PA_CHECK_VALIDITY(s->context, s->context->version >= 12 || !(flags & PA_STREAM_VARIABLE_RATE), PA_ERR_NOTSUPPORTED);
PA_CHECK_VALIDITY(s->context, s->context->version >= 13 || !(flags & PA_STREAM_PEAK_DETECT), PA_ERR_NOTSUPPORTED);
+ PA_CHECK_VALIDITY(s->context, s->context->state == PA_CONTEXT_READY, PA_ERR_BADSTATE);
/* Althought some of the other flags are not supported on older
* version, we don't check for them here, because it doesn't hurt
* when they are passed but actually not supported. This makes