diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformationException.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformationException.java
index 51778f2095..56afb442d0 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformationException.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformationException.java
@@ -286,17 +286,18 @@ public final class TransformationException extends Exception {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Converts a {@link PlaybackException} to a {@code TransformationException}.
+   * Creates an instance for a {@link PlaybackException}.
    *
-   * <p>If no corresponding error code exists, the created instance will have {@link
-   * #ERROR_CODE_UNSPECIFIED}.
+   * <p>If there is a corresponding {@link TransformationException.ErrorCode} for the {@link
+   * PlaybackException.ErrorCode}, this error code and the same message are used for the created
+   * instance. Otherwise, this is equivalent to {@link #createForUnexpected(Exception)}.
    */
   /* package */ static TransformationException createForPlaybackException(
       PlaybackException exception) {
-    return new TransformationException(
-        exception.getMessage(),
-        exception.getCause(),
-        getErrorCodeForName(exception.getErrorCodeName()));
+    @ErrorCode int errorCode = getErrorCodeForName(exception.getErrorCodeName());
+    return errorCode == ERROR_CODE_UNSPECIFIED
+        ? createForUnexpected(exception)
+        : new TransformationException(exception.getMessage(), exception, errorCode);
   }
 
   /** An error code which identifies the cause of the transformation failure. */
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerTest.java b/libraries/transformer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerTest.java
index 0c562ff31e..4e3a5139ea 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerTest.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerTest.java
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ public final class TransformerTest {
     transformer.startTransformation(mediaItem, outputPath);
     TransformationException exception = TransformerTestRunner.runUntilError(transformer);
 
-    assertThat(exception).hasCauseThat().isInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+    assertThat(exception).hasCauseThat().hasCauseThat().isInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+    assertThat(exception.errorCode).isEqualTo(TransformationException.ERROR_CODE_IO_FILE_NOT_FOUND);
   }
 
   @Test