abort();
}
} else {
- if (!ost->enc)
- ost->enc = avcodec_find_encoder(ost->st->codec->codec_id);
+ if (!ost->enc) {
+ /* should only happen when a default codec is not present. */
+ snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Automatic encoder selection "
+ "failed for output stream #%d:%d. Default encoder for "
+ "format %s is probably disabled. Please choose an "
+ "encoder manually.\n", ost->file_index, ost->index,
+ oc->oformat->name);
+ ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
+ goto dump_format;
+ }
if (ist)
ist->decoding_needed = 1;
if (ost->encoding_needed) {
AVCodec *codec = ost->enc;
AVCodecContext *dec = NULL;
- if (!codec) {
- snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Encoder (codec id %d) not found for output stream #%d:%d",
- ost->st->codec->codec_id, ost->file_index, ost->index);
- ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
- goto dump_format;
- }
if ((ist = get_input_stream(ost)))
dec = ist->st->codec;