diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index 8fd216286fca..1d3915283b46 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
             isInitialized: event.duration != null,
             errorDescription: null,
           );
-          initializingCompleter.complete(null);
+          if (!initializingCompleter.isCompleted) {
+            initializingCompleter.complete(null);
+          }
           _applyLooping();
           _applyVolume();
           _applyPlayPause();
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
 
     void errorListener(Object obj) {
       final PlatformException e = obj as PlatformException;
-      value = VideoPlayerValue.erroneous(e.message!);
+      value = value.copyWith(errorDescription: e.message!);
       _timer?.cancel();
       if (!initializingCompleter.isCompleted) {
         initializingCompleter.completeError(obj);
@@ -816,7 +818,7 @@ class _VideoScrubberState extends State<_VideoScrubber> {
         }
         _controllerWasPlaying = controller.value.isPlaying;
         if (_controllerWasPlaying) {
-          controller.pause();
+          //controller.pause();
         }
       },
       onHorizontalDragUpdate: (DragUpdateDetails details) {
@@ -828,7 +830,7 @@ class _VideoScrubberState extends State<_VideoScrubber> {
       onHorizontalDragEnd: (DragEndDetails details) {
         if (_controllerWasPlaying &&
             controller.value.position != controller.value.duration) {
-          controller.play();
+          //controller.play();
         }
       },
       onTapDown: (TapDownDetails details) {
@@ -1040,4 +1042,4 @@ class ClosedCaption extends StatelessWidget {
 /// We use this so that APIs that have become non-nullable can still be used
 /// with `!` and `?` on the stable branch.
 // TODO(ianh): Remove this once we roll stable in late 2021.
-T? _ambiguate<T>(T? value) => value;
+T? _ambiguate<T>(T? value) => value;
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diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
index 887d3d15f175..c343d9860195 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
@@ -190,26 +190,21 @@ public void onPlaybackStateChanged(final int playbackState) {
               setBuffering(true);
               sendBufferingUpdate();
             } else if (playbackState == Player.STATE_READY) {
-              if (!isInitialized) {
-                isInitialized = true;
-                sendInitialized();
-              }
+              setBuffering(false);
+              isInitialized = true;
+              sendInitialized();
             } else if (playbackState == Player.STATE_ENDED) {
               Map<String, Object> event = new HashMap<>();
               event.put("event", "completed");
               eventSink.success(event);
             }
-
-            if (playbackState != Player.STATE_BUFFERING) {
-              setBuffering(false);
-            }
           }
 
           @Override
           public void onPlayerError(final ExoPlaybackException error) {
-            setBuffering(false);
             if (eventSink != null) {
               eventSink.error("VideoError", "Video player had error " + error, null);
+              exoPlayer.prepare();
             }
           }
         });
@@ -300,4 +295,4 @@ void dispose() {
       exoPlayer.release();
     }
   }
-}
+}
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