Trying to opening a video but it is giving error

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Affected version

29.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1.GO TO SEARCH 2.OPEN A VIDEO HERE IT IS THE BUG

Expected behavior

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Actual behavior

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Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

Exception

User Action: ui error
Request: ACRA report
Content Country: IN
Content Language: en-IN
App Language: en_IN
Service: none
Version: 29.0
OS: Linux Android 13 - 33
Crash log

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.View android.view.View.findViewById(int)' on a null object reference
    at org.schabi.newpipe.MetaAds.loadBannerAd(MetaAds.java:180)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail.VideoDetailFragment.updateProgressInfo(VideoDetailFragment.java:1775)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail.VideoDetailFragment.handleResult(VideoDetailFragment.java:1642)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail.VideoDetailFragment.lambda$runWorker$9(VideoDetailFragment.java:932)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail.VideoDetailFragment.$r8$lambda$U48iIKXy1FeNEKzrs0mKI60q5_s(VideoDetailFragment.java:0)
    at org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.detail.VideoDetailFragment$$ExternalSyntheticLambda17.accept(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
    at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.observers.ConsumerSingleObserver.onSuccess(ConsumerSingleObserver.java:62)
    at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleObserveOn$ObserveOnSingleObserver.run(SingleObserveOn.java:81)
    at io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.HandlerScheduler$ScheduledRunnable.run(HandlerScheduler.java:123)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:211)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:300)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8401)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:559)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:954)

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 13

Affected device model

Xiaomi Pad-6

Additional information

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29.0 is not a valid version, where did you get the app?

I have a simillar problem. Can't play any video. Btw I'm using a custom rom

`## Exception

User Action: play stream
Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODER_INIT_FAILED] occurred while playing (Any Video)
Content Country: US
Content Language: en-US
App Language: en_US
Service: YouTube
Version: 0.25.2
OS: Linux Android 11 - 30
Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecAudioRenderer error, index=1, format=Format(140, null, null, audio/mp4a-latm, mp4a.40.2, 130450, en, [-1, -1, -1.0], [2, 44100]), format_supported=YES
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:578)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
    at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: OMX.google.aac.decoder, Format(140, null, null, audio/mp4a-latm, mp4a.40.2, 130450, en, [-1, -1, -1.0], [2, 44100])
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1021)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecOrBypass(MediaCodecRenderer.java:537)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1453)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.audio.MediaCodecAudioRenderer.onInputFormatChanged(MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java:500)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.readSourceOmittingSampleData(MediaCodecRenderer.java:954)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:769)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1007)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:502)
    ... 3 more
Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: Error 0xfffffc0e
    at android.media.MediaCodec.native_configure(Native Method)
    at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2127)
    at android.media.MediaCodec.configure(MediaCodec.java:2043)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$Factory.createAdapter(SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:51)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.createAdapter(DefaultMediaCodecAdapterFactory.java:113)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.initCodec(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1099)
    at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.maybeInitCodecWithFallback(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1010)
    ... 10 more

I also get network errors on latest 0.26.1 but not all videos are affected, just some.

https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/assets/21174107/48359120-9f64-4918-a367-3c4017e6465f

The video I tried to open but fails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyPBGFhyEg Another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXo4YY9YyzM The first was a live stream, the second is a regular upload, so I don't see any pattern here.

Crash log for first video

## Exception * __User Action:__ play stream * __Request:__ Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_NETWORK_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyPBGFhyEg * __Content Country:__ HU * __Content Language:__ en- * __App Language:__ en_US * __Service:__ YouTube * __Version:__ 0.26.1 * __OS:__ Linux samsung/dm3qxeea/dm3q:14/UP1A.231005.007/S918BXXU3BWJM:user/release-keys 14 - 34

Crash log

``` com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319) at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67) Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$HttpDataSourceException: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to rr6---sn-h5bt5guxax3vh-c0qd.googlevideo.com/145.236.72.81 (port 443) from /192.168.2.62 (port 33482) after 8000ms at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:389) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012) Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to rr6---sn-h5bt5guxax3vh-c0qd.googlevideo.com/145.236.72.81 (port 443) from /192.168.2.62 (port 33482) after 8000ms at libcore.io.IoBridge.connectErrno(IoBridge.java:235) at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:179) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:142) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:390) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:230) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:212) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:436) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:646) at com.android.okhttp.internal.Platform.connectSocket(Platform.java:182) at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connectSocket(RealConnection.java:145) at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connect(RealConnection.java:116) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findConnection(StreamAllocation.java:186) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findHealthyConnection(StreamAllocation.java:128) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.newStream(StreamAllocation.java:97) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:289) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:232) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:465) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:131) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.connect(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:90) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:30) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.makeConnection(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:704) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.makeConnection(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:548) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:383) ... 10 more ```

Second video

## Exception * __User Action:__ play stream * __Request:__ Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_NETWORK_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXo4YY9YyzM * __Content Country:__ HU * __Content Language:__ en- * __App Language:__ en_US * __Service:__ YouTube * __Version:__ 0.26.1 * __OS:__ Linux samsung/dm3qxeea/dm3q:14/UP1A.231005.007/S918BXXU3BWJM:user/release-keys 14 - 34

Crash log

``` com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319) at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67) Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$HttpDataSourceException: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to rr4---sn-h5bt5guxax3vh-c0qd.googlevideo.com/145.236.72.79 (port 443) from /192.168.2.62 (port 44550) after 8000ms at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:389) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99) at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012) Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to rr4---sn-h5bt5guxax3vh-c0qd.googlevideo.com/145.236.72.79 (port 443) from /192.168.2.62 (port 44550) after 8000ms at libcore.io.IoBridge.connectErrno(IoBridge.java:235) at libcore.io.IoBridge.connect(IoBridge.java:179) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:142) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:390) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:230) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:212) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:436) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:646) at com.android.okhttp.internal.Platform.connectSocket(Platform.java:182) at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connectSocket(RealConnection.java:145) at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connect(RealConnection.java:116) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findConnection(StreamAllocation.java:186) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findHealthyConnection(StreamAllocation.java:128) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.newStream(StreamAllocation.java:97) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:289) at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:232) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:465) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:131) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.connect(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:90) at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:30) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.makeConnection(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:704) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.makeConnection(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:548) at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:383) ... 10 more ```

Note: All these videos are playable from regular browser.

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