Hint why SDL_Init() may have failed.

diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index a8be6be..40e0cc1 100644 (file)
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -3027,6 +3027,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
     if (SDL_Init (flags)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not initialize SDL - %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        fprintf(stderr, "(Did you set the DISPLAY variable?)\n");
         exit(1);
     }