--- ac3dec.c-original	Wed Aug  8 20:49:04 2001
+++ ac3dec.c	Fri Aug 10 02:36:30 2001
@@ -208,21 +208,26 @@
 				//Send the samples to the output device 
 				output_play(ac3_frame->audio_data, 256 * 6);
 			} while((ac3_frame = ac3_decode_frame()));
+			output_close();
 		} else {
 			uint_8 *start, *end;
 			init_spdif();
-			if (output_open(&out_config) < 0) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "Output open failed\n");
-				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			if (fill_buffer(&start, &end) > 0)
+			{
+				if (output_open(&out_config) < 0) {
+					fprintf(stderr, "Output open failed\n");
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+				signal(SIGINT, ac3dec_signal_handler);
+				signal(SIGTERM, ac3dec_signal_handler);
+				signal(SIGABRT, ac3dec_signal_handler);
+				if (output_spdif(start, end, quiet) >= 0)
+					while (fill_buffer(&start, &end) > 0)
+						if (output_spdif(start, end, quiet) < 0)
+							break;
+				output_close();
 			}
-			signal(SIGINT, ac3dec_signal_handler);
-			signal(SIGTERM, ac3dec_signal_handler);
-			signal(SIGABRT, ac3dec_signal_handler);
-			while (fill_buffer(&start, &end) > 0)
-				if (output_spdif(start, end, quiet) < 0)
-					break;
 		}
-		output_close();
 		fclose(in_file);
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;