u/barccy

1 device I have runs an Android 14 custom rom and has Newpipe installed through an Fdroid client and it displays thumbnails.
Another that I have is on Android 8 using an Obtainium install from Github source and does not display the thumbnails, they are all greyed boxes with text next to them.
Both are on v0.29.1 and seem to have the same settings selected - neither has the images set to do not show, and I've been selecting different image qualities to see if that is the problem.

I installed Lineage 18.1 Beta 19 but without Gapps because I prefer not having data harvesting and battery draining from them running. I was able to install Obtainuim, but I can't get it to launch and run, even after trying different settings. Would someone else who does have the gapps installed try running it and see if it works? I am curious, but don't want to have to do several resets to test if I don't have to.

Black-Seraph's installation video uses a version of flash tools that is ahead of what is available on the site, and the last released builds of the OS come in multiple parts, whereas what is in his video is all in one folder.
Do the different archives all need to be unpacked and merged prior to starting an install?
I tried asking him through both Patreon and YouTube but he hasn't responded.