diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 59f5616171..5150abd463 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-11-22  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst/playback/gstplaysink.c: (gen_audio_chain):
+	Don't post an error when we can't configure the volume but post a
+	warning instead. Fixes #561780.
+
 2008-11-21  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
 
 	Patch by: Jonathan Rosser <jonathan.rosser@rd.bbc.co.uk>
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c b/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
index 8435e5de85..acc42349a5 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaysink.c
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ gen_audio_chain (GstPlaySink * playsink, gboolean raw, gboolean queue)
   }
   /* post a warning if we have no way to configure the volume */
   if (!have_volume) {
-    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (playsink, STREAM, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+    GST_ELEMENT_WARNING (playsink, STREAM, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
         (_("No volume control found")), ("No volume control found"));
   }
   chain->sinkpad = gst_ghost_pad_new ("sink", pad);