v20 background playback stops and doesn't recover

[aand18]

Checklist

• I am using the latest version.
• I checked, but didn't find any duplicates of this issue in the repo.
• I have read the contribution guidelines given at https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/blob/HEAD/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md.
• This issue contains only one bug. I will open one issue for every bug report I want to file.

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Add a few long videos to background queue
2. Maybe lose connectivity after a few minutes (I'm not sure it's the cause)

Actual behaviour

I was playing a long video in background and it stopped after a few minutes. I think it was buffering (notification showed the hourglass instead of the play button).
It never recovered.

I tried jumping to next in queue, but it still stayed on buffering (I don't remember if it switched to next video or ignored the "next video" command).

This could be a different bug - on v19 you could press next when the current video was stuck and it would play the next queued video.

Finally, I exited with the X notification button.

Expected behavior

Background playback should recover from connectivity issues.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

Device info

• Android version/Custom ROM version: stock Android 9
• Device model: Samsung S8

Just installed v20 and this hasn't happened with v19 so I think it's a bug.

Immediately after, I reinstalled v19 and it played back the same videos with no problems.

If you need more info, please advise on a way that I can contribute further.

[opusforlife2]

Do you know how to capture a log?

[aand18]

@opusforlife2 I'll try to reproduce and have a log

[aand18]

Do you know how to capture a log?

@opusforlife2 No idea :D

I thought there was an option in the menu, somewhere, but I guess not.

[opusforlife2]

Do you have root?

[aand18]

@opusforlife2 no root.

I've reinstalled v20 yesterday and it was impossible to listen to anything of long duration in the background. I'd be really surprised if it wasn't a widespread issue.

[opusforlife2]

https://www.xda-developers.com/guide-sending-a-logcat-to-help-debug-your-favorite-app/

[Medard22]

I have encountered this issue several times as well. Mostly on my tablet - Teclast T30, stock Android 9.

[UserX404]

@aand18
Same here
Sonx Xperia XZ2c, Android 10

[opusforlife2]

I tried logging via logcat, but there seems to be no logs from newpipe

Wat in tarnation!?

[wb9688]

@ventilaar: Does your phone have some battery saving thingy? If so, could you try turning that off?

[floral-qua-floral]

Getting a very similar problem. If I have more than one video in my background queue, Newpipe will immediately stop loading audio for the background player. It will keep playing anything that's in the cache, but as soon as it runs out it will start buffering and never resume playback. This doesn't seem to be 100% consistent, but I'm having a really hard time identifying what specific set of circumstances cause it to occur or not occur.

Playback won't recover even if I remove all items from the queue except 1. The only way to get the background player going again is to completely empty the queue and then add a singular item back to it.

I can try to obtain a log myself as well, if it'd be useful.