bug: Video data continues to download when screen is off

[jwidness]

Type

Error at runtime

Bug description

When I play YT in the background (with screen on or off), ReVanced correctly knows not to download video data, only audio. But when I leave a video running in the foreground and turn off my screen, all the video data is downloaded even though only the audio is needed.

Also reported here: https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/10n36xk/data_usage_with_screen_off/

Steps to reproduce

• Open a video
• Without switching to background play, turn off screen
• After video finishes, note the amount of data used

Compare to:

• Open a video
• Switch to background mode, then turn off screen
• Note that data usage is much lower

I'm having this problem after updating to the latest versions of everything, but it was also true on the version I downloaded in April.

Relevant log output

NA

Screenshots or videos

No response

Solution

I think the expected behavior is to not download video data when the screen is off.

Additional context

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Acknowledgements

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[LisoUseInAIKyrios]

This YouTube behavior and is not specific to ReVanced.

[jwidness]

I did not have this issue the last time I used the stock YT app.

[LisoUseInAIKyrios]

Try again with stock YouTube.

Also try ReVanced with no patches enabled except microg. If the behavior is the same with only microg then it's definitively not a ReVanced issue because at that point you're using stock YouTube. If the problem is fixed when all patches are excluded, then start repatching and including more patches until the problem returns. Then report back which patch caused the problem.

And if you don't care enough to do any of this, then simply switch to pip mode first and turn on audio only mode (press headphones icon).

If you identify a ReVanced patch as the issue (where the issue is present when the patch is included, and the issue is not present when the patch is excluded), then reopen this bug report with that information.