Merge pull request #687 from Johannesd3/tokio_migration

Further progress on tokio migration
2024-11-08 16:45:43 +00:00 · 2021-04-11 01:45:41 +01:00 · 2021-04-11 01:45:41 +01:00 · f158d230d1
commit f158d230d1
parent d4dfd4890f 3e9aee1d46
49 changed files with 1428 additions and 1244 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@ -4,61 +4,81 @@ name: test
 on:
  push:
    branches: [master, dev]
-    paths: ['**.rs', '**.toml', '**.lock', '**.yml']
+    paths:
+      [
+        "**.rs",
+        "Cargo.toml",
+        "/Cargo.lock",
+        "/rustfmt.toml",
+        "/.github/workflows",
+      ]
  pull_request:
-    branches: [master, dev]
-    paths: ['**.rs', '**.toml', '**.lock', '**.yml']
+    paths:
+      [
+        "**.rs",
+        "Cargo.toml",
+        "/Cargo.lock",
+        "/rustfmt.toml",
+        "/.github/workflows",
+      ]
+  schedule:
+    # Run CI every week
+    - cron: "00 01 * * 0"
+
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: 1

 jobs:
  fmt:
-    name: 'Rust: format check'
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # Only run the formatting check for stable
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            toolchain: stable
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Install toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          # Use default profile to get rustfmt
-          profile: default
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
-          override: true
-      - run: cargo fmt --verbose --all -- --check
-
-  test:
-    needs: fmt
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        toolchain:
-          - 1.42.0 # MSRV (Minimum supported rust version)
-          - stable
-          - beta
-        experimental: [false]
-        # Ignore failures in nightly, not ideal, but necessary
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            toolchain: nightly
-            experimental: true
+    name: rustfmt
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt
+      - run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+
+  test-linux:
+    needs: fmt
+    name: cargo +${{ matrix.toolchain }} build (${{ matrix.os }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        toolchain:
+          - 1.45 # MSRV (Minimum supported rust version)
+          - stable
+          - beta
+        experimental: [false]
+        # Ignore failures in nightly
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            toolchain: nightly
+            experimental: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
      - name: Install toolchain
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
          profile: minimal
          toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
          override: true
+
+      - name: Get Rustc version
+        id: get-rustc-version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(rustc -V)"
+        shell: bash
+
      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
@ -67,21 +87,65 @@ jobs:
            ~/.cargo/registry/cache
            ~/.cargo/git
            target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-rustc-version.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
      - name: Install developer package dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev portaudio19-dev libasound2-dev libsdl2-dev gstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features
-      - run: cargo build --locked --examples
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "with-tremor"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "with-vorbis"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "alsa-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "portaudio-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "pulseaudio-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "jackaudio-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "rodiojack-backend" 
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "rodio-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "sdl-backend"
-      - run: cargo build --locked --no-default-features --features "gstreamer-backend"
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev portaudio19-dev libasound2-dev libsdl2-dev gstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
+
+      - run: cargo build --workspace --examples
+      - run: cargo test --workspace
+
+      - run: cargo install cargo-hack
+      - run: cargo hack  --workspace --remove-dev-deps
+      - run: cargo build -p librespot-core --no-default-features
+      - run: cargo build -p librespot-core
+      - run: cargo hack build --each-feature -p librespot-audio
+      - run: cargo build -p librespot-connect
+      - run: cargo build -p librespot-connect --no-default-features --features with-dns-sd
+      - run: cargo hack build --locked --each-feature
+
+  test-windows:
+    needs: fmt
+    name: cargo build (${{ matrix.os }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest]
+        toolchain: [stable]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+
+      - name: Get Rustc version
+        id: get-rustc-version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(rustc -V)"
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache
+            ~/.cargo/git
+            target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-rustc-version.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
+      - run: cargo build --workspace --examples
+      - run: cargo test --workspace
+
+      - run: cargo install cargo-hack
+      - run: cargo hack  --workspace --remove-dev-deps
+      - run: cargo build --no-default-features
+      - run: cargo build

  test-cross-arm:
    needs: fmt
@ -97,6 +161,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
      - name: Install toolchain
        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
        with:
@ -104,6 +169,12 @@ jobs:
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
          toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
          override: true
+
+      - name: Get Rustc version
+        id: get-rustc-version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(rustc -V)"
+        shell: bash
+
      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
@ -112,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
            ~/.cargo/registry/cache
            ~/.cargo/git
            target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ steps.get-rustc-version.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
      - name: Install cross
        run: cargo install cross || true
      - name: Build
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

 Follow any prompts it gives you to install Rust. Once that’s done, Rust's standard tools should be setup and ready to use.

-*Note: The current minimum required Rust version at the time of writing is 1.40.0, you can find the current minimum version specified in the `.github/workflow/test.yml` file.*
+*Note: The current minimum required Rust version at the time of writing is 1.45, you can find the current minimum version specified in the `.github/workflow/test.yml` file.*

 #### Additional Rust tools - `rustfmt`
 To ensure a consistent codebase, we utilise [`rustfmt`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt), which is installed by default with `rustup` these days, else it can be installed manually with:
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@ -2,27 +2,6 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3

-[[package]]
-name = "addr2line"
-version = "0.14.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a55f82cfe485775d02112886f4169bde0c5894d75e79ead7eafe7e40a25e45f7"
-dependencies = [
- "gimli",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "adler"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee2a4ec343196209d6594e19543ae87a39f96d5534d7174822a3ad825dd6ed7e"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "adler32"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
 version = "0.6.0"
@ -77,9 +56,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alsa"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb213f6b3e4b1480a60931ca2035794aa67b73103d254715b1db7b70dcb3c934"
+checksum = "75c4da790adcb2ce5e758c064b4f3ec17a30349f9961d3e5e6c9688b052a9e18"
 dependencies = [
 "alsa-sys",
 "bitflags",
@ -103,12 +82,6 @@ version = "1.0.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "afddf7f520a80dbf76e6f50a35bca42a2331ef227a28b3b6dc5c2e2338d114b1"

-[[package]]
-name = "ascii"
-version = "0.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eab1c04a571841102f5345a8fc0f6bb3d31c315dec879b5c6e42e40ce7ffa34e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.42"
@ -137,26 +110,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"

-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.56"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d117600f438b1707d4e4ae15d3595657288f8235a0eb593e80ecc98ab34e1bc"
-dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "libc",
- "miniz_oxide",
- "object",
- "rustc-demangle",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "base-x"
-version = "0.2.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4521f3e3d031370679b3b140beb36dfe4801b09ac77e30c61941f97df3ef28b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.0"
@ -236,6 +189,9 @@ name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3c69b077ad434294d3ce9f1f6143a2a4b89a8a2d54ef813d85003a4fd1137fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]

 [[package]]
 name = "cesu8"
@ -273,16 +229,10 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 "num-integer",
 "num-traits",
- "time 0.1.43",
+ "time",
 "winapi",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "chunked_transfer"
-version = "1.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fff857943da45f546682664a79488be82e69e43c1a7a2307679ab9afb3a66d2e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.2.5"
@ -303,19 +253,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "libloading 0.7.0",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "combine"
-version = "3.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da3da6baa321ec19e1cc41d31bf599f00c783d0517095cdaf0332e3fe8d20680"
-dependencies = [
- "ascii",
- "byteorder",
- "either",
- "memchr",
- "unreachable",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.5.2"
@ -326,39 +263,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "memchr",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "const_fn"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28b9d6de7f49e22cf97ad17fc4036ece69300032f45f78f30b4a4482cdc3f4a6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cookie"
-version = "0.14.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "784ad0fbab4f3e9cef09f20e0aea6000ae08d2cb98ac4c0abc53df18803d702f"
-dependencies = [
- "percent-encoding",
- "time 0.2.25",
- "version_check",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cookie_store"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3818dfca4b0cb5211a659bbcbb94225b7127407b2b135e650d717bfb78ab10d3"
-dependencies = [
- "cookie",
- "idna",
- "log",
- "publicsuffix",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "time 0.2.25",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.6.2"
@ -367,9 +271,9 @@ checksum = "e7ca8a5221364ef15ce201e8ed2f609fc312682a8f4e0e3d4aa5879764e0fa3b"

