[Bug] [5.2.5-beta4] YouTube android_vr fails at video start

[Willie169]

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

When using YouTube android_vr extraction endpoint, every video fails at start with the following exception.

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_PARSING_CONTAINER_UNSUPPORTED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
• Content Country:
• Content Language: en-
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Endpoint: android_vr
• Version: 5.2.5-beta4
• OS: Linux samsung/e2qzhx/e2q:16/BP2A.250605.031.A3/S9260ZHU4CYI6:user/release-keys 16 - 36

Crash log

androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(r8-map-id-633cb54a5167224a4b338ded05c73c749d6569f6326081b0f23205dd51498b3d:17)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(r8-map-id-633cb54a5167224a4b338ded05c73c749d6569f6326081b0f23205dd51498b3d:500)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:273)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:363)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: androidx.media3.common.ParserException: Skipping atom with length > 2147483647 (unsupported). {contentIsMalformed=false, dataType=1}
	at androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.FragmentedMp4Extractor.read(r8-map-id-633cb54a5167224a4b338ded05c73c749d6569f6326081b0f23205dd51498b3d:2032)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.chunk.ContainerMediaChunk.load(r8-map-id-633cb54a5167224a4b338ded05c73c749d6569f6326081b0f23205dd51498b3d:106)
	at androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(r8-map-id-633cb54a5167224a4b338ded05c73c749d6569f6326081b0f23205dd51498b3d:35)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1156)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:651)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1119)

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Version

5.2.5-beta4

Frequency

Always (100% of the time)

Device

Samsung Galaxy S24+ SM-S9260, Android 16

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Go to Settings > Advanced > YouTube extraction endpoint and set to Android VR (DASH).
2. Play any YouTube video.

Additional context

No response

[VitoItalianGamer]

Have this issue too on logged in. Any fix?

[Willie169]

Maybe use MWEB (SABR) if it works for you. There is no longer a hard minimum major version of 80 for WebView, BTW. If I understand correctly, DASH will likely be gone sooner or later, so SABR is the main focus of the developers for now.