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-rw-r--r--avconv.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 5506869d3d..5861f1bbf2 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -2863,8 +2863,12 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
for (i = 0; i < nb_output_files; i++) {
oc = output_files[i]->ctx;
oc->interrupt_callback = int_cb;
- if (avformat_write_header(oc, &output_files[i]->opts) < 0) {
- snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Could not write header for output file #%d (incorrect codec parameters ?)", i);
+ if ((ret = avformat_write_header(oc, &output_files[i]->opts)) < 0) {
+ char errbuf[128];
+ const char *errbuf_ptr = errbuf;
+ if (av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)) < 0)
+ errbuf_ptr = strerror(AVUNERROR(ret));
+ snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Could not write header for output file #%d (incorrect codec parameters ?): %s", i, errbuf_ptr);
ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
goto dump_format;
}