Google Pixels Are Crashing After Watching This “Alien” Clip on YouTube

I am afk, but I kinda want to download the 4K formats and inspect them.

My money is on screwed up HDR metadata... especially since its not a original HDR source. There is so much that can go horribly wrong.

My 2nd bet would be on some AV1 encoding bug.

NewPipe[1] plays it just fine on my Pixel 7.

[1] https://newpipe.net

It plays fine in most videos embedded in an app, including chrome and Firefox, however in Fullscreen on YouTube app...crash+reset

I'm on pixel 6 pro also.

Also happens in vertical mode non maximized video

Wow! It crashed my Pixel 7 immediately. Less than a second after the video played. It was really weird because it was the quickest my phone ever rebooted.

Does it also crash when you search for the clip in the YouTube app instead of using the link?

Oddly, no. It's only when I opened it from the link.

I went into the YouTube app and searched MbdVuStrEV8. I opened the video and had no issue.

I downloaded f-droid and then NewPipe and watched it on there too with no issues.

Works fine on my pixel 5 full screen YouTube player.