YouTube live stream won't open, reads "Content unavailable"

[kirisakow]

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Affected version

0.28.7

Steps to reproduce the bug

Connect to a live stream

Expected behavior

Stream plays

Actual behavior

"Content unavailable"

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xht-Il9qM78
• Content Country: FR
• Content Language: fr-
• App Language: en_FR
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2026-05-24T19:02:42.453+02:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.7
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException: Got error LIVE_STREAM_OFFLINE: "This live event will begin in 27 minutes."
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:527)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ListExtractor.fetchPage(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:25)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.call(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:141)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleAmb.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:38)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:1)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnEvent.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:17)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:1)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeDefer.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:16)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:6)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:87)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:12)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:48)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:126)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:6)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:9)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:6)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:9)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:1)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:5)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:10)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:22)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(r8-map-id-1c364cc4c91cb7ea7742517031f1a5cb05586ae39a8383c537bc6971b54ab28f:1)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1154)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:652)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1564)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

No response

Affected device model

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Additional information

No response

[Manthann-05]

Could I try to solve the issue since Java is my speciality and have a good knowledge about the same.

[kirisakow]

Could I try to solve the issue since Java is my speciality and have a good knowledge about the same.

Sure!

1. Fork the project,
2. create a new branch with a relevant name (e.g. fix-issue-13539),
3. commit your fix to it,
4. open a PR,
5. wait for the maintainers to respond.

Also, read the contributing guidelines to learn more.

[ShareASmile]

• I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - which I could contribute my information to.

Also see Related #2969 (comment) about showing live preview & It needs better handling of premieres in details screen.

But it is a duplicate of an existing issue, @Manthann-05 Please go to the original issue #5192 If you want to contribute, you are whole heartedly welcome.

@kirisakow Please search (better, with different keywords?) for duplicates the next time you want to open an issue. Thank you.