();
- // a refresh rewinds to the start of today, so the index legitimately moves back by
- // up to a day. a refresh that lost its checkpoints restarts at 0 and only advances
- // through the build window, landing an order of magnitude lower
+ // rewinding to the start of today legitimately moves the index back by up to a day; a refresh
+ // that lost its checkpoints lands an order of magnitude lower
int after = HeadIndex(playout);
after.ShouldBeGreaterThan(
before / 2,
@@ -119,8 +109,7 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
[Test]
public async Task Continue_Should_Keep_A_Checkpoint_For_Every_Day_In_The_Build_Window()
{
- // shaped like the playouts that were missing checkpoints in a real user database: a week
- // long build window, shuffled schedule items, and blocks of five ~100 minute items
+ // shaped like the playouts that were missing checkpoints in a real user database
(PlayoutBuilder builder, Playout playout, PlayoutReferenceData referenceData) = MultipleTestData(
TimeSpan.FromMinutes(100),
multipleCount: "5",
@@ -145,9 +134,7 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
result.IsRight.ShouldBeTrue($"build failed at {now:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}");
- // every day the playout covers needs a checkpoint, so that a refresh on any of them has
- // somewhere to rewind to. the build's own first day is the one exception, and days
- // already in the past are pruned
+ // every day covered needs a checkpoint, except the build's own first day; past days are pruned
DateTime firstExpected = now.Date > start.Date ? now.Date : start.Date.AddDays(1);
DateTime lastExpected = now.AddDays(WeekOfDaysToBuild).Date;
@@ -263,14 +250,9 @@ public class MultiDayBuildTests : PlayoutBuilderTestBase
return (builder, playout, referenceData);
}
- ///
- /// Anchor dates are compared in machine-local time
- /// (), so the test clock has to be local
- /// too, or day boundaries won't line up. That means these tests run in whatever zone the machine is
- /// in - UTC on CI, something else locally - so the window below is deliberately placed in mid-June,
- /// where no zone has a DST transition. Day-boundary behaviour across a DST change is a separate
- /// concern and wants its own test.
- ///
+ // anchor dates are compared in machine-local time, so the test clock has to be local too or day
+ // boundaries won't line up. that means running in whatever zone the machine is in, hence mid-June,
+ // where no zone has a DST transition
private static DateTimeOffset LocalTime(int hour)
{
var date = new DateTime(2025, 6, 10, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/MarathonEnumeratorTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/MarathonEnumeratorTests.cs
index e8be029ce..7c9d30358 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/MarathonEnumeratorTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/MarathonEnumeratorTests.cs
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ using Shouldly;
namespace ErsatzTV.Core.Tests.Scheduling;
-///
-/// Marathon content builds a over one playlist item per group,
-/// so it inherits that enumerator's save/restore behaviour. These cover the state handling, not
-/// the grouping.
-///
+// marathon content builds a PlaylistEnumerator over one playlist item per group, so it inherits that
+// enumerator's save/restore behaviour; these cover the state handling, not the grouping
[TestFixture]
public class MarathonEnumeratorTests
{
@@ -23,11 +20,7 @@ public class MarathonEnumeratorTests
private CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
- ///
- /// A cycle completes when every media item has been played, which resets the index to 0 and
- /// reshuffles the groups. Two shows of three episodes each is six items, so the index has to
- /// come back to 0 within six moves.
- ///
+ // a cycle completes when every media item has been played, which resets the index to 0
[Test]
public async Task Marathon_Should_Complete_A_Cycle()
{
@@ -44,10 +37,8 @@ public class MarathonEnumeratorTests
indexes.ShouldContain(0, "the index never returned to 0, so the cycle never completed");
}
- ///
- /// Season 0 episodes are filtered out by the season/episode enumerator but still counted as
- /// items the cycle is waiting on, so the cycle can never complete.
- ///
+ // season 0 is filtered out by the season/episode enumerator but still counted as an item the cycle
+ // is waiting on, so the cycle can never complete
[Test]
public async Task Marathon_Should_Complete_A_Cycle_With_Specials()
{
@@ -65,10 +56,8 @@ public class MarathonEnumeratorTests
indexes.ShouldContain(0, "the index never returned to 0, so the cycle never completed");
}
- ///
- /// The flood and duration schedulers snapshot every enumerator's state before trying an item
- /// and hand it back when the item doesn't fit, so ResetState has to actually rewind.
