Index: Slim/Player/Song.pm
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--- Slim/Player/Song.pm	(revision 25613)
+++ Slim/Player/Song.pm	(working copy)
@@ -472,8 +472,6 @@
 				} else {
 					$pipeline =  new FileHandle $command;
 				}
-				
-				
 			}
 
 			if (!defined($pipeline)) {
@@ -483,6 +481,11 @@
 			}
 	
 			$sock = $pipeline;
+
+			if ($sock->opened() && !defined(Slim::Utils::Network::blocking($sock, 0))) {
+				logError("Can't set remote stream nonblocking for url: [$url]");
+				return (undef, 'PROBLEM_OPENING', $url);
+			}
 				
 			$self->{'transcoded'} = 1;