diff --git a/android-exoplayer/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java b/android-exoplayer/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
index 52bf24e6..f24d94c2 100644
--- a/android-exoplayer/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
+++ b/android-exoplayer/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
     @Override
     public void onPlayerError(ExoPlaybackException e) {
         String errorString = null;
+        Exception ex = e;
         if (e.type == ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_RENDERER) {
             Exception cause = e.getRendererException();
             if (cause instanceof MediaCodecRenderer.DecoderInitializationException) {
@@ -504,8 +505,12 @@ class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
                 }
             }
         }
+        else if (e.type == ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_SOURCE) {
+            ex = e.getSourceException();
+            errorString = getResources().getString(R.string.unrecognized_media_format);
+        }
         if (errorString != null) {
-            eventEmitter.error(errorString, e);
+            eventEmitter.error(errorString, ex);
         }
         playerNeedsSource = true;
         if (isBehindLiveWindow(e)) {
diff --git a/android-exoplayer/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/android-exoplayer/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b92a238a..4f69ec34 100644
--- a/android-exoplayer/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/android-exoplayer/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
 
   <string name="error_instantiating_decoder">Unable to instantiate decoder <xliff:g id="decoder_name">%1$s</xliff:g></string>
 
+  <string name="unrecognized_media_format">Unrecognized media format</string>
+
 </resources>