[Bug] Crashing when opening 4+ hour video in the background

[MrPokadex]

Checklist

• I make sure that the issue is NOT a duplicate of pinned issues
• I make sure I am using the LATEST version - check here
• I understand that issues with limited impact, such as those occurring on specific devices or under specific network conditions, will not be fixed
• I have attached the error report in the issue

Describe the bug

When watching a 4+ hour video, switching to the background player (like opening another app), the app will crash. If Draw Over Other Apps is disabled, there is no error screen.

Version

5.0.0

Frequency

Always (100% of the time)

Device

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open any 4+ hour long video (such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No45YnGEwPI)
2. Leave PipePipe to any other app or the home screen, thus triggering the background player

Additional context

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Version: 5.0.0
• OS: Linux samsung/pa3quew/pa3q:16/BP2A.250605.031.A3/S938U1UEU5BYI3_OYM5BYI3:user/release-keys 16 - 36

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 1010848 bytes
Bundle stats:
  android:viewHierarchyState [size=3580]
    android:views [size=3528]
      0x7f0a013f [size=1396]
  androidx.lifecycle.BundlableSavedStateRegistry.key [size=1006352]
    android:support:activity-result [size=6696]
      KEY_COMPONENT_ACTIVITY_REGISTERED_KEYS [size=5780]
    android:support:fragments [size=999340]
      android:support:fragments [size=999264]
PersistableBundle stats:
  [null]
	at android.app.servertransaction.PendingTransactionActions$StopInfo.run(PendingTransactionActions.java:146)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:995)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:273)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:363)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:10060)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:632)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)
Caused by: android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 1010848 bytes
	at android.os.BinderProxy.transactNative(Native Method)
	at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(BinderProxy.java:661)
	at android.app.IActivityClientController$Stub$Proxy.activityStopped(IActivityClientController.java:1596)
	at android.app.ActivityClient.activityStopped(ActivityClient.java:112)
	at android.app.servertransaction.PendingTransactionActions$StopInfo.run(PendingTransactionActions.java:135)
	... 8 more

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[kedar284]

I'm also having this same issue but with every video on my Samsung A52s

{"user_action":"ui error","request":"ACRA report","content_language":"en-GB","content_country":"IN","app_language":"en","service":"none","package":"InfinityLoop1309.NewPipeEnhanced","version":"5.0.0","os":"Linux samsung/a52sxqxx/a52sxq:14/UP1A.231005.007/A528BXXUAGXK8:user/release-keys 14 - 34","time":"2026-05-06 19:44","exceptions":["java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService@e976fd7 with null: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.getAction()' on a null object reference\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5286)\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs(Unknown Source:0)\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2531)\n\tat android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8919)\n\tat java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)\n\tat com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:578)\n\tat com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)\nCaused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.getAction()' on a null object reference\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.PlayerService.onStartCommand(PlayerService.java:129)\n\tat android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5268)\n\t... 9 more\n"],"user_comment":""}

[InfinityLoop1308]

@kedar284 can you open a new issue? this is not same with op's