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diff --git a/help_mp-en.h b/help_mp-en.h
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@@ -100,9 +100,19 @@ static char help_text[]=
#define MSGTR_CannotInitVO "FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver!\n"
#define MSGTR_CannotInitAO "couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND\n"
#define MSGTR_StartPlaying "Start playing...\n"
-#define MSGTR_SystemTooSlow "\n************************************************************************"\
- "\n** Your system is too SLOW to play this! try with -framedrop or RTFM! **"\
- "\n************************************************************************\n"
+
+#define MSGTR_SystemTooSlow "\n\n"\
+" ************************************************\n"\
+" **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! ****\n"\
+" ************************************************\n"\
+"!!! Possible reasons, problems, workaround: \n"\
+"- Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver. workaround: try -ao sdl or use\n"\
+" ALSA 0.5 or oss emulation of ALSA 0.9. read DOCS/sound.html for more tipps!\n"\
+"- Slow video output. try different -vo driver (for list: -vo help) or try\n"\
+" with -framedrop ! Read DOCS/video.html for video tuning/speedup tipps.\n"\
+"- Slow cpu. don't try to playback big dvd/divx on slow cpu! try -hardframedrop\n"\
+"- Broken file. try various combinations of these: -nobps -ni -mc 0 -forceidx\n"\
+"If none of these apply, then read DOCS/bugreports.html !\n\n"
#define MSGTR_NoGui "MPlayer was compiled WITHOUT GUI support!\n"
#define MSGTR_GuiNeedsX "MPlayer GUI requires X11!\n"