diff --git a/src/plugins/cloudinary/index.js b/src/plugins/cloudinary/index.js
index 635db8f3..ccc97fd9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cloudinary/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/cloudinary/index.js
@@ -255,9 +255,10 @@ class CloudinaryContext {
 
     const refresh = () => {
       const src = this.source();
-      const { posterColor } = this.player.cloudinary.posterOptions();
-      if (posterColor) {
-        this.disablePoster(posterColor);
+      const posterOptions = Object.assign({}, this.player.cloudinary.posterOptions(), src.getInitOptions().poster);
+
+      if (posterOptions.posterColor) {
+        this.disablePoster(posterOptions.posterColor);
       } else if (src.poster()) {
         this.player.poster(src.poster().url());
       }
@@ -298,14 +299,13 @@ class CloudinaryContext {
 
     const posterOptionsForCurrent = () => {
       const opts = assign({}, this.posterOptions());
-      if (opts.transformation) {
-        if ((opts.transformation.width || opts.transformation.height) && !opts.transformation.crop) {
-          opts.transformation.crop = 'scale';
-        }
-      }
 
       opts.transformation = opts.transformation || {};
 
+      if ((opts.transformation.width || opts.transformation.height) && !opts.transformation.crop) {
+        opts.transformation.crop = 'scale';
+      }
+
       // Set poster dimensions to player actual size.
       // (unless they were explicitly set via `posterOptions`)
       const playerEl = this.player.el();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cloudinary/models/video-source/video-source.js b/src/plugins/cloudinary/models/video-source/video-source.js
index 9c76a07a..7e7f2b62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cloudinary/models/video-source/video-source.js
+++ b/src/plugins/cloudinary/models/video-source/video-source.js
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ class VideoSource extends BaseSource {
 
     ({ publicId, options } = normalizeOptions(publicId, options, { tolerateMissingId: true }));
 
+    if (!publicId && this.isRawUrl) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     if (!publicId) {
       publicId = this.publicId();
       options = assign({}, options, DEFAULT_POSTER_PARAMS);