[Gap-dev-discuss] Cynthiune - endianness

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

I implemented a first rough handling of endianness.

I forsee 3 values: little, big and native endianness. They refer to what 
the input media bundle actually delivers, not  the file itself. It 
appears as if MP3 are always LE, WAV files instead are returned native: 
little endian on LE machines, big endian on BE machines.

The output bundles implement the setting. I suppose most will respect 
what you give, but each output should be checked.

I did not fix all bundles, I don´t have all libraries here on my iBook. 
Please check on your machines. If you are in doubt and want to fix your 
endianness, I think setting LE as default is the best. I enhanced the 
protocol.

I still have a problem with the ALSA backend though: it works with the 
first song played, it is correctly set, further songs however are 
incorrectly played if they change endianness. I get an exception and 
broken pipe.
I think this is also a reason why Rate cannot be changed. Somehow we do 
not re-set the device correctly at each song.

Please try your luck and help me out :)

Riccardo