diff --git a/src/blackmagic_common.cpp b/src/blackmagic_common.cpp
index 7ad68abda..a461e5f25 100644
--- a/src/blackmagic_common.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmagic_common.cpp
@@ -308,13 +308,27 @@ cleanup:
                 HRESULT result = cmd;\
                 if (FAILED(result)) {;\
                         LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << MOD_NAME << name << ": " << bmd_hresult_to_string(result) << "\n";\
-			ret = false;\
+			ret = {};\
 			goto cleanup;\
                 }\
         } while (0)
 
 #define RELEASE_IF_NOT_NULL(x) if (x != nullptr) { x->Release(); x = nullptr; }
 
+static BMDProfileID GetDeckLinkProfileID(IDeckLinkProfile* profile)
+{
+        IDeckLinkProfileAttributes*             profileAttributes = nullptr;
+        if (HRESULT result = profile->QueryInterface(IID_IDeckLinkProfileAttributes, (void**)&profileAttributes); FAILED(result)) {
+                return {};
+        }
+
+        int64_t profileIDInt = 0;
+        // Get Profile ID attribute
+        profileAttributes->GetInt(BMDDeckLinkProfileID, &profileIDInt);
+        profileAttributes->Release();
+        return (BMDProfileID) profileIDInt;
+}
+
 class ProfileCallback : public IDeckLinkProfileCallback
 {
         public:
@@ -322,7 +336,7 @@ class ProfileCallback : public IDeckLinkProfileCallback
                         m_requestedProfile->AddRef();
                 }
 
-                HRESULT ProfileChanging (/* in */ [[maybe_unused]] IDeckLinkProfile* profileToBeActivated, /* in */ [[maybe_unused]] BOOL streamsWillBeForcedToStop) override { return S_OK; }
+                HRESULT ProfileChanging (/* in */ [[maybe_unused]] IDeckLinkProfile* profileToBeActivated, /* in */ [[maybe_unused]] BMD_BOOL streamsWillBeForcedToStop) override { return S_OK; }
                 HRESULT ProfileActivated (/* in */ [[maybe_unused]] IDeckLinkProfile* activatedProfile) override {
                         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_profileActivatedMutex);
                         {
@@ -434,6 +448,50 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static BMDProfileID decklink_get_active_profile_id(IDeckLink *decklink)
+{
+        BMDProfileID ret{};
+        IDeckLinkProfileManager *manager = nullptr;
+
+        if (HRESULT result = decklink->QueryInterface(IID_IDeckLinkProfileManager, (void**)&manager); FAILED(result)) {
+                if (result != E_NOINTERFACE) {
+                        LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << "Cannot get IDeckLinkProfileManager: " << bmd_hresult_to_string(result) << "\n";
+                }
+                return {};
+        }
+
+        IDeckLinkProfileIterator *it = nullptr;
+        IDeckLinkProfile *profile = nullptr;
+        EXIT_IF_FAILED(manager->GetProfiles(&it), "Cannot get profiles iterator");
+        while (it->Next(&profile) == S_OK) {
+                BMD_BOOL isActiveProfile = BMD_FALSE;
+                if ((profile->IsActive(&isActiveProfile) == S_OK) && isActiveProfile) {
+                        ret = GetDeckLinkProfileID(profile);
+                        profile->Release();
+                        break;
+                }
+                profile->Release();
+        }
+
+cleanup:
+        RELEASE_IF_NOT_NULL(it);
+        RELEASE_IF_NOT_NULL(manager);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+bool bmd_check_stereo_profile(IDeckLink *deckLink) {
+        if (BMDProfileID profile_active = decklink_get_active_profile_id(deckLink)) {
+                if (profile_active != bmdProfileOneSubDeviceHalfDuplex &&
+                                profile_active != bmdProfileOneSubDeviceFullDuplex) {
+                        uint32_t profile_fcc_host = ntohl(profile_active);
+                        log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, MOD_NAME "Active profile '%.4s' may not be compatible with stereo mode.\n", (char *) &profile_fcc_host);
+                        log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, MOD_NAME "Use 'profile=' parameter to set 1-subdevice mode in either '1dhd' (half) or '1dfd' (full) duplex.\n");
+                }
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+}
+
 string bmd_get_device_name(IDeckLink *decklink) {
 	BMD_STR         deviceNameString = NULL;
 	char *          deviceNameCString = NULL;
diff --git a/src/blackmagic_common.hpp b/src/blackmagic_common.hpp
index 68ed7ca5a..f94a48dff 100644
--- a/src/blackmagic_common.hpp
+++ b/src/blackmagic_common.hpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ void decklink_uninitialize();
 bool blackmagic_api_version_check();
 void print_decklink_version(void);
 
+bool bmd_check_stereo_profile(IDeckLink *deckLink);
 bool decklink_set_duplex(IDeckLink *decklink, uint32_t profileID);
 std::string bmd_get_device_name(IDeckLink *decklink);
 std::string bmd_get_audio_connection_name(BMDAudioOutputAnalogAESSwitch audioConnection);
diff --git a/src/video_capture/decklink.cpp b/src/video_capture/decklink.cpp
index 7f9d43306..aa7aab8f2 100644
--- a/src/video_capture/decklink.cpp
+++ b/src/video_capture/decklink.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct device_state {
         bool                        audio                 = false; /* wheather we process audio or not */
         struct tile                *tile                  = nullptr;
         bool init(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s, struct tile *tile, BMDAudioConnection audioConnection);
+        void check_attributes(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s);
 };
 
 struct vidcap_decklink_state {
@@ -1062,6 +1063,13 @@ static bool decklink_cap_configure_audio(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s, unsign
         return true;
 }
 
+void device_state::check_attributes(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s)
+{
+        if (s->stereo) {
+                bmd_check_stereo_profile(deckLink);
+        }
+}
+
 #define INIT_ERR() do { RELEASE_IF_NOT_NULL(displayMode); RELEASE_IF_NOT_NULL(displayModeIterator); return false; } while (0)
 bool device_state::init(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s, struct tile *t, BMDAudioConnection audioConnection)
 {
@@ -1153,6 +1161,8 @@ bool device_state::init(struct vidcap_decklink_state *s, struct tile *t, BMDAudi
         BMD_CHECK(deckLinkInput->GetDisplayModeIterator(&displayModeIterator),
                         "Could not obtain the video input display mode iterator:", INIT_ERR());
 
+        check_attributes(s);
+
         int mnum = 0;
 #define MODE_SPEC_AUTODETECT -1
 #define MODE_SPEC_FOURCC -2
diff --git a/src/video_display/decklink.cpp b/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
index 1ded736dc..08bb1749a 100644
--- a/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ display_decklink_reconfigure_video(void *state, struct video_desc desc)
         }
 
         if (s->stereo) {
+                bmd_check_stereo_profile(s->state.at(0).deckLink);
                 if ((int) desc.tile_count != 2) {
                         log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, MOD_NAME "In stereo mode exactly "
                                         "2 streams expected, %d received.\n", desc.tile_count);