AFMT_S16_N

[mark@antistatic.org]

I notice the following line in snd_dev.c:

       int format = AFMT_S16_NE; /* machine-endian 16 bit signed */

So basically the format of all data from the sound card for the 
listener as well as the listenersoundpipe are all forced to that 
format.  If I change the format, say to AFMT_U8 (8bit unsigned), the 
audio is all garbled.

Is there any specific reason it is all defaulted to that? If I wanted 
to change everything to 8bit, can it be done?

-Mark