# HG changeset patch
# User arpi
# Date 1022201208 0
# Node ID 9676d773533235c3efe1b2d39606122c33d01028
# Parent  020bfd8ac9ef48586650678653faa8349b6af450
different message for busy Xv ports and missing Xv ports
message extended, based on Diego's patch

diff -r 020bfd8ac9ef -r 9676d7735332 libvo/vo_xv.c
--- a/libvo/vo_xv.c	Thu May 23 21:58:29 2002 +0000
+++ b/libvo/vo_xv.c	Fri May 24 00:46:48 2002 +0000
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@
 static uint32_t preinit(const char *arg)
 {
     XvPortID xv_p;
+    int busy_ports=0;
     
     if(arg) 
     {
@@ -843,12 +844,20 @@
 		 xv_port = xv_p;
 		 break;
 	     } else {
-		 mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"Xv: could not grab port %i\n", (int)xv_p);
+		 mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_WARN,"Xv: could not grab port %i\n", (int)xv_p);
+		 ++busy_ports;
 	     }
       }
     }
     if(!xv_port){
-	mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"Couldn't find free Xvideo port - maybe other applications keep open it\n");
+      if(busy_ports)
+	mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"Couldn't find free Xvideo port - maybe other applications keep open it.\n"
+	    "Close all video applications, and try again. If that does not help,\n"
+	    "see 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.\n");
+      else
+	mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.\n"
+	    "Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support, and read Xv section of DOCS/video.html !\n"
+	    "See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11\n");
 	return -1;
     }