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diff --git a/src/output/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
index 4877d3a46..c5db2320d 100644
--- a/src/output/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ struct AlsaOutput {
unsigned pi_workaround;
/**
+ * Do we need to call snd_pcm_prepare() before the next write?
+ * It means that we put the device to SND_PCM_STATE_SETUP by
+ * calling snd_pcm_drop().
+ *
+ * Without this flag, we could easily recover after a failed
+ * optimistic write (returning -EBADFD), but the Raspberry Pi
+ * audio driver is infamous for generating ugly artefacts from
+ * this.
+ */
+ bool must_prepare;
+
+ /**
* This buffer gets allocated after opening the ALSA device.
* It contains silence samples, enough to fill one period (see
* #period_frames).
@@ -699,6 +711,8 @@ alsa_open(struct audio_output *ao, AudioFormat &audio_format, Error &error)
ad->in_frame_size = audio_format.GetFrameSize();
ad->out_frame_size = ad->pcm_export->GetFrameSize(audio_format);
+ ad->must_prepare = false;
+
return true;
}
@@ -801,6 +815,7 @@ alsa_cancel(struct audio_output *ao)
AlsaOutput *ad = (AlsaOutput *)ao;
ad->period_position = 0;
+ ad->must_prepare = true;
snd_pcm_drop(ad->pcm);
}
@@ -822,6 +837,16 @@ alsa_play(struct audio_output *ao, const void *chunk, size_t size,
assert(size % ad->in_frame_size == 0);
+ if (ad->must_prepare) {
+ ad->must_prepare = false;
+
+ int err = snd_pcm_prepare(ad->pcm);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ error.Set(alsa_output_domain, err, snd_strerror(-err));
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
chunk = ad->pcm_export->Export(chunk, size, size);
assert(size % ad->out_frame_size == 0);