Video player sometimes keeps buffering for forever when a new video is being played

[Outlet2048]

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Affected version

0.22.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Go to timeline feed
2. Click on a video
3. Go full screen (not sure if required, but I always do that)
4. Video keeps buffering for forever (white spinning circle on black background)

Expected behavior

The video should start playing within a few seconds of buffering

Actual behavior

Video keeps buffering for forever unless workaround is being used
Note that the buffering issue doesn't happen in 100% of cases but it does happen rather often. 80%ish for me

workaround:
change the resolution to 720p or something else, can switch back afterwards
minimize app and re-open app
Turn on background playback and then resume video again
Tl;dr: Everything that changes the player type seems to get the stream running again

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11 / OxygenOS11

Affected device model

OnePlus9Pro

Additional information

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[AudricV]

I am pretty sure your issue is a duplicate of both #6949 and #7630 issues. Could you try both solutions to see if this issue is improved and/or related?

[gpdevsoft]

same issue and occur also in non full screen mode, solution #7630 solve the problem, in my test i have choose 16KB, can you release a new stable versione with this fix or we must wait for next release i mean wich one with many fixes?

[AudricV]

No, we will not release a hotfix version, you will have to wait the next standard release to get this fix.

[gpdevsoft]

ok thank you for answer, however i have try another workaround for standard release (022.1), changing video and audio format to WebM the buffering time significantly reduce

[ghost]

ok thank you for answer, however i have try another workaround for standard release (022.1), changing video and audio format to WebM the buffering time significantly reduce

I guess it's mostly exoplayer buffering issue, effecting all formats at least for me.
Just wait for the hotfix, even though the window gap goes too high. Or use this test debug app for now.

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