Unable to play any video

[JB62]

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Affected version

0.27.7

Steps to reproduce the bug

Search for a video
From the list, try to play
Error message offering to open in browser or report the bug

Expected behavior

They video plays without excepting

Actual behavior

Exception and backtrace

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: requested kiosk
• Request: Start loading: https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending
• Content Country: GB
• Content Language: en-GB
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2026-03-24T22:17:49.969Z
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.7
• OS: Linux samsung/b0sxeea/b0s:16/BP2A.250605.031.A3/S908BXXUJGYJ3:user/release-keys 16 - 36

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get Trending name
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeTrendingExtractor.getName(YoutubeTrendingExtractor.java:96)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.kiosk.KioskInfo.getInfo(KioskInfo.java:66)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.kiosk.KioskInfo.getInfo(KioskInfo.java:54)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getKioskInfo$12(ExtractorHelper.java:197)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$2ahwdH5zUG2IizC29Cvn0G0d-Ek(ExtractorHelper.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda6.call(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16144)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1154)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:652)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1564)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 16

Affected device model

samsung s22ultra

Additional information

No response

[absurdlylongusername]

You are not using the latest version 0.28.4.

Update to latest version

[JB62]

Sorry about that. "Check for updates" didn't show or download anything, so I assumed...