Newpipe: Failed to play video

[mehedihasanziku]

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Unable to play video from last two days, I am adding this log below

Exception

• __User Action:__ requested stream
• __Request:__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0_m90T04uw
• __Content Language:__ IN
• __Service:__ YouTube
• __Version:__ 0.17.3
• __OS:__ Linux Android 6.0 - 23

Crash log

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String org.jsoup.nodes.Element.text()' on a null object reference
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getErrorMessage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:578)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getPlayerConfig(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:666)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:645)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:52)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:63)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:59)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:115)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.-$$Lambda$ExtractorHelper$5fJcha6Sq5APJBLdG6osaJby-mc.call(lambda)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:44)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4154)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
    at io.reactivex.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:14479)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4154)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
    at io.reactivex.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:578)
    at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:66)
    at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:57)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:269)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

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[Stypox]

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Done

[altafmahmood]

I was also unable to play any YouTube video today and got the same exception stack.
After a few retries i got a captcha challenge and was able to continue after completing that.

[mehedihasanziku]

Yes, you are right, I am also getting catcha sometime, then I can play, but sometimes captcha not appears directly showing this eror, also it can be fix by clearing cache and watch from listed video first not the searched one, then after playing successfull one, I can play searched one,maximum time this issue arised while searching. It should be fixed

[mehedihasanziku]

Please look at this issue, facing continuously. @Stypox

I hope this issue will be fixed soon like always.

[Stypox]

I am not available this week, I'll take a look at this next week.

In the meantime you ( @mehedihasanziku @altafmahmood ) could try to get a crash report with more information using the apk provided here: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1816#issuecomment-538591776

[Tisckkytt]

I'm also facing exact same issue & no amount of retry brought me any kind of captcha, neither helped clearing cache. However I noticed, whenever I connect while being on VPN connection (in my case 1.1.1.1) everything seems to go back to normal. Same with another audio only client for YT.

[mehedihasanziku]

Exception

• __User Action:__ requested stream
• __Request:__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hkLdMSiRnE
• __Content Country:__ GB
• __Content Language:__ en
• __Service:__ YouTube
• __Version:__ 0.17.3
• __OS:__ Linux Android 6.0 - 23
  
  Crash log 1

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int java.lang.String.hashCode()' on a null object reference
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getPlayerConfig(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:674)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:652)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:52)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:63)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:59)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:115)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.-$$Lambda$ExtractorHelper$5fJcha6Sq5APJBLdG6osaJby-mc.call(lambda)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:44)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4154)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
    at io.reactivex.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:14479)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4154)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3438)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
    at io.reactivex.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:578)
    at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:66)
    at io.reactivex.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:57)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:269)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

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Again facing this issue.... 😌😌😌

[7FM]

Same here. See: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor/issues/197

[TobiGr]

Should be fixed by TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#197