>> the hw params include information on both the sample bit width and
>> `m<ost>s<ignificant>bits', which tell you how (for example) the 24 bit
>> data is packed into 32 bits.
>
>It is however not clear to me that this is encoded in the header of a normal 
>WAV file (unless bits_per_sample should be 24 for snd's convention).

I don't believe that RIFF/WAV or AIFF support "24 bits packed into
32". this is one of the many reasons why i prefer to use 32 bit float
format. 

--p

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