AndroidTV – VLC stops playing video after the screensaver activates

I'm experiencing this strange issue. I'm not sure if it's codec related, but it only happens with certain file types (probably mp4, not sure). The problem is that if I pause a video and the screensaver kicks in, when I resume playback there's no video. The audio still works fine, and I can see and interact with the full user interface, but the image is just a black screen.

After trying a bunch of things, I found that if I clear the playback history and media library and then restart the app, it goes back to normal. But obviously that's incredibly annoying.

Any ideas?