audio works, but video does not work in Mediatek Smart TV

[omer-musa-battal]

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• I am able to reproduce the bug with the latest version.
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Affected version

0.24.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Download and install the latest (0.24.0) Newpipe application (I used f-droid).
2. Open any youtube video.

Expected behavior

Video and audio both play synchronously.

Actual behavior

only audio plays, video does not show up.
I can see video frame previews when I hover the mouse cursor over the video progress bar, however.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11.0.0, kernel: Linux 4.19.116+ armv7l

Affected device model

Mediatek Smart TV

Additional information

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[AudricV]

This should be a media tunneling issue, could you try a debug build, such as the one from https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/actions/runs/3122058886, enable the Disable media tunneling option in debug settings and see if the issue still occurs?

Note that this setting will be made available for release builds in the future.

[omer-musa-battal]

Yes @AudricV, the issue is gone after the option you mentioned is enabled in debug settings.
Since you said this setting will be made available in future release builds, I am closing the issue.

Thank you.

[AudricV]

Thanks for the feedback! The PR which will allow users to fix this by themselves is #8875.