I have a Pixel 8, and a Problem that is a little more complex.
I have an NAS with an SFTP share with media files on it. I use Material Files App from F-Droid to mount this SFTP-folder and play said Media.
On my device I have MPV and VLC installed from F-Droid. If I try and play a Media file (e.g. a 30MB H265 clip), with MPV it plays. But if I try and play the file with VLC after, VLC just keeps loading. This crashes Video playback on the whole device. This means Newpipe, Infinity for Reddit, VLC, ..... cannot play any media anymore. It just loads constantly.
I can still play media with MPV though.
I have only been able to solve the problem by rebooting.
I don't know if this is the correct place for this specific problem, but I think it has to do with Device Hardware Encoding. Not sure though.
Thanks for any help.
I can also post logs, but I don't know which ones yet, since the Problem is pretty broad.