[Bug] Unable to create SABR video source

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I make sure that the issue is NOT a duplicate of pinned issues
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I understand that issues with limited impact, such as those occurring on specific devices or under specific network conditions, will not be fixed
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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)

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

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Additional context

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please update your Android System WebView

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?

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

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?

any webview 80+ is enough

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

we'll check the perf in the next version.

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

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