From 6b3685ba091465d7c9d50bd86941c800066c5746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Cardenas <me@liamcardenas.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 12:38:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added more understandable error message

---
 src/renderer/js/redux/actions/content.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/js/redux/actions/content.js b/src/renderer/js/redux/actions/content.js
index ab3b630a8..cb0b3d766 100644
--- a/src/renderer/js/redux/actions/content.js
+++ b/src/renderer/js/redux/actions/content.js
@@ -280,13 +280,17 @@ export function doLoadVideo(uri) {
           dispatch(doDownloadFile(uri, streamInfo));
         }
       })
-      .catch(error => {
+      .catch(() => {
         dispatch(doSetPlayingUri(null));
         dispatch({
           type: types.LOADING_VIDEO_FAILED,
           data: { uri },
         });
-        dispatch(doAlertError(error));
+        dispatch(
+          doAlertError(
+            `Failed to download ${uri}, please try again. If this problem persists, visit https://lbry.io/faq/support for support.`
+          )
+        );
       });
   };
 }