modules/media/src/main/java/javafx/scene/media/MediaPlayer.java

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  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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              try {
                  init();
              } catch (com.sun.media.jfxmedia.MediaException e) {
                  handleError(MediaException.exceptionToMediaException(e));
              } catch (MediaException e) {
+                 // Check media object for error. If it is connection related, then Media object will have better error message
+                 if (media.getError() != null) {
+                     handleError(media.getError());
+                 } else {
                      handleError(e);
+                 }
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  handleError(new MediaException(MediaException.Type.UNKNOWN, e.getMessage()));
              }
          }
      }