[Bug] Network Error when playing videos

[creativeghostfish]

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Describe the bug
Network Error when playing videos

Frequency
Every video

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open app
2. Play video
3. Network error

Device (e.g. Pixel 9 Pro)
Pixel 8

Error report

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_NETWORK_CONNECTION_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugYI5gOktBE
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Version: 4.4.2
• OS: Linux Android 16 - 36

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:641)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:613)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:248)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:338)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$HttpDataSourceException: java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "rr2---sn-qxoednee.googlevideo.com": No address associated with hostname
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:480)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:258)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:786)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:599)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	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)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "rr2---sn-qxoednee.googlevideo.com": No address associated with hostname
	at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupHostByName(Inet6AddressImpl.java:156)
	at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Inet6AddressImpl.java:103)
	at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1152)
	at com.android.okhttp.Dns$1.lookup(Dns.java:41)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.RouteSelector.resetNextInetSocketAddress(RouteSelector.java:178)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.RouteSelector.nextProxy(RouteSelector.java:144)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.RouteSelector.next(RouteSelector.java:86)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findConnection(StreamAllocation.java:176)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findHealthyConnection(StreamAllocation.java:128)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.newStream(StreamAllocation.java:97)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:289)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:232)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:465)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponse(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:411)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:542)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.getResponseCode(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:106)
	at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:30)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:476)
	... 10 more
Caused by: android.system.GaiException: android_getaddrinfo failed: EAI_NODATA (No address associated with hostname)
	at libcore.io.Linux.android_getaddrinfo(Native Method)
	at libcore.io.ForwardingOs.android_getaddrinfo(ForwardingOs.java:133)
	at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.android_getaddrinfo(BlockGuardOs.java:222)
	at libcore.io.ForwardingOs.android_getaddrinfo(ForwardingOs.java:133)
	at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupHostByName(Inet6AddressImpl.java:135)
	... 27 more

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Additional context
I was attempting to watch "No Reverse" by Nevertel when this started. The previous video, "Gone or Staying" by Sleep Theory worked fine moments before.

[creativeghostfish]

Update: It is working on most videos now. Perhaps this is my own personal issue.

[InfinityLoop1308]

Yeah it's a network issue in your side.