- ///
+ // the flood and duration schedulers hand back a snapshot when an item doesn't fit, so ResetState
+ // has to actually rewind
[Test]
public async Task Marathon_Should_Rewind_On_ResetState()
{
@@ -94,10 +83,6 @@ public class MarathonEnumeratorTests
enumerator.Current.Map(mi => mi.Id).IfNone(-1).ShouldBe(expected);
}
- ///
- /// Rebuilding a playout restores the enumerator from the persisted state, which has to land on
- /// the same item the previous build stopped at.
- ///
[Test]
public async Task Marathon_Should_Resume_Where_It_Left_Off()
{
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumeratorTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumeratorTests.cs
index 2a75ba8d7..369733a37 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumeratorTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumeratorTests.cs
@@ -457,18 +457,14 @@ public class PlaylistEnumeratorTests
continued.ShouldBe(reference.Skip(6).Take(6));
}
- ///
- /// Completing a cycle reshuffles the playlist items, and the state persisted at that point is only a
- /// seed and an index. Rebuilding starts from the playlist order and applies the seed, so the shuffle
- /// has to be a function of those two things - otherwise the rebuilt playout diverges from the one
- /// the previous build was part way through.
- ///
+ // a rebuild only has the persisted seed and index, so a shuffle that depends on anything else
+ // diverges from the playout the previous build was part way through
[Test]
public async Task Shuffled_Playlist_Should_Resume_The_Same_Way_After_A_Cycle()
{
IMediaCollectionRepository repo = Substitute.For();
- // four single-item entries, so a cycle is four moves and each move names its own playlist item
+ // single-item entries, so each move names its own playlist item
Dictionary> BuildMap() =>
Range(1, 4).ToDictionary(
i => new PlaylistItem
@@ -493,7 +489,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumeratorTests
randomStartPoint: false,
CancellationToken.None);
- // play past the end of the first cycle, which reseeds and reshuffles
+ // past the end of the first cycle, which reseeds and reshuffles
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
live.MoveNext(Option.None);
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ShuffledContentTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ShuffledContentTests.cs
index d83b5b243..444bf565f 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ShuffledContentTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core.Tests/Scheduling/ShuffledContentTests.cs
@@ -134,11 +134,8 @@ public class ShuffledContentTests
shuffledContent.State.Seed.ShouldNotBe(MagicSeed);
}
- ///
- /// MoveNext walks (and wraps at) the flattened item count, so an index up to one less than
- /// that is valid state. The constructor validates against the group count instead, so any
- /// index at or above it is thrown away even though the enumerator itself produced it.
- ///
+ // MoveNext wraps at the flattened item count, so any index below that is valid state the
+ // enumerator produced itself
[Test]
public void State_Should_Not_Reset_When_Valid_For_Grouped_Items()
{
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs
index 87c97e7fb..e2b8f22d9 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
private bool _shufflePlaylistItems;
private List _sortedEnumerators;
- // a cycle start is the only position this enumerator can be put back to directly; every other
- // position is reached by replaying from one. see RewindToCycleStart
+ // a cycle start is the only position that can be restored directly; see RewindToCycleStart
private List _enumeratorsInPlaylistOrder;
private Dictionary _childStatesAtCycleStart;
@@ -37,11 +36,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
public int EnumeratorIndex { get; private set; }
- ///
- /// A playlist position isn't described by index and seed alone - it also lives in
- /// , the batch progress, the ids the cycle still owes and the state of
- /// every child enumerator - so the only way back to a position is to replay to it.
- ///
+ // index and seed don't describe a playlist position, so the only way back to one is to replay to it
public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
{
// nothing has moved since this state was handed out, so there is nothing to rewind
@@ -164,8 +159,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
{
List items = playlistItemMap[playlistItem];
- // a cycle ends when every item has been played, so an item that can never be played would
- // leave the cycle permanently incomplete; season, episode order won't play season 0
+ // an item that can never play would leave the cycle permanently incomplete
if (playlistItem.PlaybackOrder is PlaybackOrder.SeasonEpisode)
{
items = SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.Playable(items);
@@ -226,8 +220,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
}
enumerator = new SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator(items, initState);
- // every season 0 episode was already removed above, so this is a playlist item
- // that had nothing else in it
+ // season 0 is already gone, so this item had nothing else in it
if (enumerator.Count == 0)
{
enumerator = null;
@@ -309,10 +302,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
}
}
- ///
- /// Puts everything back the way leaves it for the given seed: children at their
- /// starting positions, the playlist items back in seed order, and the cycle owing every item again.
