5 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_metadata.c b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_metadata.c
index df700fc01..3d59ec1a9 100644
--- a/src/decoder/ffmpeg_metadata.c
+++ b/src/decoder/ffmpeg_metadata.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 static const struct tag_table ffmpeg_tags[] = {
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT < ((52<<16)+(50<<8))
 	{ "author", TAG_ARTIST },
-	{ "year", TAG_DATE },
 #endif
+	{ "year", TAG_DATE },
 	{ "author-sort", TAG_ARTIST_SORT },
 	{ "album_artist", TAG_ALBUM_ARTIST },
 	{ "album_artist-sort", TAG_ALBUM_ARTIST_SORT },
diff --git a/src/decoder_api.c b/src/decoder_api.c
index 3d7f20c50..8f12d017a 100644
--- a/src/decoder_api.c
+++ b/src/decoder_api.c
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ decoder_prepare_initial_seek(struct decoder *decoder)
 	const struct decoder_control *dc = decoder->dc;
 	assert(dc->pipe != NULL);
 
+	if (dc->state != DECODE_STATE_DECODE)
+		/* wait until the decoder has finished initialisation
+		   (reading file headers etc.) before emitting the
+		   virtual "SEEK" command */
+		return false;
+
 	if (decoder->initial_seek_running)
 		/* initial seek has already begun - override any other
 		   command */
diff --git a/src/output/winmm_output_plugin.c b/src/output/winmm_output_plugin.c
index 47d98498f..ed0f7f2d4 100644
--- a/src/output/winmm_output_plugin.c
+++ b/src/output/winmm_output_plugin.c
@@ -224,11 +224,7 @@ winmm_set_buffer(struct winmm_output *wo, struct winmm_buffer *buffer,
 		 GError **error_r)
 {
 	void *dest = pcm_buffer_get(&buffer->buffer, size);
-	if (dest == NULL) {
-		g_set_error(error_r, winmm_output_quark(), 0,
-			    "Out of memory");
-		return false;
-	}
+	assert(dest != NULL);
 
 	memcpy(dest, data, size);
 
diff --git a/src/pcm_buffer.c b/src/pcm_buffer.c
index c22157352..4b1eb875a 100644
--- a/src/pcm_buffer.c
+++ b/src/pcm_buffer.c
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ pcm_buffer_get(struct pcm_buffer *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	assert(buffer != NULL);
 
+	if (size == 0)
+		/* never return NULL, because NULL would be assumed to
+		   be an error condition */
+		size = 1;
+
 	if (buffer->size < size) {
 		/* free the old buffer */
 		g_free(buffer->buffer);
diff --git a/src/pcm_buffer.h b/src/pcm_buffer.h
index 8c695c932..4502976f6 100644
--- a/src/pcm_buffer.h
+++ b/src/pcm_buffer.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ pcm_buffer_deinit(struct pcm_buffer *buffer)
 /**
  * Get the buffer, and guarantee a minimum size.  This buffer becomes
  * invalid with the next pcm_buffer_get() call.
+ *
+ * This function will never return NULL, even if size is zero, because
+ * the PCM library uses the NULL return value to signal "error".  An
+ * empty destination buffer is not always an error.
  */
 G_GNUC_MALLOC
 void *