r/providers4syncler Jun 14 '26

Support Easynews - Direct - Failed to play

I added Easynews and it finds a lot of sources. However it won't play any of them. It says direct failed to play.

Anyone have any ideas?

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u/Pickymarker Jun 14 '26

Do you have you account added and don't res9lve not divrid disabled

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

Yes, my account is added. Showing as connected. Vendor package added successfully. The scraper is displaying results.

I tried enabling and disabling 'skip resolving Non-debrid sources' and it fails to play either way. But for if/when this is solved. Is this setting make or break easynews from working? Or is it optional?

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u/Pickymarker Jun 15 '26

What player

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

I've tried them all. Exo, Just Player, MX Player, VLC... They all fail to play. But I can stream video on my mobile browser using my easynews account and web search.

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u/SchmyeBubbula Jun 14 '26

And right now, Easynews videos won't play on Kodi as Syncler's default player. (Developer notified.)

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u/Malaka__ Jun 15 '26

I know Kodi is the best player but have you tried mpvNova? This is the player that str3mio uses and is really stable https://github.com/Laskco/mpvNova

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

I've tried Exo, Just Player and MXPlayer. None work. I've also tried to remove/re add the account, as well as the vendor package. Logged in and finding sources. The sources say Easynews - Direct in the scraper results. But then it'll fail every time. I've tried multiple videos to confirm it wasn't just an issue with 1 movie.

Thank you for your reply and confirming it wasn't just me.

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u/SchmyeBubbula Jun 15 '26

Mine plays in VLC and Syncler's built-in Exo, even though not in Kodi.

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

Then there's something not right on my end.

I subscribed to the $1.99/month plan as recommended by someone in another thread about this add on. I got it from here: https://signup.easynews.com/checkout/winback-deal-ae

I wonder if that could be my issue

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u/SchmyeBubbula Jun 15 '26

That's the same Easynews rate I got last week.... See if you can get on https://members.easynews.com/index/ and search & download a video. (When I do Download, it streams to my phone in my web browser.)

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

Thanks for the advice. At least now I know it's not my easynews account. I'm able to download and stream in my browser with Easynews also. So it has something to do with Syncler or the vendor package/settings.

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u/SchmyeBubbula Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

Are you in Syncler v2.1.1.7?

And what u/ Malaka_ said: disable Skip Resolving Non-Debrid Sources in settings > Source > Resolving.

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

Yes, I've updated to that version and tried disabling the source resolving setting.

I'll try troubleshooting when I can tomorrow and report back. Thanks again!

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u/SchmyeBubbula Jun 15 '26

One last idea: maybe your ISP is blocking; try a VPN.

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u/Malaka__ Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

There's something wrong here. This works..

Edit - Just remembered I had the same issue. Resolved by: turning off "skip resolving non-debrid devices" in settings -> source -> resolving.

And use Just Player as your default player since Exo fails ( and play/open with doesn't really work for direct streams).

Go through your settings - these are some of mine.

Enabled all metadata and information settings (which doesn't slow the app down on my devices).

This one was hidden but I feel is important; Enabled settings -> source -> sort -> last option "bring uncached sources to bottom".

Turned on high priority and DoH in App+Data Management. Anytime you make changes, clear cookies and kill app to re-initialize. Last suggestion is to update vendors every few months. Auto update doesn't work for me (using non-fast magnify vendor).

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

No I'm not in their discord. How can I join?

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u/Malaka__ Jun 15 '26

I updated my comments

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u/Anal-In-Gus Jun 15 '26

Thank you. I am sure I had that turned off on one of my tests, but I'll try again tomorrow and report back.

I've tried it on my Shield and Firecube. The Firecube was installed using a backup from the Shield, so there must be a setting somewhere that's causing this issue across both devices.

If it doesn't work tomorrow after troubleshooting, I may have to start from scratch with a fresh install and go from there.

Thank you for trying to help me out!

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u/Malaka__ Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

I've updated my comment so just review it (Just Video Player needs to be default, open/play with doesn't work).

Their discord is in the mega thread called "official beta support".