diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f494b778..0a956d2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 ### Version 6.0.0-alpha.4
 
+- ensure src is always provided to native player even if it is invalid [#2857](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2857)
 - Sample: Add react-native-video controls support [#2852](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2852)
 - Android: Switch Google's maven repository to default `google()` [#2860](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2860)
 - Android: Implement focusable prop so the video view can toggle whether it is focusable for non-touch devices [#2819](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2819)
-- Fix iOS RCTSwiftLog naming collision [#2868](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2868)
 - Android: fix linter warning [#2891] (https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2891)
+- Fix iOS RCTSwiftLog naming collision [#2868](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2868)
+- Added "homepage" to package.json [#2882](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2882)
 
-### Version 6.0.0-alpha3
+### Version 6.0.0-alpha.3
 
 - Fix ios build [#2854](https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/pull/2854)
 
diff --git a/Video.js b/Video.js
index 71fa94a3..0a449e43 100644
--- a/Video.js
+++ b/Video.js
@@ -276,16 +276,20 @@ export default class Video extends Component {
     let uri = source.uri || '';
     if (uri && uri.match(/^\//)) {
       uri = `file://${uri}`;
-    } else if (uri === '') {
-      return null;
     }
 
     if (!uri) {
-      console.warn('Trying to load empty source.');
+      console.log('Trying to load empty source.');
     }
 
-    const isNetwork = !!(uri && uri.match(/^https?:/));
-    const isAsset = !!(uri && uri.match(/^(assets-library|ph|ipod-library|file|content|ms-appx|ms-appdata):/));
+    const isNetwork = !!(uri && uri.match(/^https?:/i));
+    const isAsset = !!(uri && uri.match(/^(assets-library|ph|ipod-library|file|content|ms-appx|ms-appdata):/i));
+
+    if ((uri || uri === '') && !isNetwork && !isAsset) {
+      if (this.props.onError) {
+        this.props.onError({error: {errorString: 'invalid url, player will stop', errorCode: 'INVALID_URL'}});
+      }
+    }
 
     let nativeResizeMode;
     const RCTVideoInstance = this.getViewManagerConfig('RCTVideo');
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
index d9297a71..a4b03b58 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ public class ReactExoplayerViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactExoplayerVi
                 if (srcUri != null) {
                     videoView.setRawSrc(srcUri, extension);
                 }
+            } else {
+                videoView.clearSrc();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -390,11 +392,12 @@ public class ReactExoplayerViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactExoplayerVi
     }
 
     private boolean startsWithValidScheme(String uriString) {
-        return uriString.startsWith("http://")
-                || uriString.startsWith("https://")
-                || uriString.startsWith("content://")
-                || uriString.startsWith("file://")
-                || uriString.startsWith("asset://");
+        String lowerCaseUri = uriString.toLowerCase();
+        return lowerCaseUri.startsWith("http://")
+                || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("https://")
+                || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("content://")
+                || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("file://")
+                || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("asset://");
     }
 
     private @ResizeMode.Mode int convertToIntDef(String resizeModeOrdinalString) {
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.android.tsx b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.android.tsx
index 9faa9cb6..4b426ace 100644
--- a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.android.tsx
+++ b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.android.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ class VideoPlayer extends Component {
         'http://www.youtube.com/api/manifest/dash/id/bf5bb2419360daf1/source/youtube?as=fmp4_audio_clear,fmp4_sd_hd_clear&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,source,id,as&ip=0.0.0.0&ipbits=0&expire=19000000000&signature=51AF5F39AB0CEC3E5497CD9C900EBFEAECCCB5C7.8506521BFC350652163895D4C26DEE124209AA9E&key=ik0',
       type: 'mpd',
     },
+    {
+      description: 'invalid URL',
+      uri:
+        'mmt://www.youtube.com',
+      type: 'mpd',
+    },
     { description: '(no url) Stopped playback', uri: undefined },
     {
       description: '(no view) no View',
@@ -247,8 +253,8 @@ class VideoPlayer extends Component {
   }
 
   onError = (err: any) => {
-    console.log(JSON.stringify(err))
-    this.toast(true, 'error: ' + err?.error?.code)
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(err?.error.errorCode))
+    this.toast(true, 'error: ' + err?.error.errorCode)
   }
 
   onEnd = () => {
diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo-Bridging-Header.h b/ios/Video/RCTVideo-Bridging-Header.h
index ad6089be..77815e4e 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo-Bridging-Header.h
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo-Bridging-Header.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #import <React/RCTViewManager.h>
-#import "RCTSwiftLog.h"
+#import "RCTVideoSwiftLog.h"
 
 #if __has_include(<react-native-video/RCTVideoCache.h>)
 #import "RCTVideoCache.h"
diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index 47231a78..bc36d17d 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
     @objc
     func setSrc(_ source:NSDictionary!) {
         _source = VideoSource(source)
+        if (_source?.uri == nil || _source?.uri == "") {
+            DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default).async {
+                self._player?.replaceCurrentItem(with: nil)
+            }
+            return;
+        }
         removePlayerLayer()
         _playerObserver.player = nil
         _playerObserver.playerItem = nil
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e242bfb4..7ce95b15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "main": "Video.js",
     "license": "MIT",
     "author": "Community Contributors",
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video#readme",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
         "url": "git@github.com:react-native-video/react-native-video.git"