From 2b546a0c8edcd8b1f8917902461c7bbff61f7325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:15:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle errors on startStream more nicely; might help with
 #1825.

---
 src/wx/film_viewer.cc | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wx/film_viewer.cc b/src/wx/film_viewer.cc
index 8805d1311..4ea2a8b00 100644
--- a/src/wx/film_viewer.cc
+++ b/src/wx/film_viewer.cc
@@ -350,7 +350,15 @@ FilmViewer::start ()
          */
 	if (_audio.isStreamOpen()) {
 		_audio.setStreamTime (_video_view->position().seconds());
-		_audio.startStream ();
+		try {
+			_audio.startStream ();
+		} catch (RtAudioError& e) {
+			_audio_channels = 0;
+			error_dialog (
+				_video_view->get(),
+				_("There was a problem starting audio playback.  Please try another audio output device in Preferences."), std_to_wx(e.what())
+				);
+		}
 	}
 
 	_playing = true;
-- 
2.30.2