Some videos, unable to play due to error.

[ArcadeRice]

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Affected version

0.28.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Start the app.
2. Search for a video.
3. Click on it.
4. Try to play the video.
5. "Error has occured, see the notification".
6. Video refuses to play.

Expected behavior

Video starts playing as normal.

Actual behavior

Certain videos does not play.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

{"user_action":"play stream","request":"Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy9jdwbUCfE","content_language":"en-US","content_country":"US","app_language":"en_US","service":"YouTube","package":"org.schabi.newpipe","version":"0.28.0","os":"Linux samsung/a52sxqeea/a52sxq:14/UP1A.231005.007/A528BXXUAGXK8:user/release-keys 14 - 34","time":"2025-09-03T00:28:56.98+02:00","exceptions":["com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(315, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 26636084, en, [3840, 2160, 60.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=NO_EXCEEDS_CAPABILITIES\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)\n\tat android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)\n\tat android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)\nCaused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: c2.qti.vp9.decoder, Format(315, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 26636084, en, [3840, 2160, 60.0], [-1, -1])\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1021)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecOrBypass(MediaCodecRenderer.java:537)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1453)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:917)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.readSourceOmittingSampleData(MediaCodecRenderer.java:954)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:769)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)\n\t... 4 more\nCaused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: \n\tat android.media.MediaCodec.native_start(Native Method)\n\tat android.media.MediaCodec.start(MediaCodec.java:2440)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.initialize(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:160)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.access$100(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:50)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:103)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.createAdapter(DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.java:111)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.initCodec(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1099)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1010)\n\t... 11 more\n"],"user_comment":"I've tried reinstalling it and updating it, doesn't work. This error pops up at random videos, I've just stopped using NewPipe at this point."}

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

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Additional information

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