[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #133: ALSA's SND_PCM_FORMAT_U16_BE (and LE) not supported, Allegro fails to initialize sound

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#133: ALSA's SND_PCM_FORMAT_U16_BE (and LE) not supported, Allegro fails to
initialize sound
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  Reporter:  izm            |       Owner:  lennart                           
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  assigned                          
  Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:                                    
 Component:  module-alsa-*  |    Severity:  normal                            
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:  allegro alsa format snd_pcm_format
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Comment (by lennart):

 Quite frankly, I know of not a single audio device that can deal with U16
 samples natively. If Allegro always generates U16 samples than this is
 quite a waste of resources because they need to be converted to S16 all
 the time. Not a good thing.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/133#comment:6>
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