The present disclose describes techniques for delivery and rendering of streamed media using error tags in a corresponding media playlist. The playlist may represent organization of the media item, providing information of coded media segments that constitute the media item. When segments of coded media are received for a media item, a determination may be made whether the coded media segments contain errors. When a coded media segment is encountered that does not contain an error, a playlist entry representing the coded media segment may be added to the playlist. When a coded media segment contains an error, a playlist entry may be added to represent this coded media segment. This playlist entry may indicate the segment error. The playlist may be stored for access by player device(s).