i can't import youtube subscriptions on newpipe

[juertus]

Checklist

• I am able to reproduce the bug with the latest version.
• I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - which I could contribute my information to.
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Affected version

0.22.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. I downloaded new pipe app.
2. Open and go to the import subscriptions.
3. Choose youtube and import subscriptions.csv

Expected behavior

I just want import my youtube subscriptions. Thanks

Actual behavior

I just download Newpipe to my phone. And ı want import my youtube subscriptions. But app always app crashing itself.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: TR
• Content Language: tr-TR
• App Language: en
• Service: none
• Version: 0.22.1
• OS: Linux Android 12 - 31

Crash log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service org.schabi.newpipe.local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService@2266c47 with Intent { cmp=org.schabi.newpipe/.local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService (has extras) }: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{6fc764 8863:org.schabi.newpipe/u0a235} (pid=8863, uid=10235) requires that you obtain access using ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or related APIs
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:4657)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2000(ActivityThread.java:247)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2091)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7839)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{6fc764 8863:org.schabi.newpipe/u0a235} (pid=8863, uid=10235) requires that you obtain access using ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or related APIs
	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:2425)
	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2409)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2392)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2334)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.getContentProvider(IActivityManager.java:5890)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.acquireProvider(ActivityThread.java:6973)
	at android.app.ContextImpl$ApplicationContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContextImpl.java:3339)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContentResolver.java:2526)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:1844)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:1675)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:1622)
	at us.shandian.giga.io.FileStreamSAF.<init>(FileStreamSAF.java:32)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.streams.io.StoredFileHelper.getStream(StoredFileHelper.java:195)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService.onStartCommand(SubscriptionsImportService.java:118)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:4639)
	... 9 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

android 12/ crDroid 8.2

Affected device model

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

Additional information

No response

[Pokemetti]

This feature is not there to import the subscriptions from official Youtube but from another Newpipe version (It's a json file and can include a lot of other things such as settings, local playlists and histories). Thus this isn't a bug but a feature request to make it possible to import subscriptions from the Youtube subscriptions.csv .

[s4980]

Are you sure @Pokemetti ??
The Import screen gives you instructions how to generate csv with your subscriptions from a YouTube service using takeout.google.com page.
For me this sounds like a functionality that should allow you to import your subscriptions from YouTube and another Newpipe.

[augt]

The file you get when you export your youtube subscriptions from google take out used to be a json file up util a few months ago. Now that file file has a "csv" extentions it doesn't work anymore. I'm looking for a way to convert this csv file to json.

[Pokemetti]

I actually didn't consider that option, thanks @s4980 . But I tried it with a csv file and it worked for me. That CSV file is pretty old though, so maybe the format somehow changed.

[xchimx]

this problem still exist, any solutions yet?

[juertus]

this problem still exist, any solutions yet?

Yes, the solution is simple. By not using it....

[xchimx]

this problem still exist, any solutions yet?

Yes, the solution is simple. By not using it....

Well...this version fix the problems: v0.23.0

[juertus]

this problem still exist, any solutions yet?

Yes, the solution is simple. By not using it....

Well...this version fix the problems: v0.23.0

Oh really? I'll try. Thanks

[CostaRich]

I just downloaded 0.25.0 and it would not import my Youtube subscriptions. I went through the instructions provided onscreen in NewPipe and it apparently doesn't understand the format that youtube/google is now using. So I wrote a little go program on this playground below and pasted the csv file results into the bottom of the doc and then put the json formatted text in a file and put it on an sd card for newpipe to import. And that worked fine. You are welcome to try using the process below.

https://go.dev/play/p/xAMP268Tae_1

[Waldorf3]

Why is this closed, it's still not working as of today. How do you expect people to move from Youtube to Newpipe if there is no way to transfer your history over?

https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/import-export-data/

[aeroncastle]

Why is this issue closed? Nothing was done about it and the import function doesn't work despite the gaslighting in the FAQ and here. Wtf. It's maddening to try I don't know how many times to do a thing and you guys do this on purpose with people. In the moment you discovered that YouTube changed everything and nothing worked anymore your guys should have written so in the FAQ. Even better would be to fix it, but not gaslighting people is good enough.

[Pokemetti]

Can you guys chill? This is an open-source project, you guys are getting software for free and yet you complain like the writers owe you anything. The reason this issue was closed was probably because noone wanted to implement this feature is what I'm guessing.
If you want this feature so badly anyways, learn to program Android apps, add this feature to the source code and open a pull request. Sit down, be humble, and maybe try to write a little more respectfully ("gaslighting"? sure, the devs definitely didn't just forget to update the FAQ or whatever, they definitely did it on purpose).

[Geniusssmit]

it still can't import zip :(