From a1b4fbc3aff659e3063b228e355b1e6ebbeec656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Geier <Matthias.Geier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:03:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the error message in _split()

---
 sounddevice.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sounddevice.py b/sounddevice.py
index 7010364..18f7d1d 100644
--- a/sounddevice.py
+++ b/sounddevice.py
@@ -2747,7 +2747,8 @@ def _split(value):
     except TypeError:
         invalue = outvalue = value
     except ValueError as e:
-        raise ValueError('Only single values and pairs are allowed') from e
+        raise ValueError(
+            f'Only single values and pairs are allowed, not {value!r}') from e
     return invalue, outvalue