Improve troubleshooting for missing h264/hevc

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder.appdata.xml b/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder.appdata.xml
index 7ce13e0..af544cd 100644
--- a/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder.appdata.xml
+++ b/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder.appdata.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             and pkexec needs to be installed on the system and a polkit agent needs to be running.
         </p>
         <p>
-            If H264/HEVC video encoding is not available on your AMD/Intel system that you know supports those codecs then you may need to install mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command: flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra
+            If H264/HEVC video encoding option is not available on your AMD/Intel system but you know that your supports those codecs then you may need to install mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command: flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra
         </p>
         <p>
             Recording a single window is also only possible on X11. Hotkeys are not supported on wayland either (wayland doesn't really support this). Use X11 if you want a proper desktop experience in general.
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
     </screenshots>
 
     <releases>
+        <release version="3.5.2" date="2024-02-14">
+            <description>
+                <p>Better error message for missing h264/hevc, ignore user nvidia vaapi setting</p>
+            </description>
+        </release>
         <release version="3.5.1" date="2024-02-11">
             <description>
                 <ul>
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 144ba53..361722a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ static void load_config(const gpu_info &gpu_inf) {
                 "Switched video codec to AV1 since H264/HEVC video encoding is either missing or disabled on your system. If your know that your system supports H264/HEVC video encoding then "
                 "try installing mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command:\n"
                 "flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra\n"
-                "and then restarting GPU Screen Recorder. If that doesn't work then you may have to install another mesa package for your distro.");
+                "and then restart GPU Screen Recorder. If that doesn't work then you may have to install another mesa package for your distro.");
             gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(dialog));
             gtk_widget_destroy(dialog);
             config.main_config.codec = "av1";
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ static void load_config(const gpu_info &gpu_inf) {
                 "H264/HEVC video encoding is either missing or disabled on your system. If your know that your system supports H264/HEVC video encoding then "
                 "try installing mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command:\n"
                 "flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra\n"
-                "and then restarting GPU Screen Recorder. If that doesn't work then you may have to install another mesa package for your distro.");
+                "and then restart GPU Screen Recorder. If that doesn't work then you may have to install another mesa package for your distro.");
             gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(dialog));
             gtk_widget_destroy(dialog);
             g_application_quit(G_APPLICATION(select_window_userdata.app));