- ///
+ // must leave exactly what Create leaves for this seed, or replaying from here won't match a rebuild
private void RewindToCycleStart(int seed)
{
foreach ((IMediaCollectionEnumerator enumerator, CollectionEnumeratorState childState) in
@@ -358,11 +348,8 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
}
}
- ///
- /// Always shuffles the playlist order rather than the current order, so that the result is a function
- /// of that order and the seed - which is all the persisted state gives a rebuild to work from. Cycles
- /// reshuffle from the same starting point rather than from wherever the last shuffle landed.
- ///
+ // shuffles playlist order rather than current order, so the result depends only on that order and the
+ // seed - all a rebuild has to work from
private List ShufflePlaylistItems()
{
if (_enumeratorsInPlaylistOrder.Count < 3)
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs
index 10c5c202b..d95f60a09 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs
@@ -169,9 +169,8 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
// _logger.LogDebug("All anchors: {@Anchors}", playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors);
- // remove the "continue" anchors (null anchor date), which hold the state at the head of
- // the playout; they have to go rather than just be ignored, because GetMediaCollectionEnumerator
- // ranks a null anchor date above every checkpoint and we want to rewind to today's checkpoint
+ // these have to go rather than just be ignored; GetMediaCollectionEnumerator ranks a null
+ // anchor date above every checkpoint, and we want to rewind to today's checkpoint
playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors.RemoveAll(a => a.AnchorDate is null);
// _logger.LogDebug("Checkpoint anchors: {@Anchors}", playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors);
@@ -457,8 +456,8 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
return result;
}
- // build one whole day at a time; this is also how alternate schedules switch per day,
- // since the active schedule is selected once per pass
+ // one whole day at a time; this is also how alternate schedules switch, since the active
+ // schedule is selected once per pass
while (finish < playoutFinish)
{
if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
@@ -497,7 +496,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
if (start < playoutFinish)
{
- // build the remaining partial day
_logger.LogDebug("Building final playout from {Start} to {Finish}", start, playoutFinish);
Either buildResult = await BuildPlayoutItemsForPass(
playout,
@@ -901,10 +899,8 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
result.AddedItems.AddRange(playoutItems);
- // save a checkpoint anchor whenever scheduling crosses a local midnight; this has to
- // happen here rather than at the end of a pass, because pass boundaries only
- // aspirationally line up with midnights - the final partial pass never ends on one, and
- // a long item can carry a whole-day pass well past its own boundary
+ // has to happen here rather than at the end of a pass; pass boundaries only aspirationally
+ // line up with midnights, and the final partial pass never ends on one
if (nextState.CurrentTime.ToLocalTime().Date > playoutBuilderState.CurrentTime.ToLocalTime().Date)
{
SaveCheckpointAnchors(playout, collectionEnumerators, nextState.CurrentTime);
@@ -1212,11 +1208,7 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
&& anchor.PlaylistId == collectionKey.PlaylistId
&& anchor.SearchQuery == collectionKey.SearchQuery;
- ///
- /// Records the collection progress as of , which is the first
- /// resumable point at or after a local midnight. Refresh rewinds to the checkpoint dated today,
- /// so every local day of the playout needs one.
- ///
+ // refresh rewinds to the checkpoint dated today, so every local day of the playout needs one
private static void SaveCheckpointAnchors(
Playout playout,
Dictionary collectionEnumerators,
@@ -1227,15 +1219,13 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
foreach ((CollectionKey collectionKey, IMediaCollectionEnumerator enumerator) in collectionEnumerators)
{
- // one checkpoint per collection key per local date; rebuilding a day that already has a
- // checkpoint replaces it, since the new state is the one that matches the new items
+ // rebuilding a day replaces its checkpoint; the new state is the one matching the new items
Option maybeExisting = playout.ProgramScheduleAnchors.FirstOrDefault(a =>
AnchorMatchesCollectionKey(a, collectionKey)
&& a.AnchorDateOffset.HasValue
&& a.AnchorDateOffset.Value.Date == checkpointDate);
- // the enumerator keeps mutating its own state as the build continues, so the checkpoint
- // needs a copy of it, frozen at this instant
+ // the enumerator keeps mutating its own state as the build continues
CollectionEnumeratorState state = enumerator.State.Clone();
foreach (PlayoutProgramScheduleAnchor existing in maybeExisting)
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs
index cff1577fb..eabfe8164 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ public sealed class SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
}
}
- ///
- /// Season 0 is never played in season, episode order. Callers that need to know which items this
- /// enumerator will actually play - rather than which items they handed it - share the rule here.
- ///
+ // shared with callers that need to know what this will play, not what they handed it
public static List Playable(IEnumerable mediaItems) =>
mediaItems.Filter(mi => (mi is not Episode episode) || (episode.Season?.SeasonNumber ?? 0) > 0).ToList();