Videos from several channels I'm subscribed to can't play after the latest version update. Error described as "unrecoverable player error"

[medlabmech]

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Affected version

0.27.7

Steps to reproduce the bug

Every video of specific channels in my subscriptions list cannot play.
I haven't made a list of every affected channel, but for example:

1. I will go to the channel "ContraPoints"
2. I will tap on a video
3. the video will briefly load and then appear as a thumbnail, unable to play
4. the effect persists no matter how many times I tap on the video again

Expected behavior

The video should play as normal

Actual behavior

The video is stuck as a thumbnail, unable to play

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Example on the ContraPoints channel mentioned above

Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48
• Content Country:
• Content Language: en-
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-05-15T01:15:11.486+03:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.7
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 18430705, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=NO_EXCEEDS_CAPABILITIES
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:249)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:337)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: c2.mtk.vp9.decoder, Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 18430705, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-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: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_configure(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2431)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2330)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.initialize(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:156)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.access$100(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:50)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:103)
	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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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 15/ Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0.3.0

Affected device model

Xiaomi Redmi note 12S

Additional information

No response

[ShareASmile]

Try using some lower resolution/codec combo as error report tells about device decoder failure at high resolution.

format_supported=NO_EXCEEDS_CAPABILITIES