diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SamplePipeline.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SamplePipeline.java
index 0abac01c2f..20440d51d5 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SamplePipeline.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SamplePipeline.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkStateNotNull;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
+import androidx.media3.common.ColorInfo;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.MimeTypes;
 import androidx.media3.decoder.DecoderInputBuffer;
@@ -44,14 +45,22 @@ import androidx.media3.decoder.DecoderInputBuffer;
     trackType = MimeTypes.getTrackType(firstInputFormat.sampleMimeType);
   }
 
-  protected static TransformationException createNoSupportedMimeTypeException(
-      Format requestedEncoderFormat) {
+  protected static TransformationException createNoSupportedMimeTypeException(Format format) {
+    String errorMessage = "No MIME type is supported by both encoder and muxer.";
+    int errorCode = TransformationException.ERROR_CODE_ENCODING_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED;
+    boolean isVideo = MimeTypes.isVideo(format.sampleMimeType);
+
+    if (isVideo && ColorInfo.isTransferHdr(format.colorInfo)) {
+      errorMessage += " Requested HDR colorInfo: " + format.colorInfo;
+      errorCode = TransformationException.ERROR_CODE_HDR_ENCODING_UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+
     return TransformationException.createForCodec(
-        new IllegalArgumentException("No MIME type is supported by both encoder and muxer."),
-        TransformationException.ERROR_CODE_ENCODING_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED,
-        MimeTypes.isVideo(requestedEncoderFormat.sampleMimeType),
+        new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage),
+        errorCode,
+        isVideo,
         /* isDecoder= */ false,
-        requestedEncoderFormat);
+        format);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
index c7f8f24ebc..3a306d4862 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
@@ -441,18 +441,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
           findSupportedMimeTypeForEncoderAndMuxer(
               requestedOutputMimeType, muxerSupportedMimeTypes, requestedEncoderFormat.colorInfo);
       if (supportedMimeType == null) {
-        if (ColorInfo.isTransferHdr(requestedEncoderFormat.colorInfo)) {
-          throw TransformationException.createForCodec(
-              new IllegalStateException(
-                  "No MIME type supported by both encoder and muxer for requested HDR colorInfo: "
-                      + requestedEncoderFormat.colorInfo),
-              TransformationException.ERROR_CODE_HDR_ENCODING_UNSUPPORTED,
-              /* isVideo= */ true,
-              /* isDecoder= */ false,
-              requestedEncoderFormat);
-        } else {
-          throw createNoSupportedMimeTypeException(requestedEncoderFormat);
-        }
+        throw createNoSupportedMimeTypeException(requestedEncoderFormat);
       }
 
       encoder =