diff --git a/homeassistant/components/stream/worker.py b/homeassistant/components/stream/worker.py
index e633d146444..63e50e82be0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/stream/worker.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/stream/worker.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def stream_worker(
         container = av.open(source, options=options, timeout=SOURCE_TIMEOUT)
     except av.AVError as err:
         raise StreamWorkerError(
-            "Error opening stream %s" % redact_credentials(str(source))
+            f"Error opening stream ({err.type}, {err.strerror}) {redact_credentials(str(source))}"
         ) from err
     try:
         video_stream = container.streams.video[0]
diff --git a/tests/components/stream/test_worker.py b/tests/components/stream/test_worker.py
index 6e35cc65b6f..b54c8dc3472 100644
--- a/tests/components/stream/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/components/stream/test_worker.py
@@ -716,7 +716,10 @@ async def test_worker_log(hass, caplog):
         av_open.side_effect = av.error.InvalidDataError(-2, "error")
         run_worker(hass, stream, "https://abcd:efgh@foo.bar")
         await hass.async_block_till_done()
-    assert str(err.value) == "Error opening stream https://****:****@foo.bar"
+    assert (
+        str(err.value)
+        == "Error opening stream (ERRORTYPE_-2, error) https://****:****@foo.bar"
+    )
     assert "https://abcd:efgh@foo.bar" not in caplog.text