Tab visibility issues on Topic channels

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Affected version

0.28.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open NewPipe v0.28.2.

2. Navigate to a "Topic" channel (e.g., World of Warships - Topic or Gaijin Entertainment - Topic).

3. Observe the available tabs.

Expected behavior

All enabled tabs (Videos, Playlists, etc.) should be visible and accessible on Topic channels.

Actual behavior

Even though Settings > Content > Channel tabs has Videos, Tracks, Playlists, and Albums enabled, they do not appear:

World of Warships - Topic: Only the "Shorts" and "About" tabs are visible.

Gaijin Entertainment - Topic: Only the "About" tab is visible.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Image 1 - Setting Tab

Image 2 - Search Tab

Image 3 - Topic Tab

Logs

No response

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 16

Affected device model

Samsung Galaxy S23

Additional information

I found a previous report regarding a similar issue (#12754), but since that report lacked detailed information, I am opening this as a new issue.

"Topic" channels are special channels from youtube music. AFAIK they have only albums and individual songs (wrapped in albums with one song?). So there could be displayed only albums, tracks(?) and about tabs. But again it is special kind of channel and there is no tabs (when you look at site). Albums and tracks are "merged" there and the page itself requires separate parsing

Also if you selected some tab displaying but channel doesn't have that tab it won't be showed. For example select in settings display of shorts and open channel which doesn't have shorts (https://www.youtube.com/@Squampopulous)

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"Topic" channels are special channels from youtube music. AFAIK they have only albums and individual songs (wrapped in albums with one song?). So there could be displayed only albums, tracks(?) and about tabs. But again it is special kind of channel and there is no tabs (when you look at site). Albums and tracks are "merged" there and the page itself requires separate parsing

Also if you selected some tab displaying but channel doesn't have that tab it won't be showed. For example select in settings display of shorts and open channel which doesn't have shorts (https://www.youtube.com/@Squampopulous)

Thank you for your response. To provide more context regarding the issue:

I have been using NewPipe to create music playlists, but I recently encountered an issue where "Albums" or "Tracks" are no longer displayed on Topic channels that used to show them.

Even with all content filters/checklists enabled, the "Albums" and "Tracks" sections (which are clearly visible on the official YouTube site) are missing in NewPipe. Instead, only the "Shorts" and "About" tabs are visible.

I am uploading additional screenshots showing the missing sections to help you investigate this further. Could you please look into why these specific categories are not being fetched or displayed?

1. Settings verification

2. Issue reproduced in NewPipe

3. Comparison with Official YouTube Web

If you think the current title of this issue doesn't accurately reflect the problem, please let me know or feel free to suggest a better one. I'm happy to update it for better clarity.

Oh I though that Topic are only music related channels. But I see now https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_VL04xXQdkQr43DYivQFw/

Then this issue is duplicate of #5336

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Oh I though that Topic are only music related channels. But I see now https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_VL04xXQdkQr43DYivQFw/

Then this issue is duplicate of #5336

Thanks!