Not playing videos

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Affected version

Version 0.28.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRsz8luC5QA
• Content Country: IN
• Content Language: ml-
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2026-01-07T02:12:42.187+05:30
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 17805808, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=NO_EXCEEDS_CAPABILITIES
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:282)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:387)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: c2.mtk.vp9.decoder, Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 17805808, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-1, -1])
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1021)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecOrBypass(MediaCodecRenderer.java:537)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1453)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:917)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.readSourceOmittingSampleData(MediaCodecRenderer.java:954)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:769)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)
	... 4 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_configure(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2417)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2320)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.initialize(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:156)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.access$100(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:50)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:103)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.createAdapter(DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.java:111)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.initCodec(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1099)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1010)
	... 11 more

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Expected behavior

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Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRsz8luC5QA
• Content Country: IN
• Content Language: ml-
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2026-01-07T02:12:42.187+05:30
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 17805808, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=NO_EXCEEDS_CAPABILITIES
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:282)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:387)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: c2.mtk.vp9.decoder, Format(313, null, null, video/x-vnd.on2.vp9, vp9, 17805808, en, [3840, 2160, 24.0], [-1, -1])
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1021)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecOrBypass(MediaCodecRenderer.java:537)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1453)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:917)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.readSourceOmittingSampleData(MediaCodecRenderer.java:954)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:769)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)
	... 4 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_configure(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2417)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2320)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.initialize(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:156)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.access$100(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:50)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:103)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.createAdapter(DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.java:111)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.initCodec(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1099)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1010)
	... 11 more

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