I have had this problem for a while now but only recently decided to figure out. I have some files that will crash Kodi the moment you try to play it. I don't have this problem with LibreELEC on PC's, only on Raspberry Pi. I have tried this on the latest distro for both a Pi 3B, and now a Pi 4B so it makes me think it is not a hardware problem.
All of my other videos play fine that don't use that codec, and I have no other videos that use that codec it seems so I have a limited pool of videos to test with. I have tried to generate a Kodi log but the moment it crashes and reboots, the Kodi log gets cleared so I cannot get the log data before it gets wiped. I don't know what else to do or try so figured I would put this here.
I cannot find any other reports or posts of this problem. Keep in mind that this happens on a fresh install of LibreELEC with no add-ons or anything. I have tried changing various settings, both system and playback settings but it always does it. I have provided the info that MediaInfo provides about the video codec if it is needed. I dont know if this is a known issue or not but hopefully there is a simple fix. My guess is the codec is not supported or installed. Thanks
Video
ID : 0
Format : VP7
Format profile : General
Codec ID : VP70
Codec ID/Hint : On2
Duration : 22 min 55 s
Bit rate : 928 kb/s
Width : 576 pixels
Height : 384 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.175
Stream size : 152 MiB (87%)