If the application requests a state-change and pulsesink fails to open
the ring_buffer device the mainloop attribute of the sink should be
cleaned up to avoid future state-change (NULL->READY) failures.
ret = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (parent_class)->change_state (element, transition);
+ /* Clear the PA mainloop if baseaudiosink failed to open the ring_buffer */
+ if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE
+ && transition == GST_STATE_CHANGE_NULL_TO_READY) {
+ g_assert (pulsesink->mainloop);
+ pa_threaded_mainloop_stop (pulsesink->mainloop);
+ pa_threaded_mainloop_free (pulsesink->mainloop);
+ pulsesink->mainloop = NULL;
+ }
+
switch (transition) {
case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_READY:
gst_element_post_message (element,