From 06e9f370c2c96a27b79a7ff408a92201572abbe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Brady <mikebrady@eircom.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 21:45:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Dirty Hack #10 -- add a snd_pcm_prepare call

---
 audio_alsa.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/audio_alsa.c b/audio_alsa.c
index 3944cfd6..5304478a 100644
--- a/audio_alsa.c
+++ b/audio_alsa.c
@@ -489,6 +489,13 @@ int actual_open_alsa_device(void) {
          snd_strerror(ret));
     return ret;
   }
+  
+  ret = snd_pcm_prepare(alsa_handle);
+  if (ret < 0) {
+    warn("audio_alsa: Unable to prepare the device: \"%s\": %s.", alsa_out_dev,
+         snd_strerror(ret));
+    return ret;
+  }
 
   if (actual_buffer_length < config.audio_backend_buffer_desired_length + minimal_buffer_headroom) {
     /*