A video error control method for a system comprising an encoder system comprising a video encoder, an access network component, a decoder system comprising a video decoder, and a communication channel comprising a reverse link from the encoder system or the decoder system to the access network component and a forward link from the access network component to the encoder system or the decoder system, the method comprising: identifying reverse link errors occurring during transmission of encoded video frames between the encoder system and the access network component whereby a reverse link error is identified by sending a negative acknowledgement from the access network component to the encoder system, setting a flag within a lower layer of the encoder system, querying by the video encoder the lower layer to determine whether a reverse link error occurred during a transmission of an encoded video frame prior to encoding a new video frame; receiving, by the video encoder from the video decoder, an indication of an end-to-end video data error detected by the video decoder; in response to identifying a reverse link error, applying error control to correct a video data error by the video encoder, the error control being performed prior to receiving the indication of the end-to-end video data error; determining, by the encoder system, whether the detected end-to-end video data error is a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied; and applying, by the video encoder, error control to correct a video data error in response to the indication of the end-to-end video data error if it is determined that the end-to-end video data error is not a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied and not applying error control if it is determined that the end-to-end video data error is a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied, wherein the error control to correct a video data error comprises at least one of encoding a video frame as an intra-frame, increasing a percentage of intra-coded macroblocks or using a first encoded video frame that was encoded before a second encoded video frame comprising the video data error as a reference for motion estimation. identifying reverse link errors occurring during transmission of encoded video frames between the encoder system and the access network component whereby a reverse link error is identified by sending a negative acknowledgement from the access network component to the encoder system, setting a flag within a lower layer of the encoder system, querying by the video encoder the lower layer to determine whether a reverse link error occurred during a transmission of an encoded video frame prior to encoding a new video frame; receiving, by the video encoder from the video decoder, an indication of an end-to-end video data error detected by the video decoder; in response to identifying a reverse link error, applying error control to correct a video data error by the video encoder, the error control being performed prior to receiving the indication of the end-to-end video data error; determining, by the encoder system, whether the detected end-to-end video data error is a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied; and applying, by the video encoder, error control to correct a video data error in response to the indication of the end-to-end video data error if it is determined that the end-to-end video data error is not a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied and not applying error control if it is determined that the end-to-end video data error is a reverse link error in respect of which error control has been applied, wherein the error control to correct a video data error comprises at least one of encoding a video frame as an intra-frame, increasing a percentage of intra-coded macroblocks or using a first encoded video frame that was encoded before a second encoded video frame comprising the video data error as a reference for motion estimation.