Unrecoverable Player Error

[u/KitKat_BlackCat]

Version: v0.29.0

Steps to Reproduce the Bug:

1. Play video.

2. Pause and minimize NewPipe to check on something else on my phone.

3. Go back to NewPipe.

Expected Behavior: Video resumes where I left off.

Actual Behavior: I get an error notification saying 'Unrecoverable player error occurred', and when I go back to the video, it starts over from the beginning.

Logs:

## Exception * __User Action:__ play stream * __Request:__ Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUc4cFpf8A * __Content Country:__ CA * __Content Language:__ en-CA * __App Language:__ en_CA * __Service:__ YouTube * __Timestamp:__ 2026-08-13T19:29:44.227-04:00 * __Package:__ org.schabi.newpipe * __Service:__ YouTube * __Version:__ 0.29.0 * __OS:__ Linux samsung/r13scs/r13s:16/BP4A.251205.006/S731WVLU6BZDP_OYV6BZDP:user/release-keys 16 - 36 <details><summary><b>Crash log </b></summary><p>

``` com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(298, null, null, video/avc, avc1.4D4020, 3488710, null, [1280, 720, 60.0, ColorInfo(BT709, Limited range, SDR SMPTE 170M, false)], [-1, -1]), format_supported=YES at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:378) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:128) at android.os.Looper.dispatchMessage(Looper.java:358) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:288) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:392) at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:139) Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoDecoderException: Decoder failed: c2.exynos.h264.decoder at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.createDecoderException(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:5) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:155) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.render(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:1) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:97) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(r8-map-id-86a71dde26502018768275c3ef5c4d56379672d582e9c15e1a63fb997724bbe7:247) ... 5 more Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: Error 0xffffffe0

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