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Some videos are not played if a specific resolution is set, but only with auto
Steps to reproduce
- Choose a fixed resolution under LibreTube's setting, it doesn't matter which one or webm / mpeg
- Play these videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ESzNFQEqg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Zc0hibXI
Expected behavior
Play starts with no issue
Actual behavior
After hitting play button, the pause button appears and it seems that the video is being downloaded, but it doesn't start and stops after few seconds
workaround
Choose "auto" as resolution in the video page
LibreTube version
0.5.0
Android version
10
Other details
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Could anyone please test it with an older version to determine whether it's related to any in-app changes? Thanks in advance!
Could anyone please test it with an older version to determine whether it's related to any in-app changes? Thanks in advance!
previous version 0.4.2 was also affected, I waited the new 0.5.0 to open the bug
0.3.3 and 0.3.2 from github are also affected.
Those videos are played with no issue in piped using a browser
That's really weird, the issue wasn't there when they were the latest releases back then and I don't think anything API related changed in terms of video sources...
I think it is related to some recent YouTube-changes and not to the way the app itself works, therefore closing it for now.
I think it is related to some recent YouTube-changes
In Firefox I have a fixed resolution of 480 saved with cookies and those videos have not this issue if I play them with piped.mha.fi. I also tried piped.kavin.rocks and it's fine.
If youtube has changed something they will not play on piped web version, am I wrong?
@lucamp No, as far as I know Piped uses HLS for all resolutions instead of WEBM or MPEG as we currently do 🤔
With release 0.5.1 those videos crash after trying to load, so it's no longer possible to choose auto in their page as a workaround; but auto have to be enable all the time in the settings.
Meanwhile I found others videos with the same issue
I am not sure if it's ok but I used matlog filtering "exop" since exoplayer had errors
More videos are having this issue.
Is it worth switching entirely to HLS for every resolution and not only for auto?
More videos are having this issue.
Is it worth switching entirely to HLS for every resolution and not only for auto?
Yes, it looks like YouTube is currently removing support for these formats, using Auto/HLS is recommended for now!
It might be a good idea to replace the current quality settings and always use HLS and just limit the quality of it!
It might be a good idea to replace the current quality settings and always use HLS and just limit the quality of it!
Actually hls limit is only at 1080p, other resolutions should be available (360, 480, 720)