App crashes randomly while playing videos or scrolling through the log

[maivohun]

Steps to reproduce

• Just playing video seems to trigger it randomly.
• Also crashes if I scroll through the log within the app.

Expected behavior

Shouldn't crash

Actual behavior

Crashes completely while playing videos.

App also crashed while I was reading the error log, so I saved it instead to share.

logcat_2025_01_23_22_31.txt

Cloudstream version and commit hash

4.5.0 5691078

Android version

Android 10 (MIUI 12.5.1)

Logcat

Other details

I am using the same set of settings and extensions on 3 other devices that are running fine.

Hope it isn't a duplicate issue, I tried to look for an existing issue but couldn't find one.

Acknowledgements

• I am sure my issue is related to the app and NOT some extension.
• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have written a short but informative title.
• I have updated the app to pre-release version Latest.
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[fire-light42]

You get an sigsegv, which means that there is three possible causes, torrents, software decoding or android being android. So can you please specify:

1. Does it crash after/while playing torrents or where torrent links involved in any way?
2. Do you play high resolution videos like 4k? (or even 1080p if you are on an older device)
3. It this an issue you only found in recent versions of cloudstream?

The crashing logcat may be because it is too large, try to clear it. Someone should really make it a recycleview.

[maivohun]

1. At times, yes, happens more often with torrent links. Normal videos also lead to similar crash, but it is not that bad.
2. No, I only play 720p and 480p on older devices. I was actually watching a 480p video (torrent) today at the time of first crash, then switched to a different provider, 480p video and that too crashed after some time.
3. TBH, I just installed it on this device recently, so I can't tell for sure. But I can try some older versions to check.

The crashing logcat may be because it is too large

Yeah, it could be that.

[fire-light42]

It sounds like the torrent lib is not entirely stable, can you confirm that even if no torrent is ran for an entire session (from app launch to crash) it will still consistently crash.

[fire-light42]

I have also added the option to disable the sw decoding 1eced92 so you can also try to disable that and check.

[maivohun]

It sounds like the torrent lib is not entirely stable

You might be correct. I tried disabling SW decoding in the latest version, but that didn't resolve the issue. I, then, modified the profile to prevent the torrent source from loading, and as a result, the app didn't crash – tested for 3 hours, different providers, with and without SW encoding.

[ArveerM]

@maivohun how did you modify the profile to stop torrents from loading?

[maivohun]

@maivohun how did you modify the profile to stop torrents from loading?

If the torrent source is currently set as the primary source, start with it, then go into your profile settings and lower its priority so it becomes the last one. This strategy only works if you have multiple sources and at least one working alternative to the torrent. Additionally, be sure to force close the app after changing the source priority when using torrent playback; otherwise, you might still experience app crashes—I certainly did.

[ArveerM]

@maivohun so basically you need to do this in sources for each episode/movie you play?

[maivohun]

@maivohun so basically you need to do this in sources for each episode/movie you play?

Not really, you only need to set it up once for each source. So you only need to adjust your profile if a new torrent source pops up when you play the next video. I've only had to modify my profile twice to make this workaround work.

[ArveerM]

I think I am a little lost @maivohun - do you mind showing me? Can I add you on discord?

[maivohun]

Can I add you on discord?

I don't use it. You can e-mail me ([email protected]) to exchange matrix or xmpp usernames.

[ArveerM]

@maivohun cool, sent you a mail

[fire-light42]

@maivohun how did you modify the profile to stop torrents from loading?

Disable torrent in preferred media and it will not play.