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TeamNewPipe / NewPipe

A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.
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Can't find background player anywhere #1584

Closed TurtleInTheSky closed 6 years ago

TurtleInTheSky commented 6 years ago

I'm stuck and can't make newpipe work. The problem is, I can't find the background player. Its not in running apps, no visible sign of it, nothing in the notifications list, but it's playing a download. Have to restart to stop it. I can start and stop NewPipe app without any access, sign of background player. Using stock Samsung S5. Android 6.0.1. I removed 13.5, installed 13.7, and found ... I think it's the background player on... my notifications list. I thought it was fixed. But cancelling it, went back to being unfindable. Like, exactly where would I find the background player from the newpipe app?

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

The button is the one with the headphones below the video thumbnail.

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

If nithing happens if you click there it could be that the app is battery optimized. You need to disable this for newpipe.

TurtleInTheSky commented 6 years ago

I'm mainly wanting to play downloads, offline. It seems the YT vids downloaded audio only are using some other player that's... idk, invisible. When I start the background player with the headphones from video thumbnail list, it plays, it's in the notifications, as expected. But if I next play an YT audio download, it doesn't show up on the background player but it plays. There's no running app that I can see. Even if I "End all" of them, it continues until I reboot.

In settings, I have video:Use external player: OFF. audio: Use external player: OFF. In fact, all the video&audio options under settings are off.

I downloaded a YT as video, and it's playing using VLC, not the background player. So that's the problem. It's not using the background player, and for audio, the audio player used has no visible interface or controls except reboot to stop.

TurtleInTheSky commented 6 years ago

I cleared the default app settings for VLC and now if I try to play a downloaded video, it asks "OPen with VLC, Video Player, QuickPic"? Similar for downloaded audio. No background player in there.

TurtleInTheSky commented 6 years ago

VLC found the download directory so I can just play from there. Long titles are fully readable, a problem with NP download list when the unique part is beyond the ... Also, there are audio files that NP download list isn't showing but VLC will play them.

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

I think the problem is that newpipe cant play downloaded videos/audio. We only care about streaming atm. 👉 @TobiGr FAQ pls :)