Newpipe: Could not analyze website

[claudiuskastner]

Checklist

• [x] I am using the latest version - 0.20.2
• [x] I checked, but didn't find any duplicates (open OR closed) of this issue in the repo.
• [x] I have read the contribution guidelines given at https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/blob/HEAD/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md.
• [x] This issue contains only one bug. I will open one issue for every bug report I want to file.

Steps to reproduce the bug

Play any video

Actual behaviour

Cant play any Video, nor update my feed.

Expected behavior

Plays the video

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

Exception

• __User Action:__ requested stream
• __Request:__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=828N_AKmKow
• __Content Country:__ DE
• __Content Language:__ de-DE
• __App Language:__ de_DE
• __Service:__ YouTube
• __Version:__ 0.20.2
• __OS:__ Linux Android 10 - 29
  
  Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not parse yt player response
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getPlayerResponse(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:735)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:679)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:56)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:68)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:64)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:116)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.util.-$$Lambda$ExtractorHelper$5fJcha6Sq5APJBLdG6osaJby-mc.call(Unknown Source:4)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:44)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3666)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3666)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4290)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$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:14935)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
    at io.reactivex.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:4290)
    at io.reactivex.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
    at io.reactivex.Single.subscribe(Single.java:3666)
    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:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:301)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int java.lang.String.length()' on a null object reference
    at java.io.StringReader.<init>(StringReader.java:50)
    at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser$JsonParserContext.from(Unknown Source:6)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.getPlayerResponse(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:733)
    ... 30 more

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Device info

• Android version/Custom ROM version:
• Device model:

[lu4p]

YouTube is currently down: https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1326681978037444608?s=19

[claudiuskastner]

Yes, seems to work again.