diff --git a/jni/nv_alsa/nv_alsa.c b/jni/nv_alsa/nv_alsa.c
index 996dffd..e1de5b9 100644
--- a/jni/nv_alsa/nv_alsa.c
+++ b/jni/nv_alsa/nv_alsa.c
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ int nv_alsa_init(unsigned int channelCount, unsigned int sampleRate) {
 	snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca(&params);
 	snd_pcm_hw_params_any(handle, params);
 	
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(handle, params, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED);
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(handle, params, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE);
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(handle, params, channelCount);
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(handle, params, &sampleRate, &dir);
+	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(handle, params, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED)) != 0)
+                return rc;
+
+	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(handle, params, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE)) != 0)
+                return rc;
+
+	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(handle, params, channelCount)) != 0)
+                return rc;
+
+	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(handle, params, &sampleRate, &dir)) != 0)
+                return rc;
 	
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t frames = 32;
-	snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near(handle, params, &frames, &dir);
+	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near(handle, params, &frames, &dir)) != 0)
+		return rc;
 	
 	if ((rc = snd_pcm_hw_params(handle, params)) != 0)
 		return rc;
@@ -51,4 +59,4 @@ int nv_alsa_play(const unsigned char* indata, int data_len) {
 int nv_alsa_close(void) {
 	snd_pcm_drain(handle);
 	snd_pcm_close(handle);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/com/limelight/binding/audio/AlsaAudioRenderer.java b/src/com/limelight/binding/audio/AlsaAudioRenderer.java
index 452e041..7dbd60a 100644
--- a/src/com/limelight/binding/audio/AlsaAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/src/com/limelight/binding/audio/AlsaAudioRenderer.java
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ public class AlsaAudioRenderer implements AudioRenderer {
 
 	@Override
 	public void streamInitialized(int channelCount, int sampleRate) {
-		AlsaAudio.init(channelCount, sampleRate);
+		int ret = AlsaAudio.init(channelCount, sampleRate);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			throw new IllegalStateException("AVC decoder initialization failure: "+ret);
 	}
 
 	@Override