[Bug] All videos are played only on 360p if logged in

[RickQuintaluce]

Edit: The issue only appears when logged in. Before we find a solution, do not login your account.

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Describe the bug
I open the app, I click on any video, the message "sorry, something went wrong" appears. The video get played anyway, but only on 360p and a higher resolution can't be selected. This happens with all videos.

Frequency
Every time I use the app, every video I try to play. It started on March 12th (90% sure that's the day), before that the app worked just fine.

Steps to reproduce the bug
Open the app, click on any video. An error message should appear, video starts playing on 360p and no other resolution can be selected.

Device (e.g. Pixel 9 Pro)
Sony Xperia 10 IV

Error report

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtW5_2TLrM
• Content Country:
• Content Language: en-
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube (Logged in)
• Version: 4.2.1
• OS: Linux Android 14 - 34

Exceptions (2)

Crash log 1

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException: Couldn't get audio streams
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:195)
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:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get audio streams
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getItags(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1338)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getAudioStreams(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:657)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:191)
... 30 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String[] java.lang.String.split(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser.compatParseMap(Parser.java:135)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.buildAndAddItagInfoToList(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1531)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.lambda$getStreamsFromStreamingDataKey$28(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1505)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.$r8$lambda$UzQHXY7teet_MSd3x5z6Uj_H6mc(Unknown Source:0)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor$$ExternalSyntheticLambda29.apply(Unknown Source:10)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.Iterator$-CC.$default$forEachRemaining(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.Iterator$-EL.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:10)
at j$.util.X.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:24)
at j$.util.stream.c.G0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.Y0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T.b0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.b1(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.Z1.forEach(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.P.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:20)
at j$.util.stream.c.G0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.Y0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T.b0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.b1(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.Z1.forEachOrdered(SourceFile:0)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getItags(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1330)
... 32 more

Crash log 2

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException: Couldn't get video only streams
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:209)
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:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not get video-only streams
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getItags(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1338)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getVideoOnlyStreams(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:673)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.extractStreams(StreamInfo.java:207)
... 30 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String[] java.lang.String.split(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Parser.compatParseMap(Parser.java:135)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.buildAndAddItagInfoToList(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1531)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.lambda$getStreamsFromStreamingDataKey$28(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1505)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.$r8$lambda$UzQHXY7teet_MSd3x5z6Uj_H6mc(Unknown Source:0)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor$$ExternalSyntheticLambda29.apply(Unknown Source:10)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.Iterator$-CC.$default$forEachRemaining(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.Iterator$-EL.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:10)
at j$.util.X.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:24)
at j$.util.stream.c.G0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.Y0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T.b0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.b1(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.Z1.forEach(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T1.accept(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.P.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source:20)
at j$.util.stream.c.G0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.Y0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.T.b0(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.c.b1(SourceFile:0)
at j$.util.stream.Z1.forEachOrdered(SourceFile:0)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getItags(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1330)
... 32 more

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Additional context
The "what happened message" on the error report prompt says "could not parse website"

[dosubot]

Hello, @RickQuintaluce! I'm here to assist you with any bugs, questions, or contributions. Let me know how I can help you while we wait for a human maintainer.

There are two similar closed issues related to videos playing only in 360p resolution:

1. One issue suggests that the problem might be due to YouTube A/B testing their new API, which affects the PipePipe client specifically. Testing with other clients like Seal and the official YouTube app shows that higher resolutions work, indicating a client-specific issue ^[1].

2. Another issue points to a NullPointerException in the compatParseMap method of the Parser class, causing the YoutubeStreamExtractor to fail. This could be due to changes in the YouTube API or a bug in the app version 4.2.1. It is recommended to check for updates or patches for the app and review recent changes to the YoutubeStreamExtractor class ^[2].

In your case, the error logs indicate ExtractionException and ParsingException due to null references when attempting to parse streaming data, which aligns with the second issue. You might want to look into recent changes in the YoutubeStreamExtractor class or check for any available updates that address this issue.

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[InfinityLoop1308]

This is #826 , which is due to new YouTube DRM blocking.

Please try apk here and let me know if it works.
You need to log out and log in again to make it work.

[zer0fl0w]

this is related to #888.
no current fix.
seems like youtube itself is the problem.

see >>

https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/technische-probleme-bei-youtube-nutzer-klagen-ueber-schlechte-videoqualitaet/

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/332214867/video-and-shorts-playing-in-low-quality

[OutersiderOfficial]

That makes sense because right now none of the videos plays anymore & half of the time as I try to play a video, the app kicks me out

[InfinityLoop1308]

@OutersiderOfficial The issue you described is obviously unrelated to this issue. If you are certain you are using the latest version, please open a new issue.

[zogmam1]

This is #826 , which is due to new YouTube DRM blocking.

Please try apk here and let me know if it works. You need to log out and log in again to make it work.

It seems to work.
Edit: only works when not logged in

[omlt765]

This is #826 , which is due to new YouTube DRM blocking.
Please try apk here and let me know if it works. You need to log out and log in again to make it work.

It seems to work. Edit: only works when not logged in

Can confirm it also works only when not logged in and in mobile/cellular data (have access to up to 2160p60 for all the videos that offer it!). When on Wi-Fi, either logged in and it's 360p only or logged out I can't load the video and have the "Your IP is blocked by YouTube. Try using a VPN or logging in"

To me it's not a big deal, because I have basically unlimited 5G data, but I still wanted to report on the conditions triggering that issue.

Pipepipe 4.3.0
Android 14
Motorola g73 5G