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Affected version

Exception * User Action: play stream * Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9QG0JxvH_4 * Content Country: IN * Content Language: en-IN * App Language: en_IN * Service: YouTube * Timestamp: 2025-09-08T17:32:35.589+05:30 * Package: org.schabi.newpipe * Service: YouTube * Version: 0.28.0 * OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(298, null, null, video/avc, avc1.640020, 2381809, null, [1280, 720, 60.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=YES at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:267) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:371) at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:94) Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoDecoderException: Decoder failed: c2.qti.avc.decoder at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.createDecoderException(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1639) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:803) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502) ... 4 more Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: rendering to non-initialized(obsolete) surface at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(Native Method) at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBufferInternal(MediaCodec.java:4173) at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(MediaCodec.java:4147) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.releaseOutputBuffer(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:189) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.renderOutputBufferV21(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1374) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.processOutputBuffer(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1137) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.drainOutputBuffer(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1889) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:782) ... 6 more

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Steps to reproduce the bug

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9QG0JxvH_4
• Content Country: IN
• Content Language: en-IN
• App Language: en_IN
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-09-08T17:32:35.589+05:30
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 15 - 35

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(298, null, null, video/avc, avc1.640020, 2381809, null, [1280, 720, 60.0], [-1, -1]), format_supported=YES
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:267)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:371)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:94)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoDecoderException: Decoder failed: c2.qti.avc.decoder
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.createDecoderException(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1639)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:803)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)
	... 4 more
Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: rendering to non-initialized(obsolete) surface

	at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBufferInternal(MediaCodec.java:4173)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(MediaCodec.java:4147)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.releaseOutputBuffer(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:189)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.renderOutputBufferV21(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1374)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.processOutputBuffer(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1137)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.drainOutputBuffer(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1889)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:782)
	... 6 more

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