[Bug]

[AlbatrossSun]

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Describe the bug
Could not play any video on YouTube recently. The error information is pasted below in error report section.

If I don't sign in YouTube, the video cannot be played, too. The error information is pasted in Additional context section.

I am in China, have to use VPN to visit YouTube. I do not know if this is related to this. (All mainstream websites are blocked in China)

Newpipe and Tubular also has the Not Logged In error.

Frequency
Every time.

Steps to reproduce the bug
Just try to play or background play or download any video on YouTube.

Device (e.g. Pixel 9 Pro)
Redmi Note 12 Turbo, with a customized OS based on LineageOS. I have used this system for more than one year, there's no such error before.

Error report

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozLQe99oM
• Content Country: CN
• Content Language: en
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube (Logged in)
• Version: 4.2.2
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

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$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1156)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:651)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1119)

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Additional context

If don't log in YouTube, the error is as follows:

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKB8StO052g
• Content Country: CN
• Content Language: en
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Version: 4.2.2
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.NotLoginException: Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1027)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper$1.onSuccess(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1535)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderImpl$1.onResponse(DownloaderImpl.java:370)
	at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall$AsyncCall.run(RealCall.kt:519)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1156)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:651)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1119)

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[InfinityLoop1308]

As the error text, your ip is blocked so you can't view YouTube anonymously. You will get the same result if you open YouTube's web version without login.
We provide a login option but due to #900 it is temporary unavailable. Change your IP to avoid the problem.

[InfinityLoop1308]

And, you need to update(although that won't directly solve the issue). F-droid doesn't provide the latest version.

[AlbatrossSun]

Thank you so much for the clear explanation. I'll keep the app updated from here.

Thanks again for the great job.