ommp

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ommp"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "crossbeam-channel",

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ommp"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["sqzer-x"]
 description = "Oh My Music Player — a terminal music player built with ratatui"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["music", "player", "tui", "terminal", "ratatui"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities", "multimedia::audio"]
 # 1.2 MB that everyone installing the crate would download, for an image
 # crates.io cannot resolve from a relative README path anyway.
-exclude = ["assets/screenshot.png"]
+exclude = ["assets/screenshot.png", "packaging"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ratatui = "0.29"

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crossterm::{
     execute,
     terminal::{disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode, EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen},
 };
+use crossterm::tty::IsTty;
 use ratatui::backend::CrosstermBackend;
 use ratatui::Terminal;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,19 @@ fn restore_terminal() {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Raw mode fails with a bare "No such device or address" when stdin or
+    // stdout is not a terminal, which says nothing about what to do.
+    if !io::stdin().is_tty() || !io::stdout().is_tty() {
+        eprintln!("ommp is a full-screen terminal application and needs an interactive terminal.");
+        eprintln!();
+        eprintln!("Run it directly in your terminal:");
+        eprintln!();
+        eprintln!("    ommp");
+        eprintln!();
+        eprintln!("It cannot run through a pipe, a redirect, or a non-interactive shell.");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+
     setup_terminal()?;
 
     // Restore before the default hook prints: a panic message written while the