 [[package]]
 name = "coreaudio-rs"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f229761965dad3e9b11081668a6ea00f1def7aa46062321b5ec245b834f6e491"
+checksum = "11894b20ebfe1ff903cbdc52259693389eea03b94918a2def2c30c3bf227ad88"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags",
 "coreaudio-sys",
@ -386,15 +290,15 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "cpal"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05631e2089dfa5d3b6ea1cfbbfd092e2ee5deeb69698911bc976b28b746d3657"
+checksum = "8351ddf2aaa3c583fa388029f8b3d26f3c7035a20911fdd5f2e2ed7ab57dad25"
 dependencies = [
 "alsa",
 "core-foundation-sys",
 "coreaudio-rs",
 "jack",
- "jni 0.17.0",
+ "jni",
 "js-sys",
 "lazy_static",
 "libc",
@ -404,7 +308,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "nix",
 "oboe",
 "parking_lot",
- "stdweb 0.1.3",
+ "stdweb",
 "thiserror",
 "web-sys",
 "winapi",
@ -416,15 +320,6 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8aebca1129a03dc6dc2b127edd729435bbc4a37e1d5f4d7513165089ceb02634"

-[[package]]
-name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81156fece84ab6a9f2afdb109ce3ae577e42b1228441eded99bd77f627953b1a"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-mac"
 version = "0.10.0"
@ -499,12 +394,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "generic-array",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "discard"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "212d0f5754cb6769937f4501cc0e67f4f4483c8d2c3e1e922ee9edbe4ab4c7c0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dns-sd"
 version = "0.1.3"
@ -534,39 +423,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "error-chain"
-version = "0.12.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d2f06b9cac1506ece98fe3231e3cc9c4410ec3d5b1f24ae1c8946f0742cdefc"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
- "version_check",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fetch_unroll"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8d44807d562d137f063cbfe209da1c3f9f2fa8375e11166ef495daab7b847f9"
-dependencies = [
- "libflate",
- "tar",
- "ureq",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "filetime"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d34cfa13a63ae058bfa601fe9e313bbdb3746427c1459185464ce0fcf62e1e8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@ -711,12 +567,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "wasi",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "gimli"
-version = "0.23.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6503fe142514ca4799d4c26297c4248239fe8838d827db6bd6065c6ed29a6ce"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glib"
 version = "0.10.3"
@ -890,7 +740,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "http",
 "mime",
 "sha-1",
- "time 0.1.43",
+ "time",
 ]

 [[package]]
@ -1088,9 +938,9 @@ checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"

 [[package]]
 name = "jack"
-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.6.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c1871c91fa65aa328f3bedbaa54a6e5d1de009264684c153eb708ba933aa6f5"
+checksum = "2deb4974bd7e6b2fb7784f27fa13d819d11292b3b004dce0185ec08163cf686a"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags",
 "jack-sys",
@ -1100,9 +950,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "jack-sys"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e1d6ab7ada402b6a27912a2b86504be62a48c58313c886fe72a059127acb4d7"
+checksum = "57983f0d72dfecf2b719ed39bc9cacd85194e1a94cb3f9146009eff9856fef41"
 dependencies = [
 "lazy_static",
 "libc",
@ -1111,29 +961,15 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "jni"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1981310da491a4f0f815238097d0d43d8072732b5ae5f8bd0d8eadf5bf245402"
+checksum = "24967112a1e4301ca5342ea339763613a37592b8a6ce6cf2e4494537c7a42faf"
 dependencies = [
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- "combine 3.8.1",
- "error-chain",
- "jni-sys",
- "log",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "jni"
-version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36bcc950632e48b86da402c5c077590583da5ac0d480103611d5374e7c967a3c"
-dependencies = [
- "cesu8",
- "combine 4.5.2",
- "error-chain",
+ "combine",
 "jni-sys",
 "log",
+ "thiserror",
 "walkdir",
 ]

@ -1143,6 +979,15 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8eaf4bc02d17cbdd7ff4c7438cafcdf7fb9a4613313ad11b4f8fefe7d3fa0130"

+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c71313ebb9439f74b00d9d2dcec36440beaf57a6aa0623068441dd7cd81a7f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.47"
@ -1177,27 +1022,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.86"
+version = "0.2.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7282d924be3275cec7f6756ff4121987bc6481325397dde6ba3e7802b1a8b1c"
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "adler32",
- "crc32fast",
- "libflate_lz77",
- "rle-decode-fast",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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 sha-1 = "0.9"

 [features]
-apresolve = ["librespot-core/apresolve"]
-
 alsa-backend = ["librespot-playback/alsa-backend"]
 portaudio-backend = ["librespot-playback/portaudio-backend"]
 pulseaudio-backend = ["librespot-playback/pulseaudio-backend"]
@ -71,11 +70,10 @@ gstreamer-backend = ["librespot-playback/gstreamer-backend"]

 with-tremor = ["librespot-audio/with-tremor"]
 with-vorbis = ["librespot-audio/with-vorbis"]
-with-lewton = ["librespot-audio/with-lewton"]

-# with-dns-sd = ["librespot-connect/with-dns-sd"]
+with-dns-sd = ["librespot-connect/with-dns-sd"]

-default = ["rodio-backend", "apresolve", "with-lewton"]
+default = ["rodio-backend"]

 [package.metadata.deb]
 maintainer = "librespot-org"
--- a/audio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/audio/Cargo.toml
@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ aes-ctr = "0.6"
 byteorder = "1.4"
 bytes = "1.0"
 cfg-if = "1"
+lewton = "0.10"
 log = "0.4"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default_features = false }
 ogg = "0.8"
 tempfile = "3.1"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync", "macros"] }
+zerocopy = "0.3"

-lewton = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
-librespot-tremor = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
-vorbis = { version ="0.0.14", optional = true }
+librespot-tremor = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
+vorbis = { version ="0.0", optional = true }

 [features]
-with-lewton = ["lewton"]
 with-tremor = ["librespot-tremor"]
 with-vorbis = ["vorbis"]
--- a/audio/src/convert.rs
+++ b/audio/src/convert.rs
@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use zerocopy::AsBytes;
+
+#[derive(AsBytes, Copy, Clone, Debug)]
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct i24([u8; 3]);
+impl i24 {
+    fn pcm_from_i32(sample: i32) -> Self {
+        // drop the least significant byte
+        let [a, b, c, _d] = (sample >> 8).to_le_bytes();
+        i24([a, b, c])
+    }
+}
+
+// Losslessly represent [-1.0, 1.0] to [$type::MIN, $type::MAX] while maintaining DC linearity.
+macro_rules! convert_samples_to {
+    ($type: ident, $samples: expr) => {
+        convert_samples_to!($type, $samples, 0)
+    };
+    ($type: ident, $samples: expr, $drop_bits: expr) => {
+        $samples
+            .iter()
+            .map(|sample| {
+                // Losslessly represent [-1.0, 1.0] to [$type::MIN, $type::MAX]
+                // while maintaining DC linearity. There is nothing to be gained
+                // by doing this in f64, as the significand of a f32 is 24 bits,
+                // just like the maximum bit depth we are converting to.
+                let int_value = *sample * (std::$type::MAX as f32 + 0.5) - 0.5;
+
+                // Casting floats to ints truncates by default, which results
+                // in larger quantization error than rounding arithmetically.
+                // Flooring is faster, but again with larger error.
+                int_value.round() as $type >> $drop_bits
+            })
+            .collect()
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn to_s32(samples: &[f32]) -> Vec<i32> {
+    convert_samples_to!(i32, samples)
+}
+
+pub fn to_s24(samples: &[f32]) -> Vec<i32> {
+    convert_samples_to!(i32, samples, 8)
+}
+
+pub fn to_s24_3(samples: &[f32]) -> Vec<i24> {
+    to_s32(samples)
+        .iter()
+        .map(|sample| i24::pcm_from_i32(*sample))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub fn to_s16(samples: &[f32]) -> Vec<i16> {
+    convert_samples_to!(i16, samples)
+}
--- a/audio/src/lewton_decoder.rs
+++ b/audio/src/lewton_decoder.rs
@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ where
        use lewton::OggReadError::NoCapturePatternFound;
        use lewton::VorbisError::{BadAudio, OggError};
        loop {
-            match self.0.read_dec_packet_itl() {
-                Ok(Some(packet)) => return Ok(Some(AudioPacket::Samples(packet))),
+            match self
+                .0
+                .read_dec_packet_generic::<lewton::samples::InterleavedSamples<f32>>()
+            {
+                Ok(Some(packet)) => return Ok(Some(AudioPacket::Samples(packet.samples))),
                Ok(None) => return Ok(None),

                Err(BadAudio(AudioIsHeader)) => (),
--- a/audio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/audio/src/lib.rs
@ -3,27 +3,19 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;

+pub mod convert;
 mod decrypt;
 mod fetch;

 use cfg_if::cfg_if;

