+bool
+EngineControl::try_autostart ()
+{
+ if (!start_stop_button.get_sensitive()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (ARDOUR::AudioEngine::instance()->running()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return start_engine ();
+}
+
+bool
+EngineControl::start_engine ()
+{
+ if (push_state_to_backend(true) != 0) {
+ MessageDialog msg(*this,
+ ARDOUR::AudioEngine::instance()->get_last_backend_error());
+ msg.run();
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool
+EngineControl::stop_engine (bool for_latency)
+{
+ if (ARDOUR::AudioEngine::instance()->stop(for_latency)) {
+ MessageDialog msg(*this,
+ ARDOUR::AudioEngine::instance()->get_last_backend_error());
+ msg.run();
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+