This causes trouble when a hw device is used:
pcm_hw.c:514:(snd_pcm_hw_delay) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed (-77): File descriptor in bad state
when running mpv test.mkv --ao=alsa:device=iec958,alsa and pausing
during playback.
Historically, mplayer usually did not call snd_pcm_delay() (which is
called by get_delay()) while paused, so this problem never showed up.
But at least mpv has changes that cause get_delay() to be called when
updating the status line (see commit 3f949cf).
It's possible that calling snd_pcm_delay() is not always legal when the
audio is paused, and at least fails with the error message mentioned
above is the device is a hardware device. Change get_delay() to return
the last delay before the audio was paused. The intention is to get a
continuous playback status display, even when pausing or frame stepping,
otherwise we could just return the audio buffer fill status in
get_delay() or even just 0 when paused.
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