Playback error on resuming app

[opusforlife2]

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Affected version

0.27.2 (and 0.27.3_RC2)

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Switch away in the middle of a video.
2. Use another app or two for a minute.
3. Resume Newpipe.

Tried with both YT and PT.

Expected behavior

For the app to be resumed exactly as it was left.

Actual behavior

The video is stopped and I'm back at the thumbnail. An error notification is generated.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_FAILED_RUNTIME_CHECK]
• Content Country: CH
• Content Language: en-IN
• App Language: en_IN
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.3
• OS: Linux Android 14 - 34

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Unexpected runtime error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:628)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:85)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: setSurface() is valid only at Executing states; currently at Released state

	at android.media.MediaCodec.native_setSurface(Native Method)
	at android.media.MediaCodec.setOutputSurface(MediaCodec.java:2405)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline1.m(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.setOutputSurface(AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapter.java:264)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.setOutputSurfaceV23(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:1500)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.setOutput(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:694)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer.handleMessage(MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java:632)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.deliverMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1566)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.sendMessageToTarget(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1530)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.sendMessageInternal(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1505)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:533)
	... 4 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

A14/LOS21

Affected device model

Pixel 5a

Additional information

This is only happening on the Pixel. Not on a Xiaomi Mi 5. So it may be device-specific.