[Bug]: webdav issues since v6.2.53 with Nextcloud as webdav server

[jpfox156]

Problem description

Nova Video Player will not play from a Nextcloud webdav source since v6.2.53 release. v6.2.52 doesn't appear to have the same issues. Server access logs shows that the last access AVP makes is a GET which receives a www-authenticate reply. "GET /nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/{file path}.mp4 HTTP/1.1" 401 1647 "-" "okhttp/4.12.0"

Under File info, the webdavs path reports that it is not accessible.

Releases: v6.2.53, v.6.2.62, v.6.2.71 and v6.2.76 have all been tested to verify this bug exists. Release: v6.2.52, v6.2.40, v6.2.36 and v6.2.35 have all been tested to verify that the bug didn't exist prior to v6.2.53.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Install v6.2.53 release Connect using webdav to a Nextcloud site which is using basic authentication. open a video file and note:

1. background, folder and resume files are all accessible
2. the server access logs shows that the AVP is pre-fetching some video content before playing
3. Press Play quickly, AVP will go into player mode, however it will never commence playing.
4. After a while the "File info" field shows that the video file is inaccessible

Expected behavior

As per v6.2.5.2 release and previous releases:

1. background, folder and resume files are all accessible
2. Press Play quickly, AVP will go into player mode, and the vide will commence playing.
3. After a while the "File info" field shows the file information such as bitrate etc.

Your phone/tablet/androidTV model

AndroidTV TCL 50c715 & Google Chromcast

Operating system version

Android 9 & ??

Application version and app store

v6.2.71 from Google App store; v6.2.35, 36, 40, 52, 53, 62, 76 from Github

Additional system information

No response

Debug logs

No response