From b2bc3c239ccc8ef661a1554925f15dd5bd9b06be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido Cella <guido@guidocella.xyz>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 11:06:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] demux_mf: explain why a printf format is unsupported

---
 demux/demux_mf.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/demux/demux_mf.c b/demux/demux_mf.c
index 1dad1368ae..3ab6683cfd 100644
--- a/demux/demux_mf.c
+++ b/demux/demux_mf.c
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ static mf_t *open_mf_pattern(void *talloc_ctx, struct demuxer *d, char *filename
 
     // nspec==0 (zero specifiers) is rejected because fname wouldn't advance.
     if (bad_spec || nspec != 1) {
-        mp_err(log, "unsupported expr format: '%s'\n", filename);
+        mp_err(log,
+               "unsupported expr format: '%s' - exactly one format specifier of the form %%[.][NUM]d is expected\n",
+               filename);
         goto exit_mf;
     }