I went back and tried a variety of sources - a free video at https://www.czechvr.com/free-full-vr-porn-videos-download - click “download free full video”. Then I tried BadoinkVR’s free video and it also had the exact same issue - 2 seconds of playback followed by 2 seconds of pause. Next, I tried VRBangers - same issue. However, when I lowered the video resolution of the download in VRBangers to 6K (also tried 4K and 2K), the video played without any hiccups. This then makes me think that maybe this has been a download speed issue all along. However, how does it explain having the same issue with replaying a Czechvr trial video from the media folder which I had fully played before (and therefore I am assuming is fully downloaded in the media folder)? Does the media folder only store links to these videos rather than the actual video content? If yes, is there a way to store the downloaded video so I can test that out?
Separately, I also have an SMB1 share which I am unable to access. The first time I ran the app, it discovered the server and attempted to connect to it, but failed due to security reason because I didn’t provide a password. However since then, it is unable to discover the server at all and refuses to recognize it even when I explicitly provide its IP address. I have tried restarting the device and all of these issues persist. Strange!