google / google/ExoPlayer

Decoding artifacts on Sony which are not present with ExoPlayer v1

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bug: device specific needs triage
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Description

### [REQUIRED] Issue description
There're users reporting about decoding artifacts on Sony TV which present on ExoPlayer v2, but missing from ExoPlayer v1.

Direct comparison demo v2 vs v1 using live stream and local file:
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1toB8IsTorjGp1FXw4Z91psPyI6Armfy6/view?usp=sharing

Same kind of issues reported on older exoplayer v2 than demo used to reproduce:
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/CHi6BnFadHLjjAVf6
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/CvYzSR8KD6mDnin39

Some notable things about artifacts:
* full screen artifacts happens when video is opened for the first time
* restarting the video (or switching to another and back) removes full-screen artifacts
* artifacts on the bottom of a screen are persisted
* no artifacts on ExoPlayer v1 or they are gone with first key frame

### [REQUIRED] Reproduction steps
Play provided media in v2 demo player on Sony TV
Logcat grabbed from demo v2:
* https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dQmDUbuHqjvsv6swCDP6mvsiMApZtz9N

### [REQUIRED] Link to test content
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jfqGtTshp0SzpczCcXm-1HwKuhP9XvcG/view?usp=sharing

### [REQUIRED] A full bug report captured from the device
Issue is reported by user. I do not own a device to reproduce it locally

### [REQUIRED] Version of ExoPlayer being used
* `ExoPlayerLib/2.11.2`
* 8da0e27d2e71266838f8685825ff096da79bf8a2

### [REQUIRED] Device(s) and version(s) of Android being used
* BRAVIA_ATV2, BRAVIA 4K GB, Sony, 26

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