diff --git a/src/common/Resampler.cpp b/src/common/Resampler.cpp
index df46471..d256820 100644
--- a/src/common/Resampler.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Resampler.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "Allocators.h"
 #include "VectorOps.h"
 
+#include "mathmisc.h"
+
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cmath>
 
@@ -1220,18 +1222,22 @@ D_Speex::setRatio(double ratio)
     // Speex wants a ratio of two unsigned integers, not a single
     // float.  Let's do that.
 
-    unsigned int big = 272408136U; 
-    unsigned int denom = 1, num = 1;
-
-    if (ratio < 1.f) {
-        denom = big;
-        double dnum = double(big) * double(ratio);
-        num = (unsigned int)dnum;
-    } else if (ratio > 1.f) {
-        num = big;
-        double ddenom = double(big) / double(ratio);
-        denom = (unsigned int)ddenom;
+    int max_denom = 96000;
+    if (ratio > 1.0) {
+        max_denom = int(ceil(96000 / ratio));
     }
+
+    int inum, idenom;
+    pickNearestRational(ratio, max_denom, inum, idenom);
+
+    if (inum < 0 || idenom < 0) {
+        cerr << "Resampler::setRatio: Internal error: "
+             << "numerator or denominator < 0 ("
+             << inum << "/" << idenom << ")" << endl;
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    unsigned int num = inum, denom = idenom;
     
     if (m_debugLevel > 1) {
         cerr << "D_Speex: Desired ratio " << ratio << ", requesting ratio "
@@ -1246,8 +1252,12 @@ D_Speex::setRatio(double ratio)
         (m_resampler, denom, num, fromRate, toRate);
 
     if (err) {
-        cerr << "Resampler::Resampler: failed to set rate on Speex resampler" 
-             << endl;
+        cerr << "Resampler::Resampler: failed to set rate on Speex resampler"
+             << " (with ratio = " << ratio << " [ratio-1 = " << ratio - 1.0
+             << "], denom = " << denom
+             << ", num = " << num << ", fromRate = " << fromRate
+             << ", toRate = " << toRate << ", err = " << err
+             << ")" << endl;
 #ifndef NO_EXCEPTIONS
         throw Resampler::ImplementationError;
 #endif