[BUG]: Playback mode setting does not always apply

[y-lee]

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Affected version

31.30

Device Type

Smart TV/Box

Affected Android

Shield Android TV SW Version 9.2.4(33.2.0.400)

Steps to reproduce the bug

This bug exists both in 31.30 and in the previous few stable versions.

The "Playback mode" setting does not work. With both "Pause playback after each video (except queue)" and "Stop playback after one video (except queue)", maybe half the time, the video will instead restart from the beginning.

It does not seem to matter whether the playback mode is selected with the bar icon during playback, or Player | Playback mode.

Actual behavior

No response

Additional information

Nvidia Shield TV 2017

[yuliskov]

Got it. I'll check it out

[yuliskov]

@y-lee, it would be good if you could join the test of the possible fix

31.38 Testing

• Tried to fix playback modes

Beta testing:
Downloader code: 857152
Direct link: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube/releases/download/latest/SmartTube_beta_testing.apk

Stable testing:
Downloader code: 403642
Direct link: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube/releases/download/latest/SmartTube_stable_testing.apk

[y-lee]

I was almost done watching a video when your message arrived. I downloaded 31.38 stable testing, installed and opened the apk, and went to history to continue the video ... which, after finishing, restarted from the beginning. Playback mode is "Pause playback after each video (except queue)".

[yuliskov]

got it. thanks for the test. I'll continue to search for a solution Regards, Yuriy

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[yuliskov]

@y-lee, hi. Try to enable this option, Settings/Player/Misc/Queue respects playback mode

[y-lee]

Enabled the option; no change in bug behavior. Also, I've noticed that when the "Pause playback after each video" option does work (about half the time), the "Suggestions" videos do not appear on the screen, unlike the behavior in the past when the "Pause playback" option always worked correctly.

[yuliskov]

@y-lee thanks for the feedback, friend

[y-lee]

More feedback. As I said, after enabling "Queue respects playback mode", I saw no change in the buggy behavior. However, that was the first video I played after enabling the setting. Every other video since then, videos have not restarted after finishing. ("Suggestions" videos still do not appear on the screen after playback stops, unlike in the past.)

Something else that may be related: About as long as the playback mode setting did not work correctly, another issue that I hadn't reported was closed captions not being enabled by default on videos despite "Enable subtitles only on the current channel" being disabled. Well, since the playback mode setting has started working, closed captions are now again enabled by default on videos, including on videos/channels I have never watched before. I cannot say for certain that both behavior changes occurred at the exact same time, but certainly very, very close to each other.