Fix confusing error on trying to load a DoM project into the player (#1948).

[dcpomatic.git] / src / tools / dcpomatic_player.cc

diff --git a/src/tools/dcpomatic_player.cc b/src/tools/dcpomatic_player.cc
index 72ac93cc75a48716782f2ef57c2df206607a17f5..77e48ce0c1d90f716176e7d635c62a9b1cd4637f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tools/dcpomatic_player.cc
+++ b/src/tools/dcpomatic_player.cc
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ public:
                reset_film ();
                try {
                        _stress.set_suspended (true);
+                       // here
                        auto dcp = make_shared<DCPContent>(dir);
                        auto job = make_shared<ExamineContentJob>(_film, dcp);
                        _examine_job_connection = job->Finished.connect(bind(&DOMFrame::add_dcp_to_film, this, weak_ptr<Job>(job), weak_ptr<Content>(dcp)));
@@ -361,6 +362,15 @@ public:
                                return;
                        }
                        Config::instance()->add_to_player_history (dir);
+               } catch (ProjectFolderError &) {
+                       error_dialog (
+                               this,
+                               wxString::Format(_("Could not load a DCP from %s"), std_to_wx(dir.string())),
+                               _(
+                                       "This looks like a DCP-o-matic project folder, which cannot be loaded into the player.  "
+                                       "Choose the DCP directory inside the DCP-o-matic project folder if that's what you want to play."
+                                )
+                               );
                } catch (dcp::ReadError& e) {
                        error_dialog (this, wxString::Format(_("Could not load a DCP from %s"), std_to_wx(dir.string())), std_to_wx(e.what()));
                } catch (DCPError& e) {