-#[cfg(any(
-    all(feature = "with-lewton", feature = "with-tremor"),
-    all(feature = "with-vorbis", feature = "with-tremor"),
-    all(feature = "with-lewton", feature = "with-vorbis")
-))]
-compile_error!("Cannot use two decoders at the same time.");
-
 cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(feature = "with-lewton")] {
-        mod lewton_decoder;
-        pub use lewton_decoder::{VorbisDecoder, VorbisError};
-    } else if #[cfg(any(feature = "with-tremor", feature = "with-vorbis"))] {
+    if #[cfg(any(feature = "with-tremor", feature = "with-vorbis"))] {
        mod libvorbis_decoder;
        pub use crate::libvorbis_decoder::{VorbisDecoder, VorbisError};
    } else {
-        compile_error!("Must choose a vorbis decoder.");
+        mod lewton_decoder;
+        pub use lewton_decoder::{VorbisDecoder, VorbisError};
    }
 }

@ -41,12 +33,12 @@ pub use fetch::{
 use std::fmt;

 pub enum AudioPacket {
-    Samples(Vec<i16>),
+    Samples(Vec<f32>),
    OggData(Vec<u8>),
 }

 impl AudioPacket {
-    pub fn samples(&self) -> &[i16] {
+    pub fn samples(&self) -> &[f32] {
        match self {
            AudioPacket::Samples(s) => s,
            AudioPacket::OggData(_) => panic!("can't return OggData on samples"),
--- a/audio/src/libvorbis_decoder.rs
+++ b/audio/src/libvorbis_decoder.rs
@ -37,7 +37,18 @@ where
    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> Result<Option<AudioPacket>, AudioError> {
        loop {
            match self.0.packets().next() {
-                Some(Ok(packet)) => return Ok(Some(AudioPacket::Samples(packet.data))),
+                Some(Ok(packet)) => {
+                    // Losslessly represent [-32768, 32767] to [-1.0, 1.0] while maintaining DC linearity.
+                    return Ok(Some(AudioPacket::Samples(
+                        packet
+                            .data
+                            .iter()
+                            .map(|sample| {
+                                ((*sample as f64 + 0.5) / (std::i16::MAX as f64 + 0.5)) as f32
+                            })
+                            .collect(),
+                    )));
+                }
                None => return Ok(None),

                Some(Err(vorbis::VorbisError::Hole)) => (),
--- a/audio/src/passthrough_decoder.rs
+++ b/audio/src/passthrough_decoder.rs
@ -5,75 +5,32 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::io::{Read, Seek};
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};

-fn write_headers<T: Read + Seek>(
-    rdr: &mut PacketReader<T>,
-    wtr: &mut PacketWriter<Vec<u8>>,
-) -> Result<u32, PassthroughError> {
-    let mut stream_serial: u32 = SystemTime::now()
-        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_millis() as u32;
-
-    // search for ident, comment, setup
-    get_header(1, rdr, wtr, &mut stream_serial, PacketWriteEndInfo::EndPage)?;
-    get_header(
-        3,
-        rdr,
-        wtr,
-        &mut stream_serial,
-        PacketWriteEndInfo::NormalPacket,
-    )?;
-    get_header(5, rdr, wtr, &mut stream_serial, PacketWriteEndInfo::EndPage)?;
-
-    // remove un-needed packets
-    rdr.delete_unread_packets();
-    Ok(stream_serial)
-}
-
-fn get_header<T>(
-    code: u8,
-    rdr: &mut PacketReader<T>,
-    wtr: &mut PacketWriter<Vec<u8>>,
-    stream_serial: &mut u32,
-    info: PacketWriteEndInfo,
-) -> Result<u32, PassthroughError>
+fn get_header<T>(code: u8, rdr: &mut PacketReader<T>) -> Result<Box<[u8]>, PassthroughError>
 where
    T: Read + Seek,
 {
    let pck: Packet = rdr.read_packet_expected()?;

-    // set a unique serial number
-    if pck.stream_serial() != 0 {
-        *stream_serial = pck.stream_serial();
-    }
-
    let pkt_type = pck.data[0];
    debug!("Vorbis header type{}", &pkt_type);

-    // all headers are mandatory
    if pkt_type != code {
        return Err(PassthroughError(OggReadError::InvalidData));
    }

-    // headers keep original granule number
-    let absgp_page = pck.absgp_page();
-    wtr.write_packet(
-        pck.data.into_boxed_slice(),
-        *stream_serial,
-        info,
-        absgp_page,
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    Ok(*stream_serial)
+    Ok(pck.data.into_boxed_slice())
 }

 pub struct PassthroughDecoder<R: Read + Seek> {
    rdr: PacketReader<R>,
    wtr: PacketWriter<Vec<u8>>,
-    lastgp_page: Option<u64>,
-    absgp_page: u64,
+    eos: bool,
+    bos: bool,
+    ofsgp_page: u64,
    stream_serial: u32,
+    ident: Box<[u8]>,
+    comment: Box<[u8]>,
+    setup: Box<[u8]>,
 }

 pub struct PassthroughError(ogg::OggReadError);
@ -82,17 +39,31 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> PassthroughDecoder<R> {
    /// Constructs a new Decoder from a given implementation of `Read + Seek`.
    pub fn new(rdr: R) -> Result<Self, PassthroughError> {
        let mut rdr = PacketReader::new(rdr);
-        let mut wtr = PacketWriter::new(Vec::new());
+        let stream_serial = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_millis() as u32;

-        let stream_serial = write_headers(&mut rdr, &mut wtr)?;
        info!("Starting passthrough track with serial {}", stream_serial);

+        // search for ident, comment, setup
+        let ident = get_header(1, &mut rdr)?;
+        let comment = get_header(3, &mut rdr)?;
+        let setup = get_header(5, &mut rdr)?;
+
+        // remove un-needed packets
+        rdr.delete_unread_packets();
+
        Ok(PassthroughDecoder {
            rdr,
-            wtr,
-            lastgp_page: Some(0),
-            absgp_page: 0,
+            wtr: PacketWriter::new(Vec::new()),
+            ofsgp_page: 0,
            stream_serial,
+            ident,
+            comment,
+            setup,
+            eos: false,
+            bos: false,
        })
    }
 }
@ -100,52 +71,94 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> PassthroughDecoder<R> {
 impl<R: Read + Seek> AudioDecoder for PassthroughDecoder<R> {
    fn seek(&mut self, ms: i64) -> Result<(), AudioError> {
        info!("Seeking to {}", ms);
-        self.lastgp_page = match ms {
-            0 => Some(0),
-            _ => None,
-        };
+
+        // add an eos to previous stream if missing
+        if self.bos && !self.eos {
+            match self.rdr.read_packet() {
+                Ok(Some(pck)) => {
+                    let absgp_page = pck.absgp_page() - self.ofsgp_page;
+                    self.wtr
+                        .write_packet(
+                            pck.data.into_boxed_slice(),
+                            self.stream_serial,
+                            PacketWriteEndInfo::EndStream,
+                            absgp_page,
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                }
+                _ => warn! {"Cannot write EoS after seeking"},
+            };
+        }
+
+        self.eos = false;
+        self.bos = false;
+        self.ofsgp_page = 0;
+        self.stream_serial += 1;

        // hard-coded to 44.1 kHz
        match self.rdr.seek_absgp(None, (ms * 44100 / 1000) as u64) {
-            Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+            Ok(_) => {
+                // need to set some offset for next_page()
+                let pck = self.rdr.read_packet().unwrap().unwrap();
+                self.ofsgp_page = pck.absgp_page();
+                debug!("Seek to offset page {}", self.ofsgp_page);
+                Ok(())
+            }
            Err(err) => Err(AudioError::PassthroughError(err.into())),
        }
    }

    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> Result<Option<AudioPacket>, AudioError> {
-        let mut skip = self.lastgp_page.is_none();
+        // write headers if we are (re)starting
+        if !self.bos {
+            self.wtr
+                .write_packet(
+                    self.ident.clone(),
+                    self.stream_serial,
+                    PacketWriteEndInfo::EndPage,
+                    0,
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            self.wtr
+                .write_packet(
+                    self.comment.clone(),
+                    self.stream_serial,
+                    PacketWriteEndInfo::NormalPacket,
+                    0,
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            self.wtr
+                .write_packet(
+                    self.setup.clone(),
+                    self.stream_serial,
+                    PacketWriteEndInfo::EndPage,
+                    0,
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            self.bos = true;
+            debug!("Wrote Ogg headers");
+        }
+
        loop {
            let pck = match self.rdr.read_packet() {
                Ok(Some(pck)) => pck,
-
                Ok(None) | Err(OggReadError::NoCapturePatternFound) => {
                    info!("end of streaming");
                    return Ok(None);
                }
-
                Err(err) => return Err(AudioError::PassthroughError(err.into())),
            };

            let pckgp_page = pck.absgp_page();
-            let lastgp_page = self.lastgp_page.get_or_insert(pckgp_page);

