[Bug] Unable to create SABR video source

[Andmyaxe90]

Checklist

• I make sure that the issue is NOT a duplicate of pinned issues
• I make sure I am using the LATEST version - check here
• I understand that issues with limited impact, such as those occurring on specific devices or under specific network conditions, will not be fixed
• I have attached the error report in the issue

Describe the bug

Opening any video fails with the following error

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Loading failed for [Gigguk Joins Us On The RV Trip Across Japan! (ft. Daidus & Premier Two) | Day 3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6keJqE8NJs
• Content Country: GB
• Content Language: en-GB
• App Language: en_GB
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Endpoint: mweb
• Version: 5.2.1
• OS: Linux Android 7.0 - 24

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasource.FailedMediaSource$StreamInfoLoadException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create SABR video source for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6keJqE8NJs
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.playqueue.PlayQueueItem$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.apply(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:34)
	at org.brotli.dec.IntReader.onError(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:23)
	at org.brotli.dec.IntReader.onError(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:73)
	at org.brotli.dec.IntReader.onSuccess(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:39)
	at org.brotli.dec.IntReader.onSuccess(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:110)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.onSuccess(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:3)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle$ToSingleMaybeSubscriber.onSuccess(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:9)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onNext(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:67)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:55)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:12)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:44)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableDefer.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:26)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:6)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:9)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:1)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleJust.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:87)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:6)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:5)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:10)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:22)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:1)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:272)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1133)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:607)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:762)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create SABR video source for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6keJqE8NJs
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.resolver.VideoPlaybackResolver.resolve(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:340)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.apply(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:74)
	at org.brotli.dec.IntReader.onSuccess(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:18)
	... 22 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Could not start SABR session for g6keJqE8NJs
	at org.slf4j.Logger$-CC.buildMediaSource(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:449)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.resolver.VideoPlaybackResolver.resolve(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:303)
	... 24 more
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not initialize WebView V8
	at org.schabi.newpipe.WebViewJavaScriptDecoder.ensureReady(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:59)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.WebViewJavaScriptDecoder.decodeBatch(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:8)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeJavaScriptPlayerManager.deobfuscateBatch(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:24)
	at kotlin.time.DurationKt.maybeDeobfuscateNParameter(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:47)
	at kotlin.time.DurationKt.fromPlayerResponse(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:16)
	at kotlin.time.DurationKt.fetchSabrInfo(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:544)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.SabrSessionStore.getOrCreate(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:185)
	at org.slf4j.Logger$-CC.buildMediaSource(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:130)
	... 25 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: EJS initialization returned false
	at org.schabi.newpipe.WebViewJavaScriptDecoder$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.onReceiveValue(r8-map-id-0aca2ea857a97be7091319ccc2b495336ae4dde2ac1068f09df4175a97c4edbf:28)
	at uE.onResult(Unknown Source)
	at org.chromium.android_webview.AwContents.a(PG:995)
	at aBg.run(Unknown Source)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6776)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1496)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1386)

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This does not happen with PipePipe 5.20.

Version

5.2.1

Frequency

Always (100% of the time)

Device

Samsung Galaxy J7

Steps to reproduce the bug

No response

Additional context

No response

[InfinityLoop1308]

please update your Android System WebView

[Andmyaxe90]

I don't see any updates available in the Play Store, and I prefer to not update from Android 7. Is there anything else that can be done?

[InfinityLoop1308]

maybe update chrome and then go System Settings > Developer Options > webview implementation , select the one with highest version

[Andmyaxe90]

The latest version of Chrome that's compatible is 119.0.6045.194 Would that include the version of Android System WebView needed for PipePie 5.2.1?

[InfinityLoop1308]

any webview 80+ is enough

[Andmyaxe90]

Updated Chrome to 119 and videos now play again. Loading is a lot slower now, though.

[InfinityLoop1308]

we'll check the perf in the next version.

[Andmyaxe90]

Thank you so much for the help with this issue and making PipePipe.

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