v4.9.0

[InfinityLoop1308]

Important: if you logged in to YouTube before we disable the login, you must log out first (and log in again if needed), or you will not able to play any video.

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After some work, we found a new reliable method to get YouTube login working again.

New Features

• Re-support login(YouTube)
• Use new method to make sure titles never get auto-translated (YouTube)

Bug Fixes

• Randomly "Content Unavailable" error due to SABR encryption (YouTube)
• Related Items have no view counts and duration (YouTube)
• Increase feed fetch interval to avoid ip ban (BiliBili)
• Some links are wrongly recognized as PeerTube URL

Others

• Update translations (French)
• Improve stability

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If you're enjoying PipePipe, please help share it with your friends. Every bit of support means a lot to us!

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Which APK should you download?

• arm64-v8a should work on most devices.
• armeabi-v7a if your device is a 15+ year old phone.
• x86_64 for 64-bit Android simulators (on a PC).
• x86 for 32-bit simulators.

If these rules not working, download the universal APK. It should work on any device.
Please note downloading videos from BiliBili/NicoNico are not supported on armeabi-v7a/x86 devices due to technical reasons.

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This discussion was created from the release v4.9.0.

[DarkHorse313]

Awesome update thanks a million

[abuturabofficial]

Logged in, few videos later, was unable to play any videos until logged out again.

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David Keen explains | Talk to Al Jazeera]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4c6D7fRQY","content_language":"en-US","content_country":"US","app_language":"en_US","service":"YouTube (Logged in)","package":"InfinityLoop1309.NewPipeEnhanced","version":"4.9.0","os":"Linux motorola/cancunf_g_sysn/cancunf:15/V1TD35H.83-20-5-8/8d457-fcf8f:user/release-keys 15 - 35","time":"2026-04-06 11:19","exceptions":["org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasource.FailedMediaSource$StreamInfoLoadException: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException: Failed to get authorization header\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager.lambda$getLoadedMediaSource$4(MediaSourceManager.java:448)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager.$r8$lambda$PbwBdDOtDG7Fq70IPh8GxY_v1yw(Unknown Source:0)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.apply(Unknown Source:4)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleOnErrorReturn$OnErrorReturn.onError(SingleOnErrorReturn.java:55)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleMap$MapSingleObserver.onError(SingleMap.java:70)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnError$DoOnError.onError(SingleDoOnError.java:63)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.onError(SingleSubscribeOn.java:73)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle$ToSingleMaybeSubscriber.onError(MaybeToSingle.java:89)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onError(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:94)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.onError(MaybeConcatArray.java:100)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle$FromSingleObserver.onError(MaybeFromSingle.java:82)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess$DoOnSuccess.onError(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:65)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:47)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:15868)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5330)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4813)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1154)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:652)\n\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1564)\nCaused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException: Failed to get authorization header\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.addLoggedInHeaders(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1700)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getWebPlayerResponse(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1536)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1329)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:60)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:93)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:88)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.getNewStreamInfo(ExtractorHelper.java:132)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:127)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$YTHJjScxCJNO1LTCqs3IKy35iyY(Unknown Source:0)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.call(Unknown Source:4)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)\n\t... 23 more\nCaused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: SAPISID not found in cookies\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.getAuthorizationHeader(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:2315)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper.addLoggedInHeaders(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1698)\n\t... 33 more\n"],"user_comment":""}

[InfinityLoop1308]

🤔this shouldn't happen and didn't happen during my test. Maybe you can test more. Also consider restart the app if it happen again.

[abuturabofficial]

I did restart before logging out, but it kept happening 10/10 times. I will recheck again.

[Alexia99-lab]

I don't log in because i worry YouTube doing mess again with IP address so i decided not log in.😅 thanks for update

[MicroBeast]

I don't log in because i worry YouTube doing mess again with IP address so i decided not log in.😅 thanks for update

You don't need to if the videos you watch just "normal" (YT standard). I watched alot of Vape videos, it marked as Adult Contents. I need to Signed in for that. So does GTA game contents it seems, my friend have hard time with that.

[faizul726]

Can you add a refresh button somewhere in the player UI? Sometimes it would go into infinite loading (even though my internet is not slow)
Most of the time, reopening the video fixes it but it's annoying.

Also sometimes it fails to play certain videos (background play works). Can you fix it if i provide logs?

[flippette]

AV1/VP9 streams don't seem to show up for me anymore, only AVC. Is this a known issue?

[abofahad506]

The same happen to me.
Only 1080p avc1

[InfinityLoop1308]

Yes this is a known issue. You only get AVC if logged in. Other formats are encrypted in SABR by YouTube, which is extremely hard to decrypt.

[InfinityLoop1308]

Only login if you

• get IP banned
• need to watch age-restricted videos
• are a member of a YT channel and need to watch member-only videos

Otherwise you get no benefit (maybe even worse)

[MicroBeast]

AV1/VP9 streams don't seem to show up for me anymore, only AVC. Is this a known issue?

I noticed, when Not Signed in, Low Quality (anything below 1080p) AV01 doesn't show up on PipePipe, while they show up on PipePipe X and yt-dlp based apps.

[novqni]

I've noticed I can't do audio downloads anymore. Is this a bug or were audio downloads removed in the latest update? I've attempted on multiple videos but it only shows video download.

[InfinityLoop1308]

see the thread: #2158 (reply in thread)

you won't get audio downloads if logged in. Only login if you really need to.

[Gitauish]

Thanks for the update. Did the way video downloads work change? The mp4 files are in the kbs and play via internet. Or is it somewhere on my settings

[Priveetee]

Hello i have no idea maybe i will check after work, if something has changed :)