diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultCodec.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultCodec.java
index 262036e578..ea3da47883 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultCodec.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultCodec.java
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
       }
       startCodec(mediaCodec);
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
+
       if (inputSurface != null) {
         inputSurface.release();
       }
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
       try {
         inputBufferIndex = mediaCodec.dequeueInputBuffer(/* timeoutUs= */ 0);
       } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
         throw createExportException(e);
       }
       if (inputBufferIndex < 0) {
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
       try {
         inputBuffer.data = mediaCodec.getInputBuffer(inputBufferIndex);
       } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
         throw createExportException(e);
       }
       inputBuffer.clear();
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
     try {
       mediaCodec.queueInputBuffer(inputBufferIndex, offset, size, inputBuffer.timeUs, flags);
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
       throw createExportException(e);
     }
     inputBufferIndex = C.INDEX_UNSET;
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
     try {
       mediaCodec.signalEndOfInputStream();
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
       throw createExportException(e);
     }
   }
@@ -272,6 +278,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
         mediaCodec.releaseOutputBuffer(outputBufferIndex, /* render= */ false);
       }
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
       throw createExportException(e);
     }
     outputBufferIndex = C.INDEX_UNSET;
@@ -329,6 +336,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
     try {
       outputBufferIndex = mediaCodec.dequeueOutputBuffer(outputBufferInfo, /* timeoutUs= */ 0);
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
       throw createExportException(e);
     }
     if (outputBufferIndex < 0) {
@@ -370,6 +378,7 @@ public final class DefaultCodec implements Codec {
       try {
         outputBuffer = checkNotNull(mediaCodec.getOutputBuffer(outputBufferIndex));
       } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "MediaCodec error", e);
         throw createExportException(e);
       }
       outputBuffer.position(outputBufferInfo.offset);
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
index bf612f2973..494cf283f5 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 
     if (exception != null) {
       if (releasedPreviously) {
-        Log.e(TAG, "Export error after export ended: ", exception);
+        Log.w(TAG, "Export error after export ended", exception);
         return;
       }
       ExportException finalException = exception;