Unrecoverable Player Error Occured

[Ph0t0nX]

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Affected version

0.27.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

0. Use a spotty internet/cell connection.
1. Play a long video.
2. Turn the screen off.
3. Wait for a while.

Expected behavior

No crash

Actual behavior

The video stops and the crash screen appears. See attached log.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlp6aawXVoY
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux motorola/kiev_retailu/kiev:11/RZK31.Q3-45-16/195135:user/release-keys 11 - 30

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecAudioRenderer error, index=1, format=Format(140, null, null, audio/mp4a-latm, mp4a.40.2, 158087, 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:250)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecDecoderException: Decoder failed: c2.android.aac.decoder
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.createDecoderException(MediaCodecRenderer.java:936)
	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)
	... 3 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException
	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_dequeueInputBuffer(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.dequeueInputBuffer(MediaCodec.java:2855)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.dequeueInputBufferIndex(SynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:99)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.feedInputBuffer(MediaCodecRenderer.java:1189)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(MediaCodecRenderer.java:784)
	... 5 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11

Affected device model

Motorola one 5g ace

Additional information

No response

[opusforlife2]

Try on another device/OS.

[UmBottesWillen]

I noticed some crashes too. After coming out of an area with no connectivity, sometimes starting the next video immediately leads to a crash. Restarting the app fixes the issue. OS: Android 13

[chinghei1007]

same error on POCO F5 (Android 14) pause of long video, idle in background, after some time, it will crash

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKafNiyDVo
• Content Country: GB
• Content Language: en-GB
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Android 14 - 34

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(137, null, null, video/avc, avc1.640028, 4525526, null, [1920, 1080, 30.0], [-1, -1]), 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.loopOnce(Looper.java:224)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:318)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
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:3857)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(MediaCodec.java:3831)
	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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