Make the StartStreams() error message more informative.

[vlc] / modules / access / sdi.cpp

diff --git a/modules/access/sdi.cpp b/modules/access/sdi.cpp
index 098a121982c1eb619e27340dc665d45f6d3ecc4f..055c0c13b70c070157177bc244461d33e6e7bfe1 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/access/sdi.cpp
+++ b/modules/access/sdi.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@ static int Open( vlc_object_t *p_this )
     result = p_sys->p_input->StartStreams();
     if( result != S_OK )
     {
-        msg_Err( p_demux, "Failed to start streams" );
+        msg_Err( p_demux, "Could not start streaming from SDI card. This could be caused "
+                          "by invalid video mode or flags, access denied, or card already in use." );
         ret = VLC_EGENERIC;
         goto finish;
     }