From 42cc6cefd315c1556e2a52f7ebe2f766ec82b790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Barbato Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:06:08 +0200 Subject: avconv: report the error for codec open failure External codec may have corner case reason to fail at init, better report them instead having the user wonder. --- avconv.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'avconv.c') diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c index b490d4aa4a..9fa0675690 100644 --- a/avconv.c +++ b/avconv.c @@ -1371,10 +1371,16 @@ static int init_input_stream(int ist_index, char *error, int error_len) if (!av_dict_get(ist->opts, "threads", NULL, 0)) av_dict_set(&ist->opts, "threads", "auto", 0); if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ist->st->codec, codec, &ist->opts)) < 0) { + char errbuf[128]; if (ret == AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL) abort_codec_experimental(codec, 0); - snprintf(error, error_len, "Error while opening decoder for input stream #%d:%d", - ist->file_index, ist->st->index); + + av_strerror(ret, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)); + + snprintf(error, error_len, + "Error while opening decoder for input stream " + "#%d:%d : %s", + ist->file_index, ist->st->index, errbuf); return ret; } assert_avoptions(ist->opts); -- cgit v1.2.3