diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index 8faafadf36b..1606316b554 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.4.12
 
 * Updates compileSdk version to 34.
+* Adds error handling for `BehindLiveWindowException`, which may occur upon live-video playback failure.
 
 ## 2.4.11
 
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 57fc1037cc7..b8b78191230 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
@@ -227,7 +227,11 @@ public void onPlaybackStateChanged(final int playbackState) {
           @Override
           public void onPlayerError(@NonNull final PlaybackException error) {
             setBuffering(false);
-            if (eventSink != null) {
+            if (error.errorCode == PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_BEHIND_LIVE_WINDOW) {
+              // See https://exoplayer.dev/live-streaming.html#behindlivewindowexception-and-error_code_behind_live_window
+              exoPlayer.seekToDefaultPosition();
+              exoPlayer.prepare();
+            } else if (eventSink != null) {
               eventSink.error("VideoError", "Video player had error " + error, null);
             }
           }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerTest.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerTest.java
index 2ba6ee05388..85c1715dd6c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerTest.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/test/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerTest.java
@@ -5,22 +5,25 @@
 package io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackException;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultHttpDataSource;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.EventChannel;
 import io.flutter.view.TextureRegistry;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -278,4 +281,28 @@ public void onIsPlayingChangedSendsExpectedEvent() {
     assertEquals(event2.get("event"), "isPlayingStateUpdate");
     assertEquals(event2.get("isPlaying"), false);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void behindLiveWindowErrorResetsPlayerToDefaultPosition() {
+    List<Player.Listener> listeners = new LinkedList<>();
+    doAnswer(invocation -> listeners.add(invocation.getArgument(0)))
+        .when(fakeExoPlayer)
+        .addListener(any());
+
+    VideoPlayer unused =
+        new VideoPlayer(
+            fakeExoPlayer,
+            fakeEventChannel,
+            fakeSurfaceTextureEntry,
+            fakeVideoPlayerOptions,
+            fakeEventSink,
+            httpDataSourceFactorySpy);
+
+    PlaybackException exception =
+        new PlaybackException(null, null, PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_BEHIND_LIVE_WINDOW);
+    listeners.forEach(listener -> listener.onPlayerError(exception));
+
+    verify(fakeExoPlayer).seekToDefaultPosition();
+    verify(fakeExoPlayer).prepare();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index 5f488dde746..3a8bbb0aced 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_android
 description: Android implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.4.11
+version: 2.4.12
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=3.0.0 <4.0.0"