--- a/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/platforms/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoDecoder.cpp
@@ -294,16 +294,28 @@ FFmpegVideoDecoder<LIBAV_VER>::DoDecode(
 
   if (!decoded) {
     if (aGotFrame) {
       *aGotFrame = false;
     }
     return NS_OK;
   }
 
+  if ((mCodecContext->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P10LE ||
+       mCodecContext->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P10LE
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 57
+       || mCodecContext->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P12LE
+#endif
+       ) &&
+      (!mImageAllocator || mImageAllocator->GetCompositorBackendType()
+                           != layers::LayersBackend::LAYERS_BASIC)) {
+    return MediaResult(NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR,
+                       RESULT_DETAIL("unsupported format type (hdr)"));
+  }
+
   // If we've decoded a frame then we need to output it
   int64_t pts = mPtsContext.GuessCorrectPts(mFrame->pkt_pts, mFrame->pkt_dts);
   // Retrieve duration from dts.
   // We use the first entry found matching this dts (this is done to
   // handle damaged file with multiple frames with the same dts)
 
   int64_t duration;
   if (!mDurationMap.Find(mFrame->pkt_dts, duration)) {