Newpipe: Video start delay - long buffering - player hangs

[ThaChillera]

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Hi,

Im running into a newpipe issue with my device (samsung galaxy s7 edge).

When I play a video for the first time, its stuck loading the video for the first 20 seconds or so. Sometimes before the video starts, sometimes after the first 5 seconds (ish) of the video. After stopping and starting the video again the loading period isnt required anymore. This never happens when I play a video in 'background' mode.

I experience this issue on every wifi network I'm on, and other phones dont have this behaviour. I also don't have this behaviour in the youtube native or web app, so its definitely not my internet speeds.

Thanks for your time, I hope this can be resolved

[Fusseldieb]

Also a S7 Edge owner here. I don't know if this happens only on our model, but basically what happens is following:

• I open a video
• The loader begins spinning
• ... and spins
• ... and spins
• And after 20 seconds it decides to play (sometimes even longer than that)

A workaround is following:

• Open a video
• The loader begins spinning
• Change the resolution to something else than the selected one in the menu above
• It begins playing straight away

And yes, this happens only in video mode.

[dotslasher]

I have the same issue. But on a galaxy s10 plus.
Doesn't happen on YouTube original app, or on YouTube vanced.

On newpipe the loading takes forever. 20 plus seconds.
The white progress icon keeps spinning.
If I interrupt it and play the video, it will immediately start.
If I don't do anything it will take a while before it automatically starts.

Is there anything I can provide to help you guys analyse the issue?

[ThaChillera]

I've also tested this on an s9, it doesn't have these issues

On October 30, 2019 12:03:38 AM GMT+01:00, dotslasher [e-mail] wrote:

I have the same issue. But on a galaxy s10 plus.
Doesn't happen on YouTube original app, or on YouTube vanced.

On newpipe the loading takes forever. 20 plus seconds.
The white progress icon keeps spinning.
If I interrupt it and play the video, it will immediately start.
If I don't do anything it will take a while before it automatically
starts.

Is there anything I can provide to help you guys analyse the issue?

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[grravity]

Same issue on lgv40

[seanssel]

Same issue for me on the LG G7 ThinQ. I have to manually select a lower resolution to start playback on many videos.

[ThaChillera]

I still have this issue in 1.7.4, f-droid version

On November 12, 2019 12:03:07 AM GMT+01:00, dotslasher [e-mail] wrote:

Seems solved since 0.17.4

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[dotslasher]

Yes I spoke too soon. First video worked. Then had the issue with all
others after that.

Op di 12 nov. 2019 10:53 schreef ThaChillera [e-mail]:

I still have this issue in 1.7.4, f-droid version

On November 12, 2019 12:03:07 AM GMT+01:00, dotslasher <
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Seems solved since 0.17.4

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[ThaChillera]

If one of the devs can give me pointers on how to see what the loading gets stuck on, I'd be happy to take a look. I've already looked at the code but don't really understand iwhere to start looking, the ExoPlayer isn't the right spot I think, and I can't find a 'youtubeservice' as can be derived from the beta docs

[grravity]

@ThaChillera If not already, I find I encounter more issues with webm playback. Still some issues with mp4 but nowhere near as much as webm

[Stypox]

@ThaChillera the YouTube extractor service is located in the NewPipeExtractor repo: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor/
Anyway the problem probably does not lie there, since it happens randomly after the extractor has done its job (i.e. extracting the urls)... But who knows ;-)

[opusforlife2]

Still an issue, guys? Stypox updated Exoplayer in May, which made videos load much faster.

[grravity]

I've actually noticed more hangups and trouble playing videos personally, I feel like more videos than ever just don't want to play now. Was gonna come comment, just couldn't find this thread and have been a little distracted lol

[opusforlife2]

What about the unified player apk? There as well?

[wb9688]

@grravity: Not playing at all or playing after a long time of waiting? If the first, see #2415.

@opusforlife2: That shouldn't change anything here.

[grravity]

Both actually but mainly the first, thanks

[wb9688]

Then we should still keep this issue open for the latter

[ThaChillera]

I still experience this issue, version 0.19.8. The workaround of changing a setting (resolution, subs, anything) still helps to start playing instantly after the change

[opusforlife2]

And what about on 0.20.0?

[ThaChillera]

Seems like its fixed for me. Performance is similar to an S9 (that didn't have this issue). First video opens in ~5 seconds, videos after that in a second.

Closing issue

[opusforlife2]

Thanks for confirming!