[BUG]

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Describe the Bug

Playback stutters/lags

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Flow and play any video
2. Playback lag / stutter starts after some seconds, then goes away, comes again and so on.

Expected Behavior

Should play without stuttering

Actual Behavior

Video playback stutters

Environment

Field	Value
Device	Pixel 9 Pro XL
Android Version	16
Flow Version	2.1.0 (15)
Installation Source	GitHub APK
ROM	GrapheneOS (2026042101)

Frequency

• Every time (100% reproducible)
• Often (happens most of the time)
• Sometimes (happens intermittently)
• Rarely (happened once or twice)

Affected Area

• Video playback
• Music player
• Home feed / Recommendations
• Search
• Downloads
• Subscriptions
• Playlists
• Picture-in-Picture / Background playback
• Notifications
• Settings / Preferences
• Import / Export
• Casting
• SponsorBlock / DeArrow
• Lyrics / Subtitles
• UI / Theming
• Performance / Battery
• Other (describe below)

Logs (Optional but Helpful)

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Additional Context

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/29134-laggy-video-playback-newpipe-pipepipe-since-a16-qpr2/48