diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
index d4691e7c..87aeacac 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.genymobile.scrcpy;
 
 import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.media.MediaCodec;
+import android.os.Build;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -133,11 +135,25 @@ public final class Server {
         }
     }
 
+    private static void suggestFix(Throwable e) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+            if (e instanceof MediaCodec.CodecException) {
+                MediaCodec.CodecException mce = (MediaCodec.CodecException) e;
+                if (mce.getErrorCode() == 0xfffffc0e) {
+                    Ln.e("The hardware encoder is not able to encode at the given definition.");
+                    Ln.e("Try with a lower definition:");
+                    Ln.e("    scrcpy -m 1024");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
         Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
             @Override
             public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
                 Ln.e("Exception on thread " + t, e);
+                suggestFix(e);
             }
         });