diff --git a/darwin/Classes/AudioPlayer.m b/darwin/Classes/AudioPlayer.m
index bba23fe..655690d 100644
--- a/darwin/Classes/AudioPlayer.m
+++ b/darwin/Classes/AudioPlayer.m
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 }
 
 - (void)sendErrorForItem:(IndexedPlayerItem *)playerItem {
-    FlutterError *flutterError = [FlutterError errorWithCode:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", playerItem.error]
+    FlutterError *flutterError = [FlutterError errorWithCode:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", playerItem.error.code]
                                                      message:playerItem.error.localizedDescription
                                                      details:nil];
     [self sendError:flutterError playerItem:playerItem];
diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index 4bd0421..dbfc2ff 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
     try {
       await _player.load(_playlist);
     } catch (e) {
-      // catch load errors: 404 url, wrong url ...
-      print("$e");
+      // catch load errors: 404, invalid url ...
+      print("An error occured (${e.code}): ${e.message}");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/just_audio.dart b/lib/just_audio.dart
index 471930d..f6c058e 100644
--- a/lib/just_audio.dart
+++ b/lib/just_audio.dart
@@ -364,11 +364,13 @@ class AudioPlayer {
       load(AudioSource.uri(Uri.parse('asset://$assetPath')));
 
   /// Loads audio from an [AudioSource] and completes when the audio is ready
-  /// to play with the duration of that audio, or an exception if this call was
-  /// interrupted by another call to [load], or if for any reason the audio
-  /// source was unable to be loaded.
+  /// to play with the duration of that audio, or null if the duration is unknown.
   ///
-  /// If the duration is unknown, null will be returned.
+  /// This method throws:
+  ///
+  /// * [PlayerException] if the audio source was unable to be loaded.
+  /// * [PlayerInterruptedException] if another call to [load] happened before
+  /// this call completed.
   Future<Duration> load(AudioSource source) async {
     try {
       _audioSource = source;
@@ -403,8 +405,15 @@ class AudioPlayer {
       _durationSubject.add(duration);
       return duration;
     } on PlatformException catch (e) {
-      // TODO: Create own exception type.
-      throw Exception(e.message);
+      try {
+        throw PlayerException(int.parse(e.code), e.message);
+      } on FormatException catch (_) {
+        if (e.code == 'abort') {
+          throw PlayerInterruptedException(e.message);
+        } else {
+          throw PlayerException(9999999, e.message);
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -571,6 +580,30 @@ class AudioPlayer {
       (await _channel).invokeMethod(method, args);
 }
 
+/// Captures the details of any error accessing, loading or playing an audio
+/// source, including an invalid or inaccessible URL, or an audio encoding that
+/// could not be understood.
+class PlayerException {
+  /// On iOS and macOS, maps to `NSError.code`. On Android, maps to
+  /// `ExoPlaybackException.type`. On Web, maps to `MediaError.code`.
+  final int code;
+
+  /// On iOS and macOS, maps to `NSError.localizedDescription`. On Android,
+  /// maps to `ExoPlaybackException.getMessage()`. On Web, a generic message
+  /// is provided.
+  final String message;
+
+  PlayerException(this.code, this.message);
+}
+
+/// An error that occurs when one operation on the player has been interrupted
+/// (e.g. by another simultaneous operation).
+class PlayerInterruptedException {
+  final String message;
+
+  PlayerInterruptedException(this.message);
+}
+
 /// Encapsulates the playback state and current position of the player.
 class PlaybackEvent {
   /// The current processing state.