From 9b9551a087bea36a5f03542a588c66f31c2f6ecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" <steinar+vlc@gunderson.no>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:38:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make the StartStreams() error message more informative.

---
 modules/access/sdi.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/access/sdi.cpp b/modules/access/sdi.cpp
index 098a121982..055c0c13b7 100644
--- 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;
     }
-- 
2.39.2