mediacodec decoder: AMediaCodec.configure failed

[dvblogic]

I am writing a libvlc-based player for Android platform. The player is tested on Nexus Player, running Android 6.0.1.
libvlc version is 3.0.0-1.9.6, full hardware acceleration is turned on.

The issue is that when playback is switch between streams with SD mpeg-2 video and HD x264 video, video decoder stops working.
The log file reports:

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03-28 15:59:16.542 169-527/? E/BufferQueueProducer﹕ [SurfaceView] connect(P): already connected (cur=2 req=3) 03-28 15:59:16.542 2668-2824/com.dvblogic.dvblinklive I/MediaCodec﹕ native window already connected. Assuming no change of surface 03-28 15:59:16.542 2668-2818/com.dvblogic.dvblinklive E/MediaCodec﹕ configure failed with err 0xffffffea, resetting... ..... 03-28 15:59:16.548 2668-2818/com.dvblogic.dvblinklive E/NdkMediaCodec﹕ sf error code: -22 03-28 15:59:16.549 2668-2818/com.dvblogic.dvblinklive E/VLC﹕ [f7bdf9a4] mediacodec decoder: AMediaCodec.configure failed

If hardware acceleration is set to video or turned off, video decoder continues to work properly after stream switch (albeit with performance related artifacts).
The correct behavior can be restored by exiting and re-entering application. Deleting and re-initializing libvlc/mediaplayer does not help.

Any pointers or help is highly welcome and much appreciated.

Thank you.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You need to fix that yourself, unfortunately.

[SaundersB]

What I think he means is that you need to manually reinitialize the libVLC instance yourself along with the other things you specified.