You are right, same for me here.
Already had problems playing new videos for a few days, but app restarts did help until yesterday.
But not anymore...

[–] WanderingKnight@noauthority.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@Multiplexer

Not even a VPN country changes help now.

[–] Tommeee@noauthority.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@Multiplexer @WanderingKnight big fan of newpipe also but meanwhile is LibreTube an option?

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Do you have it? Does it still work for you?
Latest update on fdroid is already 3 months old.

Just tested it, didn't work for me, playback doesn't start.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

PipePipe is still working for me. Theres now also PipePipe-X, apparently

[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same here. It seems compatible with NewPipe's import/export so it's easy enough to jump over with subscriptions and settings intact while it isn't working. Tubular which is also forked from NewPipe had an update earlier but the connection error remains on it for now.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just moved over to PipePipe-X today and really liking it. Player is much smoother, especially transitioning from PiP to full screen and back.

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Only saw pipe pipe yesterday when looking for alternatives to NewPipe that might work, what does it bring that's better?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I haven't dug into it deeply so I'm sure there is more in the backend too, but on the visual side it's gotten a slightly modernized redesign and support for Material You. But from a user perspective one thing I've noticed is the actual video player seems significantly smoother and particularly switching between picture-in-picture and fullscreen and back seems a lot smoother (which I do a lot).

Overall it's just like PipePipe but better. As someone who's been using PipePipe for a long time there's really no reason not to go straight to PipePipe-X. You should be able to import your user settings and history straight from NewPipe too.

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you get it direct from the apk or via fdroid? I can only see original pipepipe

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 5 days ago

I downloaded the apk from GitHub.

[–] steve_freiheit@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not NewPipe but Invidious is still working

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are still working Invidious instances? Which one are you using?

[–] WanderingKnight@noauthority.social 1 points 4 days ago

@onlooker @steve_freiheit

My main focus is on downloading not streaming. When the VPN is working it goes from kB to MB speeds. I rarely stream unless it's less than 4 minutes or so.

Currently, I disable the VPN to start the download, then turn it on again for a speedy finish. It's rather tedious, but when I'm in a slow cell signal area, it works fine.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

0.27.6 works for me via the fdroid repo. Export settings , the install that version then reimport your settings.

[–] WanderingKnight@noauthority.social 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

@JoeKrogan

That was a bust! I reinstalled 28.2, and it working again.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Sorry to hear that. I had no luck with 0.28.2 when i tried it earlier only the old version. Glad the newer one is working for you anyway

[–] url@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Sweet!!!

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Been like that for ages for me too. I was using the nightly from github to get it work for a while but it seems nothing plays now.