diff --git a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
index a07c1ca52..849da22e2 100644
--- a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
+++ b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ GstreamerPlayer :: errorHandler(GstElement   * pipeline,
                                 gpointer       self)
                                                                 throw ()
 {
+    GstreamerPlayer* const player = (GstreamerPlayer*) self;
+    player->m_errorMessage = error->message;
+
+    std::cerr << "gstreamer error: " << error->message << std::endl;
+
     // Important: We *must* use an idle function call here, so that the signal handler returns 
     // before fireOnStopEvent() is executed.
     g_idle_add(fireOnStopEvent, self);
-
-    std::string str( "Audio Player Error: ");
-    str += error->message;
-
-    throw std::runtime_error(str);
 }
 
 
@@ -223,11 +223,16 @@ GstreamerPlayer :: fireOnStopEvent(gpointer self)                        throw (
 
     GstreamerPlayer* const player = (GstreamerPlayer*) self;
 
+    Ptr<const std::string>::Ref msg;
+    if (!player->m_errorMessage.empty()) {
+        msg.reset(new const std::string(player->m_errorMessage));
+    }
+
     ListenerVector::iterator    it  = player->m_listeners.begin();
     ListenerVector::iterator    end = player->m_listeners.end();
 
     while (it != end) {
-        (*it)->onStop();
+        (*it)->onStop(msg);
         ++it;
     }
 
@@ -325,6 +330,8 @@ GstreamerPlayer :: open(const std::string   fileUrl)
     debug() << "Opening URL: " << fileUrl << endl;
     debug() << "Timestamp: " << *TimeConversion::now() << endl;
 
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+
     std::string filePath;
 
     if (fileUrl.find("file://") == 0) {
diff --git a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.h b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.h
index 28ebeb618..dcc649d75 100644
--- a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.h
+++ b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.h
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ class GstreamerPlayer : virtual public Configurable,
          */
         std::string             m_audioDevice;
 
+        /**
+         *  Contains runtime error messages from GStreamer.
+         */
+        std::string             m_errorMessage;
+
         /**
          *  The URL of the preloaded file. Empty if nothing is preloaded.
          */