Unexpected runtime error when turning the video on a full screen

[denis10212]

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Affected version

0.27.6

Steps to reproduce the bug

1.I start any video. 2. I turn on the video in the full screen. 3. A mistake comes out

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

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Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_FAILED_RUNTIME_CHECK] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww2uRmWpztc
• Content Country: RU
• Content Language: ru-RU
• App Language: ru_RU
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-03-31T22:47:21.75+03:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.6
• OS: Linux Android 6.0 - 23

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Unexpected runtime error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:628)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:207)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_setSurface(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.setOutputSurface(MediaCodec.java:1810)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline1.m(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.setOutputSurface(SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:189)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.setOutputSurfaceV23(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1500)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.setOutput(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:694)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.handleMessage(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:632)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.deliverMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1566)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.sendMessageToTarget(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1530)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.sendMessageInternal(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1505)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:533)
	... 3 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 6

Affected device model

Meizu m5s

Additional information

No response

[nevdelap]

Greetings. I don't get an error but when tapping a video on the search screen and immediately turning the phone so that it is full screen it seems to hang, there is no data downloading, the screen remains black, pressing the home button is unresponsive for a few moments, and when it goes to back to the home screen I need to force stop the app and restart it. It is not every time but it is maybe half the time. To avoid it I have to keep the phone in portrait orientation until the video's screen has loaded and is showing the play button, the press it play button before turning the phone. I believe it has been a week or two that it's been happening. Cheers.

Android 12 on Samsung Galaxy s10e.

[nevdelap]

I can confirm since writing the comment above the issue is entirely consistently to do with turning the phone before the video loads (requiring force stopping) and that waiting until it loads before turning is a reliable workaround.

[PaulGOUX27]

This seems to be the same error I reported here #12045

[ShareASmile]

Have anyone tried by going into the Exoplayer settings menu under Video and audio & Tried the toggles one by one to see if it changes things. Most likely the set_surface one?

Edited: try setting combo of toggles to ON if required & restart of app (even device restart helps sometimes) is required to take effect.

[OresteVisari]

Hi all
I also have the problem and confirm that it's always happening if I turn the phone before the video is loading.

@ShareASmile I try change the settings of the Exoplayer, I activate them 1 by 1 from the Settings, but the problem is still here.

Device use: Android 14 on Galaxy s21

[ShareASmile]

I try change the settings of the Exoplayer, I activate them 1 by 1 from the Settings, but the problem is still here.

You don't need to ping here we get notifications.

Have you tried combo of toggles set to ON & restarting?

[denis10212]

Everything works, thanks for helping. пт, 2 мая 2025 г., 05:24 ShareASmile ***@***.***>:

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