From e430f51e2fd981ed91aed79adbbacfcaa427c2a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Gutman <aicommander@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:43:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add friendly message when encoder detection fails

---
 src/video.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/video.cpp b/src/video.cpp
index b73c0a4dd4b..f786aeb59f0 100644
--- a/src/video.cpp
+++ b/src/video.cpp
@@ -2721,7 +2721,13 @@ namespace video {
     }
 
     if (chosen_encoder == nullptr) {
-      BOOST_LOG(fatal) << "Couldn't find any working encoder"sv;
+      BOOST_LOG(fatal) << "Unable to find display or encoder during startup."sv;
+      if (!config::video.adapter_name.empty() || !config::video.output_name.empty()) {
+        BOOST_LOG(fatal) << "Please ensure your manually chosen GPU and monitor are connected and powered on."sv;
+      }
+      else {
+        BOOST_LOG(fatal) << "Please check that a display is connected and powered on."sv;
+      }
       return -1;
     }