[FIXED IN 0.23.3] [YouTube] Videos and descriptions not loading

[jakem72360]

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Affected version

0.23.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

Open NewPipe, and attempt to play any video from your feed.

Expected behavior

The video loads, and plays

Actual behavior

Comments and their avatars are loading, however the video preview remains black, and the description is stuck loading with a spinning wheel.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

No response

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 10 / OxygenOS 10.0.1

Affected device model

OnePlus 5

Additional information

Videos and their descriptions were loading and playing perfectly yesterday, hence why I'm tempted to think this may be an API/parsing issue. I've cleared NewPipe's cache and restarted the app, but am hesitant to wipe the app's data if I don't need to...

[atar-axis]

Same here, Samsung G950f, Android 9, Latest Newpipe 0.23.2, cleared cache.

Since this is happening more often it would be so nice to have a "open in Webbrowser" button even if the video does not load. :)

It looks like this:

[TheMCNerd2017]

Had the same thing start happening an hour ago on a Pixel 4 XL. Force-stopped and cleared the cache multiple times but the issue persists. Something to note is that comments would sometimes load properly when this issue started happening, but now they don't.

[Magyman]

I'm seeing the error

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Ljavax/lang/model/SourceVersion; at org.mozilla.javascript.JavaMembers.<clinit>(JavaMembers.java:37)

When trying to open a YouTube link from another app.

I can post the whole stack trace if anyone thinks that would be helpful

[shell-raiser]

Same here, Samsung G950f, Android 9, Latest Newpipe 0.23.2, cleared cache.

Since this is happening more often it would be so nice to have a "open in Webbrowser" button even if the video does not load. :)

It looks like this:

"Open in browser" works. Tap and hold the video thumbnail to get the pop-up

[TAXSET]

Having same issue, debug build by @Theta-Dev in #8839 seems to have fixed the issue.

[ow-ro]

seems to be related to an issue with the Rhino version being used in the extractor, fixed for us by forcing a downgrade to 1.7.13 for now

implementation 'com.github.TeamNewPipe:NewPipeExtractor:25f0ce7305822d37bb6ff21280dff37b2451affd'
implementation ('org.mozilla:rhino') {
        version {
            strictly '1.7.13'
        }
    }

possibly related? mozilla/rhino#1149

[teambvd]

Which would make sense, if anyone did that - I see no instance of it, at least looking at the edit history of preceding comments. Maybe I missed it?

[mbjorck69]

Videos with comments disabled seems to be loading OK. If it helps.

[OsiPog]

Videos with comments disabled seems to be loading OK. If it helps.

Can't confirm, not with disabling comments in settings nor with videos with disabled comments. Still won't load.

[Stypox]

#8880 is on the way, can you confirm that this APK fixes the issue? It is a release APK, and it is signed with my keys.

app-release.zip

[Dzordzu]

@Stypox Yep. It's working for me

[leslie-alldridge]

Works great ty

[worldpoop]

Moto Android 11 -- thank you!

[ColeWunderlich]

@Stypox Working on Note 9 android 10

[LunaDragofelis]

Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 S, Android 11 (MIUI 13): works fine

[SalvatoreNoschese]

0.23.3 work as expected here (OnePlus 6 with A12.1 CR) 🙂

[Stypox]

Finally release v0.23.3 is out! Either download the apk from there or update using our custom repo. The APK on the official F-Droid repo will be available later, as it takes some time for them to build the app and deliver the new version. For more information see https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe#installation-and-updates. Thank you to everyone involved in solving this issue!