TeamNewPipe / TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor

Subtitles not shown properly

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Description

From: https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube/issues/4679#issuecomment-1705314030

Example:

Official piped instance:

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Youtube.com:

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English - Neobrane captions (which are not even available on piped):

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the linked video and compare the subtitle results from the official Piped instance and YouTube, then trace the subtitle extraction path; done means the reported captions are exposed correctly and consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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