diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/core/src/buffer_reader.cpp b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/core/src/buffer_reader.cpp
index a548b8a9..f81b9a21 100644
--- a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/core/src/buffer_reader.cpp
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/core/src/buffer_reader.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace wvcdm {
 
 bool BufferReader::Read1(uint8_t* v) {
   if (!HasBytes(1)) {
-    LOGE("BufferReader::Read1 : Failure while parsing: Not enough bytes (1)");
+    LOGW("BufferReader::Read1 : Failure while parsing: Not enough bytes (1)");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ bool BufferReader::Read1(uint8_t* v) {
 // Internal implementation of multi-byte reads
 template<typename T> bool BufferReader::Read(T* v) {
   if (!HasBytes(sizeof(T))) {
-    LOGE("BufferReader::Read<T> : Failure during parse: Not enough bytes (%u)",
+    LOGW("BufferReader::Read<T> : Failure during parse: Not enough bytes (%u)",
          sizeof(T));
     return false;
   }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool BufferReader::Read8s(int64_t* v) { return Read(v); }
 
 bool BufferReader::ReadString(std::string* str, int count) {
   if (!HasBytes(count)) {
-    LOGE("BufferReader::ReadString : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)",
+    LOGW("BufferReader::ReadString : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)",
          count);
     return false;
   }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool BufferReader::ReadString(std::string* str, int count) {
 
 bool BufferReader::ReadVec(std::vector<uint8_t>* vec, int count) {
   if (!HasBytes(count)) {
-    LOGE("BufferReader::ReadVec : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)", count);
+    LOGW("BufferReader::ReadVec : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)", count);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool BufferReader::ReadVec(std::vector<uint8_t>* vec, int count) {
 
 bool BufferReader::SkipBytes(int bytes) {
   if (!HasBytes(bytes)) {
-    LOGE("BufferReader::SkipBytes : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)",
+    LOGW("BufferReader::SkipBytes : Parse Failure: Not enough bytes (%d)",
          bytes);
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/src/WVCryptoFactory.cpp b/libwvdrmengine/src/WVCryptoFactory.cpp
index 05de6c07..d2834986 100644
--- a/libwvdrmengine/src/WVCryptoFactory.cpp
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/src/WVCryptoFactory.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WVCryptoFactory::WVCryptoFactory()
   mLegacyLibraryHandle = dlopen("libdrmdecrypt.so", RTLD_NOW);
 
   if (mLegacyLibraryHandle == NULL) {
-    ALOGE("Unable to locate libdrmdecrypt.so");
+    ALOGW("Unable to locate libdrmdecrypt.so");
   } else {
     typedef CryptoFactory* (*CreateCryptoFactoryFunc)();
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ WVCryptoFactory::WVCryptoFactory()
                                        "createCryptoFactory");
 
     if (legacyCreateCryptoFactory == NULL) {
-      ALOGE("Unable to find legacy symbol 'createCryptoFactory'.");
+      ALOGW("Unable to find legacy symbol 'createCryptoFactory'.");
       dlclose(mLegacyLibraryHandle);
       mLegacyLibraryHandle = NULL;
     } else {
       mLegacyFactory = legacyCreateCryptoFactory();
       if (mLegacyFactory == NULL) {
-        ALOGE("Legacy createCryptoFactory() failed.");
+        ALOGW("Legacy createCryptoFactory() failed.");
         dlclose(mLegacyLibraryHandle);
         mLegacyLibraryHandle = NULL;
       }
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ status_t WVCryptoFactory::createPlugin(const uint8_t uuid[16], const void* data,
   // 0 size means they want an old-style Widevine plugin
   if (size == 0) {
     if (mLegacyFactory == NULL) {
+      ALOGE("Legacy crypto factory loading failed. Cannot create legacy "
+            "plugin. Look for warnings about this that were logged earlier, "
+            "during CryptoFactory instantiation.");
       return -EINVAL;
     }