From 4807be8b5f188244b893c0d3466f32ed4b864d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Watcom <watcom.hecht@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 19:19:30 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] reconnect to PulseAudio if connection is lost (fixes #124)
 (#125)

---
 src/pulse.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pulse.c b/src/pulse.c
index f9ed5d3..3398014 100644
--- a/src/pulse.c
+++ b/src/pulse.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static pa_threaded_mainloop *main_loop = NULL;
 static pa_context *context = NULL;
 static pa_mainloop_api *api = NULL;
 static bool context_ready = false;
+static bool mainloop_thread_running = false;
 static uint32_t default_sink_idx = DEFAULT_SINK_INDEX;
 TAILQ_HEAD(tailhead, indexed_volume_s) cached_volume =
     TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cached_volume);
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ static void context_state_callback(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {
         case PA_CONTEXT_SETTING_NAME:
         case PA_CONTEXT_TERMINATED:
         default:
+            context_ready = false;
             break;
 
         case PA_CONTEXT_READY: {
@@ -169,7 +171,10 @@ static void context_state_callback(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {
         } break;
 
         case PA_CONTEXT_FAILED:
-            pulseaudio_error_log(c);
+            /* server disconnected us, attempt to reconnect */
+            context_ready = false;
+            pa_context_unref(context);
+            context = NULL;
             break;
     }
 }
@@ -235,12 +240,14 @@ bool pulse_initialize(void) {
             pulseaudio_error_log(context);
             return false;
         }
-        if (pa_threaded_mainloop_start(main_loop) < 0) {
+        if (!mainloop_thread_running &&
+            pa_threaded_mainloop_start(main_loop) < 0) {
             pulseaudio_error_log(context);
             pa_threaded_mainloop_free(main_loop);
             main_loop = NULL;
             return false;
         }
+        mainloop_thread_running = true;
     }
     return true;
 }
-- 
2.39.5