From 397b473e45ff9195ba08b9917c269bb4921813d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:24:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow to update meter position w/o engine

---
 libs/ardour/route.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 2ef8649f29..e0fe15206e 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ Route::set_meter_point (MeterPoint p, bool force)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (force) {
+	if (force || !AudioEngine::instance()->running()) {
 		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lx (AudioEngine::instance()->process_lock ());
 		Glib::Threads::RWLock::WriterLock lm (_processor_lock);
 		_pending_meter_point = p;