-            // consume packets till next page to get a granule reference
-            if skip {
-                if *lastgp_page == pckgp_page {
-                    debug!("skipping packet");
-                    continue;
-                }
-                skip = false;
-                info!("skipped at {}", pckgp_page);
+            // skip till we have audio and a calculable granule position
+            if pckgp_page == 0 || pckgp_page == self.ofsgp_page {
+                continue;
            }

-            // now we can calculate absolute granule
-            self.absgp_page += pckgp_page - *lastgp_page;
-            self.lastgp_page = Some(pckgp_page);
-
            // set packet type
            let inf = if pck.last_in_stream() {
-                self.lastgp_page = Some(0);
+                self.eos = true;
                PacketWriteEndInfo::EndStream
            } else if pck.last_in_page() {
                PacketWriteEndInfo::EndPage
@ -158,7 +171,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> AudioDecoder for PassthroughDecoder<R> {
                    pck.data.into_boxed_slice(),
                    self.stream_serial,
                    inf,
-                    self.absgp_page,
+                    pckgp_page - self.ofsgp_page,
                )
                .unwrap();

--- a/connect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/connect/Cargo.toml
@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ edition = "2018"
 aes-ctr = "0.6"
 base64 = "0.13"
 block-modes = "0.7"
+form_urlencoded = "1.0"
 futures-core = "0.3"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default_features = false }
 hmac = "0.10"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "http1", "tcp"] }
+libmdns = "0.6"
 log = "0.4"
-num-bigint = "0.3"
 protobuf = "~2.14.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1" }
 url = "2.1"

 dns-sd = { version = "0.1.3", optional = true }
-libmdns = { version = "0.6", optional = true }

 [dependencies.librespot-core]
 path = "../core"
@ -42,7 +42,5 @@ path = "../protocol"
 version = "0.1.6"

 [features]
-with-libmdns = ["libmdns"]
 with-dns-sd = ["dns-sd"]

-default = ["with-libmdns"]
--- a/connect/src/discovery.rs
+++ b/connect/src/discovery.rs
@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use futures_core::Stream;
 use hmac::{Hmac, Mac, NewMac};
 use hyper::service::{make_service_fn, service_fn};
 use hyper::{Body, Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
-use num_bigint::BigUint;
 use serde_json::json;
 use sha1::{Digest, Sha1};
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
@ -15,8 +14,7 @@ use dns_sd::DNSService;

 use librespot_core::authentication::Credentials;
 use librespot_core::config::ConnectConfig;
-use librespot_core::diffie_hellman::{DH_GENERATOR, DH_PRIME};
-use librespot_core::util;
+use librespot_core::diffie_hellman::DhLocalKeys;

 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ struct Discovery(Arc<DiscoveryInner>);
 struct DiscoveryInner {
    config: ConnectConfig,
    device_id: String,
-    private_key: BigUint,
-    public_key: BigUint,
+    keys: DhLocalKeys,
    tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Credentials>,
 }

@ -46,15 +43,10 @@ impl Discovery {
    ) -> (Discovery, mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Credentials>) {
        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();

-        let key_data = util::rand_vec(&mut rand::thread_rng(), 95);
-        let private_key = BigUint::from_bytes_be(&key_data);
-        let public_key = util::powm(&DH_GENERATOR, &private_key, &DH_PRIME);
-
        let discovery = Discovery(Arc::new(DiscoveryInner {
            config,
            device_id,
-            private_key,
-            public_key,
+            keys: DhLocalKeys::random(&mut rand::thread_rng()),
            tx,
        }));

@ -62,8 +54,7 @@ impl Discovery {
    }

    fn handle_get_info(&self, _: BTreeMap<Cow<'_, str>, Cow<'_, str>>) -> Response<hyper::Body> {
-        let public_key = self.0.public_key.to_bytes_be();
-        let public_key = base64::encode(&public_key);
+        let public_key = base64::encode(&self.0.keys.public_key());

        let result = json!({
            "status": 101,
@ -98,16 +89,16 @@ impl Discovery {

        let encrypted_blob = base64::decode(encrypted_blob.as_bytes()).unwrap();

-        let client_key = base64::decode(client_key.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-        let client_key = BigUint::from_bytes_be(&client_key);
-
-        let shared_key = util::powm(&client_key, &self.0.private_key, &DH_PRIME);
+        let shared_key = self
+            .0
+            .keys
+            .shared_secret(&base64::decode(client_key.as_bytes()).unwrap());

        let iv = &encrypted_blob[0..16];
        let encrypted = &encrypted_blob[16..encrypted_blob.len() - 20];
        let cksum = &encrypted_blob[encrypted_blob.len() - 20..encrypted_blob.len()];

-        let base_key = Sha1::digest(&shared_key.to_bytes_be());
+        let base_key = Sha1::digest(&shared_key);
        let base_key = &base_key[..16];

        let checksum_key = {
--- a/connect/src/spirc.rs
+++ b/connect/src/spirc.rs
@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::core::config::{ConnectConfig, VolumeCtrl};
 use crate::core::mercury::{MercuryError, MercurySender};
 use crate::core::session::Session;
 use crate::core::spotify_id::{SpotifyAudioType, SpotifyId, SpotifyIdError};
-use crate::core::util::url_encode;
 use crate::core::util::SeqGenerator;
 use crate::core::version;
 use crate::playback::mixer::Mixer;
@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ fn initial_state() -> State {
 fn initial_device_state(config: ConnectConfig) -> DeviceState {
    {
        let mut msg = DeviceState::new();
-        msg.set_sw_version(version::version_string());
+        msg.set_sw_version(version::VERSION_STRING.to_string());
        msg.set_is_active(false);
        msg.set_can_play(true);
        msg.set_volume(0);
@ -244,6 +243,10 @@ fn volume_to_mixer(volume: u16, volume_ctrl: &VolumeCtrl) -> u16 {
    }
 }

+fn url_encode(bytes: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> String {
+    form_urlencoded::byte_serialize(bytes.as_ref()).collect()
+}
+
 impl Spirc {
    pub fn new(
        config: ConnectConfig,
@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ impl Spirc {
        let ident = session.device_id().to_owned();

        // Uri updated in response to issue #288
-        debug!("canonical_username: {}", url_encode(&session.username()));
+        debug!("canonical_username: {}", &session.username());
        let uri = format!("hm://remote/user/{}/", url_encode(&session.username()));

        let subscription = Box::pin(
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ aes = "0.6"
 base64 = "0.13"
 byteorder = "1.4"
 bytes = "1.0"
+form_urlencoded = "1.0"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "bilock", "unstable", "sink"] }
 hmac = "0.10"
@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ http = "0.2"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", optional = true, features = ["client", "tcp", "http1"] }
 hyper-proxy = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 log = "0.4"
-num-bigint = "0.3"
+num-bigint = { version = "0.4", features = ["rand"] }
 num-integer = "0.1"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.5.2"
--- a/core/build.rs
+++ b/core/build.rs
@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ fn main() {
        .take(8)
        .map(char::from)
        .collect();
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=VERGEN_BUILD_ID={}", build_id);
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=LIBRESPOT_BUILD_ID={}", build_id);
 }
--- a/core/src/apresolve.rs
+++ b/core/src/apresolve.rs
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use super::AP_FALLBACK;
 const APRESOLVE_ENDPOINT: &str = "http://apresolve.spotify.com:80";

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-struct APResolveData {
+struct ApResolveData {
    ap_list: Vec<String>,
 }

@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async fn try_apresolve(
    };

    let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(response.into_body()).await?;
-    let data: APResolveData = serde_json::from_slice(body.as_ref())?;
+    let data: ApResolveData = serde_json::from_slice(body.as_ref())?;

    let ap = if ap_port.is_some() || proxy.is_some() {
        data.ap_list.into_iter().find_map(|ap| {
@ -66,3 +66,26 @@ pub async fn apresolve(proxy: Option<&Url>, ap_port: Option<u16>) -> String {
        AP_FALLBACK.into()
    })
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+
+    use super::try_apresolve;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_apresolve() {
+        let ap = try_apresolve(None, None).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Assert that the result contains a valid host and port
+        ap.to_socket_addrs().unwrap().next().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_apresolve_port_443() {
+        let ap = try_apresolve(None, Some(443)).await.unwrap();
+
+        let port = ap.to_socket_addrs().unwrap().next().unwrap().port();
+        assert_eq!(port, 443);
+    }
+}
--- a/core/src/authentication.rs
+++ b/core/src/authentication.rs
@ -31,13 +31,10 @@ impl Credentials {
    /// ### Example
    /// ```rust
    /// use librespot_core::authentication::Credentials;
-    /// 
+    ///
    /// let creds = Credentials::with_password("my account", "my password");
    /// ```
-    pub fn with_password(
-        username: impl Into<String>,
-        password: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Credentials {
+    pub fn with_password(username: impl Into<String>, password: impl Into<String>) -> Credentials {
        Credentials {
            username: username.into(),
            auth_type: AuthenticationType::AUTHENTICATION_USER_PASS,
--- a/core/src/config.rs
+++ b/core/src/config.rs
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ impl Default for SessionConfig {
    fn default() -> SessionConfig {
        let device_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_hyphenated().to_string();
        SessionConfig {
-            user_agent: crate::version::version_string(),
+            user_agent: crate::version::VERSION_STRING.to_string(),
            device_id,
            proxy: None,
            ap_port: None,
@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ pub enum DeviceType {
    Tablet = 2,
    Smartphone = 3,
    Speaker = 4,
-    TV = 5,
-    AVR = 6,
-    STB = 7,
+    Tv = 5,
+    Avr = 6,
+    Stb = 7,
    AudioDongle = 8,
    GameConsole = 9,
    CastAudio = 10,
@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ impl FromStr for DeviceType {
            "tablet" => Ok(Tablet),
            "smartphone" => Ok(Smartphone),
            "speaker" => Ok(Speaker),
-            "tv" => Ok(TV),
-            "avr" => Ok(AVR),
-            "stb" => Ok(STB),
+            "tv" => Ok(Tv),
+            "avr" => Ok(Avr),
+            "stb" => Ok(Stb),
            "audiodongle" => Ok(AudioDongle),
            "gameconsole" => Ok(GameConsole),
            "castaudio" => Ok(CastAudio),
@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for DeviceType {
            Tablet => f.write_str("Tablet"),
            Smartphone => f.write_str("Smartphone"),
            Speaker => f.write_str("Speaker"),
-            TV => f.write_str("TV"),
-            AVR => f.write_str("AVR"),
-            STB => f.write_str("STB"),
+            Tv => f.write_str("TV"),
+            Avr => f.write_str("AVR"),
+            Stb => f.write_str("STB"),
            AudioDongle => f.write_str("AudioDongle"),
            GameConsole => f.write_str("GameConsole"),
            CastAudio => f.write_str("CastAudio"),
--- a/core/src/connection/codec.rs
+++ b/core/src/connection/codec.rs
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum DecodeState {
    Payload(u8, usize),
 }

-pub struct APCodec {
+pub struct ApCodec {
    encode_nonce: u32,
    encode_cipher: Shannon,

@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ pub struct APCodec {
    decode_state: DecodeState,
 }

-impl APCodec {
-    pub fn new(send_key: &[u8], recv_key: &[u8]) -> APCodec {
-        APCodec {
+impl ApCodec {
+    pub fn new(send_key: &[u8], recv_key: &[u8]) -> ApCodec {
+        ApCodec {
            encode_nonce: 0,
            encode_cipher: Shannon::new(send_key),

@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl APCodec {
    }
 }

-impl Encoder<(u8, Vec<u8>)> for APCodec {
+impl Encoder<(u8, Vec<u8>)> for ApCodec {
    type Error = io::Error;

    fn encode(&mut self, item: (u8, Vec<u8>), buf: &mut BytesMut) -> io::Result<()> {
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl Encoder<(u8, Vec<u8>)> for APCodec {
    }
 }

-impl Decoder for APCodec {
+impl Decoder for ApCodec {
    type Item = (u8, Bytes);
    type Error = io::Error;

--- a/core/src/connection/handshake.rs
+++ b/core/src/connection/handshake.rs
@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ByteOrder, WriteBytesExt};
 use hmac::{Hmac, Mac, NewMac};
 use protobuf::{self, Message};
-use rand::thread_rng;
+use rand::{thread_rng, RngCore};
 use sha1::Sha1;
 use std::io;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
 use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Framed};

-use super::codec::APCodec;
-use crate::diffie_hellman::DHLocalKeys;
+use super::codec::ApCodec;
+use crate::diffie_hellman::DhLocalKeys;
 use crate::protocol;
 use crate::protocol::keyexchange::{APResponseMessage, ClientHello, ClientResponsePlaintext};
-use crate::util;

 pub async fn handshake<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>(
    mut connection: T,
-) -> io::Result<Framed<T, APCodec>> {
-    let local_keys = DHLocalKeys::random(&mut thread_rng());
+) -> io::Result<Framed<T, ApCodec>> {
+    let local_keys = DhLocalKeys::random(&mut thread_rng());
    let gc = local_keys.public_key();
    let mut accumulator = client_hello(&mut connection, gc).await?;
    let message: APResponseMessage = recv_packet(&mut connection, &mut accumulator).await?;
@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ pub async fn handshake<T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>(

    let shared_secret = local_keys.shared_secret(&remote_key);
    let (challenge, send_key, recv_key) = compute_keys(&shared_secret, &accumulator);
-    let codec = APCodec::new(&send_key, &recv_key);
+    let codec = ApCodec::new(&send_key, &recv_key);

    client_response(&mut connection, challenge).await?;

@ -40,6 +39,9 @@ async fn client_hello<T>(connection: &mut T, gc: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>>
 where
    T: AsyncWrite + Unpin,
 {
+    let mut client_nonce = vec![0; 0x10];
+    thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut client_nonce);
+
    let mut packet = ClientHello::new();
    packet
        .mut_build_info()
@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ where
        .mut_login_crypto_hello()
        .mut_diffie_hellman()
        .set_server_keys_known(1);
-    packet.set_client_nonce(util::rand_vec(&mut thread_rng(), 0x10));
+    packet.set_client_nonce(client_nonce);
    packet.set_padding(vec![0x1e]);

    let mut buffer = vec![0, 4];
--- a/core/src/connection/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/connection/mod.rs
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 mod codec;
 mod handshake;

-pub use self::codec::APCodec;
+pub use self::codec::ApCodec;
 pub use self::handshake::handshake;

 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind};
@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::protocol::keyexchange::{APLoginFailed, ErrorCode};
 use crate::proxytunnel;
 use crate::version;

-pub type Transport = Framed<TcpStream, APCodec>;
+pub type Transport = Framed<TcpStream, ApCodec>;

 fn login_error_message(code: &ErrorCode) -> &'static str {
    pub use ErrorCode::*;
@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ pub async fn authenticate(
        .mut_system_info()
        .set_system_information_string(format!(
            "librespot_{}_{}",
-            version::short_sha(),
-            version::build_id()
+            version::SHA_SHORT,
+            version::BUILD_ID
        ));
    packet
        .mut_system_info()
        .set_device_id(device_id.to_string());
-    packet.set_version_string(version::version_string());
+    packet.set_version_string(version::VERSION_STRING.to_string());

    let cmd = 0xab;
    let data = packet.write_to_bytes().unwrap();
--- a/core/src/diffie_hellman.rs
+++ b/core/src/diffie_hellman.rs
@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-use num_bigint::BigUint;
+use num_bigint::{BigUint, RandBigInt};
+use num_integer::Integer;
+use num_traits::{One, Zero};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use rand::Rng;
+use rand::{CryptoRng, Rng};

-use crate::util;
-
-pub static DH_GENERATOR: Lazy<BigUint> = Lazy::new(|| BigUint::from_bytes_be(&[0x02]));
-pub static DH_PRIME: Lazy<BigUint> = Lazy::new(|| {
+static DH_GENERATOR: Lazy<BigUint> = Lazy::new(|| BigUint::from_bytes_be(&[0x02]));
+static DH_PRIME: Lazy<BigUint> = Lazy::new(|| {
    BigUint::from_bytes_be(&[
        0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xc9, 0x0f, 0xda, 0xa2, 0x21, 0x68, 0xc2,
        0x34, 0xc4, 0xc6, 0x62, 0x8b, 0x80, 0xdc, 0x1c, 0xd1, 0x29, 0x02, 0x4e, 0x08, 0x8a, 0x67,
@ -17,19 +17,33 @@ pub static DH_PRIME: Lazy<BigUint> = Lazy::new(|| {
    ])
 });

-pub struct DHLocalKeys {
+fn powm(base: &BigUint, exp: &BigUint, modulus: &BigUint) -> BigUint {
+    let mut base = base.clone();
+    let mut exp = exp.clone();
+    let mut result: BigUint = One::one();
+
+    while !exp.is_zero() {
+        if exp.is_odd() {
+            result = (result * &base) % modulus;
+        }
+        exp >>= 1;
+        base = (&base * &base) % modulus;
+    }
+
+    result
+}
+
+pub struct DhLocalKeys {
    private_key: BigUint,
    public_key: BigUint,
 }

-impl DHLocalKeys {
-    pub fn random<R: Rng>(rng: &mut R) -> DHLocalKeys {
-        let key_data = util::rand_vec(rng, 95);
+impl DhLocalKeys {
+    pub fn random<R: Rng + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> DhLocalKeys {
+        let private_key = rng.gen_biguint(95 * 8);
+        let public_key = powm(&DH_GENERATOR, &private_key, &DH_PRIME);

-        let private_key = BigUint::from_bytes_be(&key_data);
-        let public_key = util::powm(&DH_GENERATOR, &private_key, &DH_PRIME);
-
-        DHLocalKeys {
+        DhLocalKeys {
            private_key,
            public_key,
        }
@ -40,7 +54,7 @@ impl DHLocalKeys {
    }

    pub fn shared_secret(&self, remote_key: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let shared_key = util::powm(
+        let shared_key = powm(
            &BigUint::from_bytes_be(remote_key),
            &self.private_key,
            &DH_PRIME,
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ pub mod cache;
 pub mod channel;
 pub mod config;
 mod connection;
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod diffie_hellman;
 pub mod keymaster;
 pub mod mercury;
 mod proxytunnel;
 pub mod session;
 pub mod spotify_id;
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod util;
 pub mod version;

--- a/core/src/mercury/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/mercury/mod.rs
@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};

 use crate::protocol;
-use crate::util::url_encode;
 use crate::util::SeqGenerator;

 mod types;
@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ impl MercuryManager {

    pub fn get<T: Into<String>>(&self, uri: T) -> MercuryFuture<MercuryResponse> {
        self.request(MercuryRequest {
-            method: MercuryMethod::GET,
+            method: MercuryMethod::Get,
            uri: uri.into(),
            content_type: None,
            payload: Vec::new(),
@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ impl MercuryManager {

    pub fn send<T: Into<String>>(&self, uri: T, data: Vec<u8>) -> MercuryFuture<MercuryResponse> {
        self.request(MercuryRequest {
-            method: MercuryMethod::SEND,
+            method: MercuryMethod::Send,
            uri: uri.into(),
            content_type: None,
            payload: vec![data],
@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ impl MercuryManager {
    {
        let uri = uri.into();
        let request = self.request(MercuryRequest {
-            method: MercuryMethod::SUB,
+            method: MercuryMethod::Sub,
            uri: uri.clone(),
            content_type: None,
            payload: Vec::new(),
@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ impl MercuryManager {
        let header: protocol::mercury::Header = protobuf::parse_from_bytes(&header_data).unwrap();

        let response = MercuryResponse {
-            uri: url_encode(header.get_uri()),
+            uri: header.get_uri().to_string(),
            status_code: header.get_status_code(),
            payload: pending.parts,
        };
@ -214,8 +213,21 @@ impl MercuryManager {
        } else if cmd == 0xb5 {
            self.lock(|inner| {
                let mut found = false;
+
+                // TODO: This is just a workaround to make utf-8 encoded usernames work.
+                // A better solution would be to use an uri struct and urlencode it directly
+                // before sending while saving the subscription under its unencoded form.
+                let mut uri_split = response.uri.split('/');
+
+                let encoded_uri = std::iter::once(uri_split.next().unwrap().to_string())
+                    .chain(uri_split.map(|component| {
+                        form_urlencoded::byte_serialize(component.as_bytes()).collect::<String>()
+                    }))
+                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                    .join("/");
+
                inner.subscriptions.retain(|&(ref prefix, ref sub)| {
-                    if response.uri.starts_with(prefix) {
+                    if encoded_uri.starts_with(prefix) {
                        found = true;

                        // if send fails, remove from list of subs
--- a/core/src/mercury/types.rs
+++ b/core/src/mercury/types.rs
@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ use crate::protocol;

 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum MercuryMethod {
-    GET,
-    SUB,
-    UNSUB,
-    SEND,
+    Get,
+    Sub,
+    Unsub,
+    Send,
 }

 #[derive(Debug)]
@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ pub struct MercuryError;
 impl ToString for MercuryMethod {
    fn to_string(&self) -> String {
        match *self {
-            MercuryMethod::GET => "GET",
-            MercuryMethod::SUB => "SUB",
-            MercuryMethod::UNSUB => "UNSUB",
-            MercuryMethod::SEND => "SEND",
+            MercuryMethod::Get => "GET",
+            MercuryMethod::Sub => "SUB",
+            MercuryMethod::Unsub => "UNSUB",
+            MercuryMethod::Send => "SEND",
        }
        .to_owned()
    }
@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ impl ToString for MercuryMethod {
 impl MercuryMethod {
    pub fn command(&self) -> u8 {
        match *self {
-            MercuryMethod::GET | MercuryMethod::SEND => 0xb2,
-            MercuryMethod::SUB => 0xb3,
-            MercuryMethod::UNSUB => 0xb4,
+            MercuryMethod::Get | MercuryMethod::Send => 0xb2,
+            MercuryMethod::Sub => 0xb3,
+            MercuryMethod::Unsub => 0xb4,
        }
    }
 }
--- a/core/src/spotify_id.rs
+++ b/core/src/spotify_id.rs
@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ impl From<&str> for SpotifyAudioType {
    }
 }

-impl Into<&str> for SpotifyAudioType {
-    fn into(self) -> &'static str {
-        match self {
+impl From<SpotifyAudioType> for &str {
+    fn from(audio_type: SpotifyAudioType) -> &'static str {
+        match audio_type {
            SpotifyAudioType::Track => "track",
            SpotifyAudioType::Podcast => "episode",
            SpotifyAudioType::NonPlayable => "unknown",
--- a/core/src/util.rs
+++ b/core/src/util.rs
@ -1,50 +1,4 @@
-use num_bigint::BigUint;
-use num_integer::Integer;
-use num_traits::{One, Zero};
-use rand::Rng;
 use std::mem;
-use std::ops::{Mul, Rem, Shr};
-
-pub fn rand_vec<G: Rng>(rng: &mut G, size: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
-    ::std::iter::repeat(())
-        .map(|()| rng.gen())
-        .take(size)
-        .collect()
-}
-
-pub fn url_encode(inp: &str) -> String {
-    let mut encoded = String::new();
-
-    for c in inp.as_bytes().iter() {
-        match *c as char {
-            'A'..='Z' | 'a'..='z' | '0'..='9' | '-' | '_' | '.' | '~' | ':' | '/' => {
-                encoded.push(*c as char)
-            }
-            c => encoded.push_str(format!("%{:02X}", c as u32).as_str()),
-        };
-    }
-
-    encoded
-}
-
-pub fn powm(base: &BigUint, exp: &BigUint, modulus: &BigUint) -> BigUint {
-    let mut base = base.clone();
-    let mut exp = exp.clone();
-    let mut result: BigUint = One::one();
-
-    while !exp.is_zero() {
-        if exp.is_odd() {
-            result = result.mul(&base).rem(modulus);
-        }
-        exp = exp.shr(1);
-        base = (&base).mul(&base).rem(modulus);
-    }
-
-    result
-}
-
-pub trait ReadSeek: ::std::io::Read + ::std::io::Seek {}
-impl<T: ::std::io::Read + ::std::io::Seek> ReadSeek for T {}

 pub trait Seq {
    fn next(&self) -> Self;
--- a/core/src/version.rs
+++ b/core/src/version.rs
@ -1,44 +1,17 @@
-pub fn version_string() -> String {
-    format!("librespot-{}", short_sha())
-}
+/// Version string of the form "librespot-<sha>"
+pub const VERSION_STRING: &str = concat!("librespot-", env!("VERGEN_SHA_SHORT"));

-// Generate a timestamp representing now (UTC) in RFC3339 format.
-pub fn now() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP")
-}
+/// Generate a timestamp string representing the build date (UTC).
+pub const BUILD_DATE: &str = env!("VERGEN_BUILD_DATE");

-// Generate a timstamp string representing now (UTC).
-pub fn short_now() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_BUILD_DATE")
-}
+/// Short sha of the latest git commit.
+pub const SHA_SHORT: &str = env!("VERGEN_SHA_SHORT");

-// Generate a SHA string
-pub fn sha() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_SHA")
-}
+/// Date of the latest git commit.
+pub const COMMIT_DATE: &str = env!("VERGEN_COMMIT_DATE");

-// Generate a short SHA string
-pub fn short_sha() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_SHA_SHORT")
-}
+/// Librespot crate version.
+pub const SEMVER: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");

-// Generate the commit date string
-pub fn commit_date() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_COMMIT_DATE")
-}
-
-// Generate the target triple string
-pub fn target() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_TARGET_TRIPLE")
-}
-
-// Generate a semver string
-pub fn semver() -> &'static str {
-    // env!("VERGEN_SEMVER")
-    env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
-}
-
-// Generate a random build id.
-pub fn build_id() -> &'static str {
-    env!("VERGEN_BUILD_ID")
-}
+/// A random build id.
+pub const BUILD_ID: &str = env!("LIBRESPOT_BUILD_ID");
--- a/core/tests/connect.rs
+++ b/core/tests/connect.rs
@ -1,34 +1,18 @@
-use librespot_core::*;
+use librespot_core::authentication::Credentials;
+use librespot_core::config::SessionConfig;
+use librespot_core::session::Session;

-// TODO: test is broken
-// #[cfg(test)]
-// mod tests {
-//     use super::*;
-//     // Test AP Resolve
-//     use apresolve::apresolve_or_fallback;
-//     #[tokio::test]
-//     async fn test_ap_resolve() {
-//         env_logger::init();
-//         let ap = apresolve_or_fallback(&None, &None).await;
-//         println!("AP: {:?}", ap);
-//     }
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_connection() {
+    let result = Session::connect(
+        SessionConfig::default(),
+        Credentials::with_password("test", "test"),
+        None,
+    )
+    .await;

-//     // Test connect
-//     use authentication::Credentials;
-//     use config::SessionConfig;
-//     #[tokio::test]
-//     async fn test_connection() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-//         println!("Running connection test");
-//         let ap = apresolve_or_fallback(&None, &None).await;
-//         let credentials = Credentials::with_password(String::from("test"), String::from("test"));
-//         let session_config = SessionConfig::default();
-//         let proxy = None;
-
-//         println!("Connecting to AP \"{}\"", ap);
-//         let mut connection = connection::connect(ap, &proxy).await?;
-//         let rc = connection::authenticate(&mut connection, credentials, &session_config.device_id)
-//             .await?;
-//         println!("Authenticated as \"{}\"", rc.username);
-//         Ok(())
-//     }
-// }
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("Authentication succeeded despite of bad credentials."),
+        Err(e) => assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "Login failed with reason: Bad credentials"),
+    };
+}
--- a/examples/get_token.rs
+++ b/examples/get_token.rs
@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ async fn main() {

    println!("Connecting..");
    let credentials = Credentials::with_password(&args[1], &args[2]);
-    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None).await.unwrap();
+    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();

    println!(
        "Token: {:#?}",
--- a/examples/play.rs
+++ b/examples/play.rs
@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ use librespot::core::authentication::Credentials;
 use librespot::core::config::SessionConfig;
 use librespot::core::session::Session;
 use librespot::core::spotify_id::SpotifyId;
-use librespot::playback::config::PlayerConfig;
 use librespot::playback::audio_backend;
+use librespot::playback::config::{AudioFormat, PlayerConfig};
 use librespot::playback::player::Player;

 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
    let session_config = SessionConfig::default();
    let player_config = PlayerConfig::default();
+    let audio_format = AudioFormat::default();

    let args: Vec<_> = env::args().collect();
    if args.len() != 4 {
@ -25,10 +26,12 @@ async fn main() {
    let backend = audio_backend::find(None).unwrap();

    println!("Connecting ..");
-    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None).await.unwrap();
+    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();

    let (mut player, _) = Player::new(player_config, session, None, move || {
-        backend(None)
+        backend(None, audio_format)
    });

    player.load(track, true, 0);
--- a/examples/playlist_tracks.rs
+++ b/examples/playlist_tracks.rs
@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ async fn main() {

    let plist_uri = SpotifyId::from_base62(uri_parts[2]).unwrap();

-    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None).await.unwrap();
+    let session = Session::connect(session_config, credentials, None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();

    let plist = Playlist::get(&session, plist_uri).await.unwrap();
    println!("{:?}", plist);
--- a/playback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/playback/Cargo.toml
@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ byteorder = "1.4"
 shell-words = "1.0.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }

-alsa            = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
+alsa            = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 portaudio-rs    = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-libpulse-binding        = { version = "2.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
-libpulse-simple-binding = { version = "2.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
+libpulse-binding        = { version = "2", optional = true, default-features = false }
+libpulse-simple-binding = { version = "2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 jack            = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 libc            = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-sdl2            = { version = "0.34", optional = true }
+sdl2            = { version = "0.34.3", optional = true }
 gstreamer       = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 gstreamer-app   = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 glib            = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
-zerocopy        = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
+zerocopy        = { version = "0.3" }

 # Rodio dependencies
 rodio           = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ jackaudio-backend = ["jack"]
 rodio-backend = ["rodio", "cpal", "thiserror"]
 rodiojack-backend = ["rodio", "cpal/jack", "thiserror"]
 sdl-backend = ["sdl2"]
-gstreamer-backend = ["gstreamer", "gstreamer-app", "glib", "zerocopy"]
+gstreamer-backend = ["gstreamer", "gstreamer-app", "glib"]
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-use super::{Open, Sink};
+use super::{Open, Sink, SinkAsBytes};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLES_PER_SECOND, SAMPLE_RATE};
 use alsa::device_name::HintIter;
 use alsa::pcm::{Access, Format, Frames, HwParams, PCM};
 use alsa::{Direction, Error, ValueOr};
@ -8,13 +10,14 @@ use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io;
 use std::process::exit;

-const PREFERED_PERIOD_SIZE: Frames = 5512; // Period of roughly 125ms
+const BUFFERED_LATENCY: f32 = 0.125; // seconds
 const BUFFERED_PERIODS: Frames = 4;

 pub struct AlsaSink {
    pcm: Option<PCM>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
    device: String,
-    buffer: Vec<i16>,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
 }

 fn list_outputs() {
@ -34,23 +37,27 @@ fn list_outputs() {
    }
 }

-fn open_device(dev_name: &str) -> Result<(PCM, Frames), Box<Error>> {
+fn open_device(dev_name: &str, format: AudioFormat) -> Result<(PCM, Frames), Box<Error>> {
    let pcm = PCM::new(dev_name, Direction::Playback, false)?;
-    let mut period_size = PREFERED_PERIOD_SIZE;
+    let alsa_format = match format {
+        AudioFormat::F32 => Format::float(),
+        AudioFormat::S32 => Format::s32(),
+        AudioFormat::S24 => Format::s24(),
+        AudioFormat::S24_3 => Format::S243LE,
+        AudioFormat::S16 => Format::s16(),
+    };
+
    // http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6735?page=0,1#N0x19ab2890.0x19ba78d8
    // latency = period_size * periods / (rate * bytes_per_frame)
-    // For 16 Bit stereo data, one frame has a length of four bytes.
-    // 500ms  = buffer_size / (44100 * 4)
-    // buffer_size_bytes = 0.5 * 44100 / 4
-    // buffer_size_frames = 0.5 * 44100 = 22050
+    // For stereo samples encoded as 32-bit float, one frame has a length of eight bytes.
+    let mut period_size = ((SAMPLES_PER_SECOND * format.size() as u32) as f32
+        * (BUFFERED_LATENCY / BUFFERED_PERIODS as f32)) as Frames;
    {
-        // Set hardware parameters: 44100 Hz / Stereo / 16 bit
        let hwp = HwParams::any(&pcm)?;
-
        hwp.set_access(Access::RWInterleaved)?;
-        hwp.set_format(Format::s16())?;
-        hwp.set_rate(44100, ValueOr::Nearest)?;
-        hwp.set_channels(2)?;
+        hwp.set_format(alsa_format)?;
+        hwp.set_rate(SAMPLE_RATE, ValueOr::Nearest)?;
+        hwp.set_channels(NUM_CHANNELS as u32)?;
        period_size = hwp.set_period_size_near(period_size, ValueOr::Greater)?;
        hwp.set_buffer_size_near(period_size * BUFFERED_PERIODS)?;
        pcm.hw_params(&hwp)?;
@ -64,12 +71,12 @@ fn open_device(dev_name: &str) -> Result<(PCM, Frames), Box<Error>> {
 }

 impl Open for AlsaSink {
-    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> AlsaSink {
-        info!("Using alsa sink");
+    fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using Alsa sink with format: {:?}", format);

        let name = match device.as_ref().map(AsRef::as_ref) {
            Some("?") => {
-                println!("Listing available alsa outputs");
+                println!("Listing available Alsa outputs:");
                list_outputs();
                exit(0)
            }
@ -78,8 +85,9 @@ impl Open for AlsaSink {
        }
        .to_string();

