Don't play video

[sharifgits]

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Affected version

Latest apk version

Steps to reproduce the bug

No play Videos, show like as Screenshot.

Expected behavior

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P9h5h9kBmU
• Content Country: GB
• Content Language: en-GB
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-05-07T10:13:54.26+06:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.6
• OS: Linux samsung/a11qnnxx/a11q:12/SP1A.210812.016/A115FXXU5CWF1:user/release-keys 12 - 31

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(1, null, null, video/avc, avc1.4D401E, -1, null, [640, 360, 29.999977], [-1, -1]), format_supported=YES
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc, Format(1, null, null, video/avc, avc1.4D401E, -1, null, [640, 360, 29.999977], [-1, -1])
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1021)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecOrBypass(MediaCodecRenderer.java:537)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1453)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:917)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.readSourceOmittingSampleData(MediaCodecRenderer.java:954)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:769)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)
	... 4 more
Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: Failed to initialize OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc, error 0xfffffff4
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_setup(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.<init>(MediaCodec.java:1961)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.createByCodecName(MediaCodec.java:1938)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:95)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.createAdapter(DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.java:111)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.initCodec(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1099)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1010)
	... 11 more

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Actual behavior

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Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

Samsung A11

Additional information

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[s1ddly]

Upgrading to the 0.27.7 APK fixed this for me, and also allowed me to watch videos higher than 360p

[ShareASmile]

Affected version
Latest apk version

Please fill in the version number of app properly instead of just writing latest version. It changes with time.

Take care to put error report in logs section, also write android version of the device in its section, the resolution of video on which error occured. Less the info given, the more time it takes to understand the real issue.

Now the actual question:
Have your issue resolved on the latest version 0.27.7 ?

If not, would you please see & try steps given in #12208 (comment) and comment there if it helps or not?

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