Has NewPipe v0.27.0 stopped working for anyone else? It won’t play anymore. It loads the video page and comments, but throws an error when attempting to play or download the video. I’ve submitted an error report, but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

  • gaidemar@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    I’ve exactly the same problem since yesterday. Didn’t search for a solution, i usually just wait for next release when problems like this appears.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Damn, same here. I copied the error report, YouTube is apparently being fucky again…

    Exception

    • User Action: play stream
    • Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
    • Content Country: US
    • Content Language: en-US
    • App Language: en_US
    • Service: YouTube
    • Version: 0.27.0
    • OS: Linux motorola/lake_revvl_n/lake_n:10/QPW30.142-Q3-28-25/4cbcf:user/release-keys 10 - 29 <details><summary><b>Crash log </b></summary><p>
    com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:241)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:422)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)

    </details> <hr>

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yup, Google are launching their yearly attempt to convince folks YouTube premium is worth it.

    Think of this time not as an annoyance, but as a time to reflect on how shitty Google has become.

  • DeadNinja@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Most Piped instances are also not working because they use NewPipe Extractor under the hood.

    As someone else said in this thread, I have also temporarily switched to FreeTube for Android, because a few of the Invidious instances are still working fine.

    The nice thing about the FOSS world is that it’s pretty easy to import subscriptions and other stuff from NewPipe to FreeTube.

    I hope this YouTube fuckery is handled soon. I love NewPipe way more every time it successfully deals with the YT weirdos.

      • Into The Sky@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        Same, i tried Grayjay today and i was surprised about how well and reliably it worked. Does someone know why?

        • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
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          5 months ago

          My guess (and it’s only a guess, I haven’t looked at the source code) is that the scraping is being done on a server end that they can update without having to push an app update.

          edit: my guess was wrong, I found where the source code is and they do the parsing locally - however it’s a plugin that I assume gets loaded in on app start so they can still update it without having to publish a new apk. this is the fix

          interestingly although Grayjay itself is proprietary this plugin is Affero GPL licensed.

  • boerbiet@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    It happened on and off the past two weeks or so but was considered not a bug in an earlier report I saw. I also encountered it a few times, but since about 24 hours ago I have had no luck playing anything.

    Likely changes or countermeasures on G’s side, or part of the embedded as changes that is being talked about, is my guess.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I noticed this last night. Playing videos not from YouTube still works fine. This affects Piped as well.

    This had happened previously a different time, which is why I tried reconstructing my music playlists with Soundcloud uploads until YouTube started working again.

  • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’ve switched to FreeTube for now, it still works using the Invidious API. This is happening because YouTube is testing forced login to watch videos or use the API. There is a workaround it seems, but we’ll have to wait for all the major clients to roll it out.

    • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I really want to see what the fuck google will do for embedded videos or shared videos on chats like discord.

  • MechKit@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This sometimes happens when youtube changes something, usually fixed after some days.

  • ignirtoq@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    Do you have a link to the main tracking issue with NewPipe? I tried to look through their GitHub repo, but most of the issues I saw were about the 59-second bug, or they had been closed as duplicate without linking to the duplicate issue.

    I have a 1.5 hour commute, and watching downloaded videos on NewPipe is a major part of my strategy for getting through it.

  • peregus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    we really need a FOSS decentralized video sharing platform to take hold

    I’d love for that to happen, but without being paid by a central company, content creators won’t…create content. Will it work with content creators own sponsors? Mmm…I don’t know

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Early YouTube was exactly this, though. Content creators creating for the sake of the content. Sponsors helped a lot, sure, but the vast majority did it without them. Also, current YouTube, many content creators don’t or can’t monetize. They still create.

      • peregus@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Yes, you’re right. Are we able to go back? I mean, do they want to go back from being paid to almost nothing? And if I’m not mistaken, professional YouTubers produce a quality of videos that didn’t exist back in the days.