Index: Slim/Player/Squeezebox.pm
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--- Slim/Player/Squeezebox.pm	(revision 31945)
+++ Slim/Player/Squeezebox.pm	(working copy)
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@
 	# resume streaming at the bytes_received point. If we were
 	# paused, then stop.
 
+	my $controller = $client->controller();
+
 	if (!$reconnect) {
-		my $controller = $client->controller();
 
 		if ($client->power()) {
 			$controller->playerActive($client);
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@
 				$client->stop();
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		# bug 16881: player in a sync-group may have been made inactive upon disconnect;
+		# make sure it is active now.
+		if ($client->power()) {
+			$controller->playerActive($client);
+		}
 	}
 
 	# reinitialize the irtime to the current time so that