[Bug] Issues with random videos

[dacmot]

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Describe the bug

Some videos are not playing but others are OK. Here's an OK one by the same author as the first report below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEpCKq0i_gQ&t=0

Frequency

Noticed since March 13th.

Steps to reproduce the bug

Try to view the videos in the error reports.

Device (e.g. Pixel 9 Pro)

POCO X3 pro (vayu) running LineageOS 20

Error report

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keEwPLDppSc
• Content Country: CA
• Content Language: fr-CA
• App Language: fr_CA
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Version: 4.2.1
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo$StreamExtractException: Could not get any stream. See error variable to get further details.
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:226)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:109)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:88)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.getNewStreamInfo(ExtractorHelper.java:132)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:127)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$YTHJjScxCJNO1LTCqs3IKy35iyY(Unknown Source:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.call(Unknown Source:4)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)
	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$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:15868)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

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Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIQSkrGN3G4
• Content Country: CA
• Content Language: fr-CA
• App Language: fr_CA
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Version: 4.2.1
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo$StreamExtractException: Could not get any stream. See error variable to get further details.
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:226)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:109)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:88)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.getNewStreamInfo(ExtractorHelper.java:132)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:127)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$YTHJjScxCJNO1LTCqs3IKy35iyY(Unknown Source:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.call(Unknown Source:4)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)
	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$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:15868)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

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Additional context

[dosubot]

@dacmot Hello! I'm here to assist you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have. Let me know how I can help!

The StreamExtractException error you're encountering on your POCO X3 Pro device running LineageOS 20 with NewPipe version 4.2.1 is likely due to timeout issues during video loading. This can be resolved by updating to a newer version of the app, such as v4.3.0-pre1, which has shown improved stability with YouTube video playback ^[1].

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[InfinityLoop1308]

does retry help? or the failed videos always failed?

[dacmot]

No. I've retried (and counted) at least 20 times, and one even 100 times without success.

Some that fail don't show the number views in the list. There's a thumbnail and a "x days ago". All that don't have the number of views fail, but some that fail also show the number of views.

[InfinityLoop1308]

Fixed in 4.2.2.

They are actually paid videos, but error messages are not correctly shown.