VLC freeze when changing *.mkv video files

VLC freezes and needs to be manually killed when first playing one *.mkv video file, then playing another one in the same window, followed by exiting VLC. VLC won't quit and is frozen.
Terminal output as follows (this is reproducible on another machine):

VLC media player 3.0.9.2 Vetinari (revision 3.0.9.2-0-gd4c1aefe4d)
[000055a76615c5b0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no
qt5ct: D-Bus system tray: yes
[000055a7661f6010] main playlist: playlist is empty
[000055a76622ca50] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f16e8e08120] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[000055a76622ca50] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported
[000055a76622ca50] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f16e8e08120] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
mesa: for the --simplifycfg-sink-common option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --global-isel-abort option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --amdgpu-atomic-optimizations option: may only occur zero or one times!
[00007f16c8002de0] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaDeriveImage: operation failed
[00007f16cc046740] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007f16e8c15810] main decoder error: failed to create video output
mesa: for the --simplifycfg-sink-common option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --global-isel-abort option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --amdgpu-atomic-optimizations option: may only occur zero or one times!
[00007f16e8c15810] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding
[000055a76622ca50] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f16e8d4eef0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[000055a76622ca50] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported
[000055a76622ca50] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f16e8d4eef0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f166c041410] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaDeriveImage: operation failed
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f16c8137b20] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaDeriveImage: operation failed
[00007f162c080490] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007f16e8c28b70] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[00007f16e8c28b70] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding