VLC Player Crash

[Angel23320123]

Describe the bug

I'm on a Galaxy Tab S8 Plus (tablet) running android 13, I've got the jellyfin android app installed with the video player set to external.
The external video player selected is VLC Player.
When I hit play on any video the app crashes to desktop (home screen) with no error code.
When I relaunch the app it says it crashed and offers to clear cache but doing this does not help.
I've tried the Web player, Exo player and MPV (external) and all three work. Only VLC player causes this crash.
Have used VLC as external on other devices with no issues, only encountered this after trying it on my new tablet.

Logs

No response

Application version

2.4.4

Where did you install the app from?

Google Play

Device information

Galaxy Tab S8 Plus

Android version

Android 13

Jellyfin server version

10.8.7

Which video player implementations does this bug apply to?

• Web player (default)
• Integrated player (ExoPlayer)
• External player (VLC, mpv, MX Player)

[Angel23320123]

Just to Update, I got a new S22 Ultra with android 13 and it has the exact same identical bug as listed above so this but might be something specific to either android 13 or Samsung devices with One UI Version 5.0.

[Maxr1998]

It looks like it's Android 13 specific. I can reproduce it on my Pixel 5.

[Maxr1998]

This is unfortunately the result of a behavior change in Android 13 and a bug in VLC Media Player. We can't really fix this without breaking playback resumption, which is also far from ideal.

[Angel23320123]

That's unfortunate, well I've moved to using MPV Player instead, and that works flawlessly. I guess this can just be added to the known issues list. You're welcome to close this ticket.

[Maxr1998]

Using MPV is likely the best option in the meantime, yes. However, a bug report was submitted to VLC and I commented with some additional info there, so I hope this will be fixed on VLC's end soon-ish. Until then, I'd like to keep this issue open for other people to see.