com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Unexpected runtime error

[tectda17]

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Affected version

0.27.7

Steps to reproduce the bug

{"user_action":"play stream","request":"Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_TIMEOUT] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42O5G1ekYz4","content_language":"de-DE","content_country":"DE","app_language":"de_DE","service":"YouTube","package":"org.schabi.newpipe","version":"0.27.7","os":"Linux Android 7.1.1 - 25","time":"2025-06-17T07:57:26.613+02:00","exceptions":["com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Unexpected runtime error\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.setVideoOutputInternal(ExoPlayerImpl.java:2562)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.setVideoSurface(ExoPlayerImpl.java:1293)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.SurfaceHolderCallback.surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolderCallback.java:53)\n\tat android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:588)\n\tat android.view.SurfaceView.onWindowVisibilityChanged(SurfaceView.java:247)\n\tat android.view.View.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(View.java:10357)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(ViewGroup.java:1290)\n\tat android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1544)\n\tat android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1254)\n\tat android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:6337)\n\tat android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:874)\n\tat android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:686)\n\tat android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:621)\n\tat android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:860)\n\tat android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)\n\tat android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6165)\n\tat java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)\n\tat com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:902)\n\tat com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:792)\nCaused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoTimeoutException: Detaching surface timed out.\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImpl.setVideoOutputInternal(ExoPlayerImpl.java:2560)\n\t... 34 more\n"],"user_comment":""}

Expected behavior

No exception

Actual behavior

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Unexpected runtime error

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

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Additional information

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[towednack]

I'm not sure it is caused by the app, try watching the same video on youtube.com and see what happens. I'm having the same issue and it seems YouTube servers are down. I haven't tried using a VPN yet, and the problem is exclusive to my android phone.

[ShareASmile]

Duplicate of #8401

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