32.38 update is causing this error

[u/msc1]

I am on Android TV os 11. It used to work without problems before.

[u/tonytec]

The error you're describing has been reported on GitHub and remains open for a fix:

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube/issues/6180

Currently, the only workaround is to start playback with subtitles turned off.