H.265 unencrypted stream playback with video black or frozen on MediaTek decoder

Version

ExoPlayer 2.15.0

More version details

On XiaoMi TV with Android 14, H.265/HEVC hardware decoding on (MediaTek (MTK) hardware decoder , c2.mtk.hevc.decoder) devices fails to render video. The decoder initializes without throwing errors, but the output surface remains black or frozen.

Please investigate as a potential MediaCodec hardware decoder(c2.mtk.hevc.decoder) failure in the video decoding or rendering process.

This is the the provided log file:

logcat1.txt.zip

Devices that reproduce the issue

On XiaoMi TV with Android 14

Devices that do not reproduce the issue

No response

Reproducible in the demo app?

Yes

Reproduction steps

Play an H.265/HEVC-encoded video with hardware decoding enabled.
Observe playback behavior:

Black screen while audio continues

Expected result

H.265/HEVC content should decode and render smoothly via the MediaTek HEVC hardware decoder.

Actual result

Black screen (audio continues) or frozen video frame.
No MediaCodec renderedFrame or similar logs and no error callback or ExoPlaybackException is reported.

Media

Video Details:
Resolution: e.g., 1920×1080
Frame Rate: e.g., 30 fps
DRM: No
URI: the HLS stream is protected, we can offer a TS segment.
http://t033.cloud.vod03.icntvcdn.com/hls/850K/2025/08/29/3c53b4bc644c4389a60f62a9b2da6bee/20250829T093241-1-0.ts

Bug Report

• You will email the zip file produced by adb bugreport to android-media-github@google.com after filing this issue.