diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerCore.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerCore.kt
index e9cb9d68..719be477 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerCore.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerCore.kt
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class MpvPlayerCore(private val activity: Activity) :
         // Video output configuration
         MPVLib.setOptionString("vo", "gpu")
         MPVLib.setOptionString("gpu-context", "android")
+        MPVLib.setOptionString("opengl-es", "yes")
         // hwdec is set from Flutter via setProperty based on user preference
 
         // Audio configuration
diff --git a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
index 63c67aaa..dbf0e7d8 100644
--- a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ String _getHwdecValue(bool enabled) {
   if (Platform.isMacOS || Platform.isIOS) {
     return 'videotoolbox';
   } else if (Platform.isAndroid) {
-    return 'mediacodec-copy';
+    return 'auto-safe';
   } else {
     return 'auto'; // Windows, Linux
   }