diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPlugin.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPlugin.kt
index 91bd881b..f7941701 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPlugin.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPlugin.kt
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ open class MpvPlayerPlugin(
       "openContentFd" -> handleOpenContentFd(call, result)
       "closeContentFd" -> handleCloseContentFd(call, result)
       "isInitialized" -> result.success(playerCore?.isInitialized ?: false)
-      "setLogLevel" -> result.success(null)
+      "setLogLevel" -> handleSetLogLevel(call, result)
       else -> result.notImplemented()
     }
   }
@@ -358,14 +358,30 @@ open class MpvPlayerPlugin(
 
     val core = playerCore
     if (core == null) {
-      result.success(null)
+      result.error("NOT_INITIALIZED", "Player not initialized", null)
       return
     }
-    core.command(args.toTypedArray()) {
-      result.success(null)
+    core.command(args.toTypedArray()) { success ->
+      if (success) {
+        result.success(null)
+      } else {
+        result.error("COMMAND_FAILED", "mpv command failed", args)
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  private fun handleSetLogLevel(call: MethodCall, result: MethodChannel.Result) {
+    if (call.argument<String>("level") == null) {
+      result.error("INVALID_ARGS", "Missing 'level'", null)
+      return
+    }
+    result.error(
+      "UNSUPPORTED",
+      "Runtime mpv log level changes are not supported on Android",
+      null
+    )
+  }
+
   private fun handleSetVisible(call: MethodCall, result: MethodChannel.Result) {
     val visible = call.argument<Boolean>("visible")
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPluginTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPluginTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faa916dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/mpv/MpvPlayerPluginTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.edde746.plezy.mpv
+
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class MpvPlayerPluginTest {
+
+  @Test
+  fun commandWithoutCoreReportsNotInitialized() {
+    val result = RecordingResult()
+
+    MpvPlayerPlugin().onMethodCall(
+      MethodCall("command", mapOf("args" to listOf("seek", "1", "absolute"))),
+      result
+    )
+
+    assertEquals("NOT_INITIALIZED", result.errorCode)
+    assertNull(result.successValue)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun setLogLevelReportsUnsupported() {
+    val result = RecordingResult()
+
+    MpvPlayerPlugin().onMethodCall(
+      MethodCall("setLogLevel", mapOf("level" to "warn")),
+      result
+    )
+
+    assertEquals("UNSUPPORTED", result.errorCode)
+    assertNull(result.successValue)
+  }
+
+  private class RecordingResult : MethodChannel.Result {
+    var successValue: Any? = null
+    var errorCode: String? = null
+
+    override fun success(result: Any?) {
+      successValue = result
+    }
+
+    override fun error(errorCode: String, errorMessage: String?, errorDetails: Any?) {
+      this.errorCode = errorCode
+    }
+
+    override fun notImplemented() = Unit
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
index aa29ffdf..6bf43364 100644
--- a/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart
@@ -879,7 +879,9 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
         _audioFocusFuture!.ignore();
       }
       await currentPlayer.setProperty('msg-level', debugLoggingEnabled ? 'all=debug,ffmpeg/video=warn' : 'all=error');
-      await currentPlayer.setLogLevel(debugLoggingEnabled ? 'v' : 'warn');
+      if (!Platform.isAndroid || useExoPlayer) {
+        await currentPlayer.setLogLevel(debugLoggingEnabled ? 'v' : 'warn');
+      }
       await currentPlayer.setProperty('hwdec', _getHwdecValue(enableHardwareDecoding));
 
       await currentPlayer.setProperty(
diff --git a/test/mpv/player_native_bridge_test.dart b/test/mpv/player_native_bridge_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b16a4385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mpv/player_native_bridge_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/mpv/player/player_native.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/services/settings_service.dart';
+
+import '../test_helpers/mock_player_channels.dart';
+import '../test_helpers/prefs.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    resetSharedPreferencesForTest();
+    SettingsService.resetForTesting();
+    await SettingsService.getInstance();
+  });
+
+  test('Android command failure reaches seek recovery', () async {
+    await withMockPlayerChannels(
+      methodChannelName: 'com.plezy/mpv_player',
+      eventChannelName: 'com.plezy/mpv_player/events',
+      methodHandler: (call) async {
+        if (call.method == 'initialize') return true;
+        if (call.method == 'command') {
+          throw PlatformException(code: 'COMMAND_FAILED', message: 'mpv command failed');
+        }
+        return null;
+      },
+      testBody: () async {
+        final player = PlayerNative();
+        try {
+          await player.seek(const Duration(seconds: 12));
+          expect(player.state.position, Duration.zero);
+        } finally {
+          await player.dispose();
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('Android setLogLevel failure is exposed to Dart', () async {
+    await withMockPlayerChannels(
+      methodChannelName: 'com.plezy/mpv_player',
+      eventChannelName: 'com.plezy/mpv_player/events',
+      methodHandler: (call) async {
+        if (call.method == 'initialize') return true;
+        if (call.method == 'setLogLevel') {
+          throw PlatformException(code: 'UNSUPPORTED');
+        }
+        return null;
+      },
+      testBody: () async {
+        final player = PlayerNative();
+        try {
+          await expectLater(
+            player.setLogLevel('warn'),
+            throwsA(isA<PlatformException>().having((error) => error.code, 'code', 'UNSUPPORTED')),
+          );
+        } finally {
+          await player.dispose();
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  });
+}