[Bug] decoder initialization failed

[VitoItalianGamer]

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

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ17JrgFFhw
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Endpoint: mweb
• Version: 5.2.4-beta
• OS: Linux samsung/gta4xlwifixx/gta4xlwifi:13/TP1A.220624.014/P610XXU4FWJ1:user/release-keys 13 - 33

Crash log

androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlaybackException: MediaCodecVideoRenderer error, index=0, format=Format(399, null, video/mp4, video/av01, av01.0.08M.08, 1988216, und, [1920, 1080, -1.0, ColorInfo(BT709, Limited range, SDR SMPTE 170M, false, 8bit Luma, 8bit Chroma)], [-1, -1]), format_supported=YES
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.BaseRenderer.createRendererException(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:50)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:251)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.render(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:20)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayerImplInternal.doSomeWork(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:133)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:386)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: androidx.media3.exoplayer.video.MediaCodecVideoDecoderException: Decoder failed: c2.android.av1-dav1d.decoder
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.createDecoderException(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:5)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer.render(r8-map-id-6f072df307b799195dd3883d1c4bee5ce6988e5e6005b4134db697bfa6a5e1f8:234)
	... 7 more
Caused by: android.media.MediaCodec$CodecException: Error 0x80000000

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Version

5.2.4 beta

Frequency

Often (80-90% of the time)

Device

Android 13 galaxy tab S6 lite 2020 wifi

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Watch video
2. After a while an error appears.

Additional context

Happens both logged out and logged in.

[InfinityLoop1308]

@Priveetee Can you help check this? Maybe we can add this in the doc

[Priveetee]

Yep, I checked it :)

The problem seems to come from AV1 on this device.

@VitoItalianGamer, can u go to Settings > Player > Enable advanced formats,
disable AV01, press OK, then fully close and reopen the video? Keep VP9
enabled for the first test and try 1080p or 720p.

Nothing will be deleted or reset. PipePipe will simply use another video format
that should work better on your device.

I also added a step-by-step guide with screenshots:
Codec

If it happens again, send a new error report and we will check it too :)