1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index 6fe21f7ec3..6ac2b694bf 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ if(!filename){
 
 // check codec.conf
 if(!parse_codec_cfg(get_path("codecs.conf"))){
-    printf("Warning! Couldn't load codecs.conf!");
+    printf("(copy/link DOCS/codecs.conf to ~/.mplayer/codecs.conf)\n");
+    exit(1);
 }