From 2944b8194bb5344b2efb47059ec2c71670f16ed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <git@ichi2.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:38:48 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] if audio player fails to start, give better error

---
 anki/sound.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/anki/sound.py b/anki/sound.py
index e5324338c..1205654d9 100644
--- a/anki/sound.py
+++ b/anki/sound.py
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ class QueueMonitor(threading.Thread):
             time.sleep(0.1)
             if queue:
                 path = queue.pop(0)
-                retryWait(subprocess.Popen(
-                    externalPlayer + [path], startupinfo=si))
+                try:
+                    retryWait(subprocess.Popen(
+                        externalPlayer + [path], startupinfo=si))
+                except OSError:
+                    raise Exception("Audio player not found")
             else:
                 return