-        AlsaSink {
+        Self {
            pcm: None,
+            format,
            device: name,
            buffer: vec![],
        }
@ -89,12 +97,14 @@ impl Open for AlsaSink {
 impl Sink for AlsaSink {
    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
        if self.pcm.is_none() {
-            let pcm = open_device(&self.device);
+            let pcm = open_device(&self.device, self.format);
            match pcm {
                Ok((p, period_size)) => {
                    self.pcm = Some(p);
                    // Create a buffer for all samples for a full period
-                    self.buffer = Vec::with_capacity((period_size * 2) as usize);
+                    self.buffer = Vec::with_capacity(
+                        period_size as usize * BUFFERED_PERIODS as usize * self.format.size(),
+                    );
                }
                Err(e) => {
                    error!("Alsa error PCM open {}", e);
@ -111,23 +121,22 @@ impl Sink for AlsaSink {

    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
        {
-            let pcm = self.pcm.as_mut().unwrap();
            // Write any leftover data in the period buffer
            // before draining the actual buffer
-            let io = pcm.io_i16().unwrap();
-            match io.writei(&self.buffer[..]) {
-                Ok(_) => (),
-                Err(err) => pcm.try_recover(err, false).unwrap(),
-            }
+            self.write_bytes(&[]).expect("could not flush buffer");
+            let pcm = self.pcm.as_mut().unwrap();
            pcm.drain().unwrap();
        }
        self.pcm = None;
        Ok(())
    }

-    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
+    sink_as_bytes!();
+}
+
+impl SinkAsBytes for AlsaSink {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
        let mut processed_data = 0;
-        let data = packet.samples();
        while processed_data < data.len() {
            let data_to_buffer = min(
                self.buffer.capacity() - self.buffer.len(),
@ -137,12 +146,7 @@ impl Sink for AlsaSink {
                .extend_from_slice(&data[processed_data..processed_data + data_to_buffer]);
            processed_data += data_to_buffer;
            if self.buffer.len() == self.buffer.capacity() {
-                let pcm = self.pcm.as_mut().unwrap();
-                let io = pcm.io_i16().unwrap();
-                match io.writei(&self.buffer) {
-                    Ok(_) => (),
-                    Err(err) => pcm.try_recover(err, false).unwrap(),
-                }
+                self.write_buf();
                self.buffer.clear();
            }
        }
@ -150,3 +154,14 @@ impl Sink for AlsaSink {
        Ok(())
    }
 }
+
+impl AlsaSink {
+    fn write_buf(&mut self) {
+        let pcm = self.pcm.as_mut().unwrap();
+        let io = pcm.io_bytes();
+        match io.writei(&self.buffer) {
+            Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(err) => pcm.try_recover(err, false).unwrap(),
+        };
+    }
+}
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-use super::{Open, Sink};
+use super::{Open, Sink, SinkAsBytes};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE};
+
+use gstreamer as gst;
+use gstreamer_app as gst_app;
+
 use gst::prelude::*;
-use gst::*;
-use zerocopy::*;
+use zerocopy::AsBytes;

 use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, SyncSender};
 use std::{io, thread};
@ -11,12 +16,27 @@ use std::{io, thread};
 pub struct GstreamerSink {
    tx: SyncSender<Vec<u8>>,
    pipeline: gst::Pipeline,
+    format: AudioFormat,
 }

 impl Open for GstreamerSink {
-    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> GstreamerSink {
-        gst::init().expect("Failed to init gstreamer!");
-        let pipeline_str_preamble = r#"appsrc caps="audio/x-raw,format=S16LE,layout=interleaved,channels=2,rate=44100" block=true max-bytes=4096 name=appsrc0 "#;
+    fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using GStreamer sink with format: {:?}", format);
+        gst::init().expect("failed to init GStreamer!");
+
+        // GStreamer calls S24 and S24_3 different from the rest of the world
+        let gst_format = match format {
+            AudioFormat::S24 => "S24_32".to_string(),
+            AudioFormat::S24_3 => "S24".to_string(),
+            _ => format!("{:?}", format),
+        };
+        let sample_size = format.size();
+        let gst_bytes = 2048 * sample_size;
+
+        let pipeline_str_preamble = format!(
+            "appsrc caps=\"audio/x-raw,format={}LE,layout=interleaved,channels={},rate={}\" block=true max-bytes={} name=appsrc0 ",
+            gst_format, NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE, gst_bytes
+        );
        let pipeline_str_rest = r#" ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink"#;
        let pipeline_str: String = match device {
            Some(x) => format!("{}{}", pipeline_str_preamble, x),
@ -28,38 +48,37 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
        let pipelinee = gst::parse_launch(&*pipeline_str).expect("Couldn't launch pipeline; likely a GStreamer issue or an error in the pipeline string you specified in the 'device' argument to librespot.");
        let pipeline = pipelinee
            .dynamic_cast::<gst::Pipeline>()
-            .expect("Couldn't cast pipeline element at runtime!");
-        let bus = pipeline.get_bus().expect("Couldn't get bus from pipeline");
+            .expect("couldn't cast pipeline element at runtime!");
+        let bus = pipeline.get_bus().expect("couldn't get bus from pipeline");
        let mainloop = glib::MainLoop::new(None, false);
        let appsrce: gst::Element = pipeline
            .get_by_name("appsrc0")
-            .expect("Couldn't get appsrc from pipeline");
+            .expect("couldn't get appsrc from pipeline");
        let appsrc: gst_app::AppSrc = appsrce
            .dynamic_cast::<gst_app::AppSrc>()
-            .expect("Couldn't cast AppSrc element at runtime!");
+            .expect("couldn't cast AppSrc element at runtime!");
        let bufferpool = gst::BufferPool::new();
-        let appsrc_caps = appsrc.get_caps().expect("Couldn't get appsrc caps");
+        let appsrc_caps = appsrc.get_caps().expect("couldn't get appsrc caps");
        let mut conf = bufferpool.get_config();
-        conf.set_params(Some(&appsrc_caps), 8192, 0, 0);
+        conf.set_params(Some(&appsrc_caps), 4096 * sample_size as u32, 0, 0);
        bufferpool
            .set_config(conf)
-            .expect("Couldn't configure the buffer pool");
+            .expect("couldn't configure the buffer pool");
        bufferpool
            .set_active(true)
-            .expect("Couldn't activate buffer pool");
+            .expect("couldn't activate buffer pool");

-        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<Vec<u8>>(128);
+        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<Vec<u8>>(64 * sample_size);
        thread::spawn(move || {
            for data in rx {
                let buffer = bufferpool.acquire_buffer(None);
-                if !buffer.is_err() {
-                    let mut okbuffer = buffer.unwrap();
-                    let mutbuf = okbuffer.make_mut();
+                if let Ok(mut buffer) = buffer {
+                    let mutbuf = buffer.make_mut();
                    mutbuf.set_size(data.len());
                    mutbuf
                        .copy_from_slice(0, data.as_bytes())
                        .expect("Failed to copy from slice");
-                    let _eat = appsrc.push_buffer(okbuffer);
+                    let _eat = appsrc.push_buffer(buffer);
                }
            }
        });
@ -69,8 +88,8 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
            let watch_mainloop = thread_mainloop.clone();
            bus.add_watch(move |_, msg| {
                match msg.view() {
-                    MessageView::Eos(..) => watch_mainloop.quit(),
-                    MessageView::Error(err) => {
+                    gst::MessageView::Eos(..) => watch_mainloop.quit(),
+                    gst::MessageView::Error(err) => {
                        println!(
                            "Error from {:?}: {} ({:?})",
                            err.get_src().map(|s| s.get_path_string()),
@ -84,30 +103,32 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {

                glib::Continue(true)
            })
-            .expect("Failed to add bus watch");
+            .expect("failed to add bus watch");
            thread_mainloop.run();
        });

        pipeline
            .set_state(gst::State::Playing)
-            .expect("Unable to set the pipeline to the `Playing` state");
+            .expect("unable to set the pipeline to the `Playing` state");

-        GstreamerSink { tx, pipeline }
+        Self {
+            tx,
+            pipeline,
+            format,
+        }
    }
 }

 impl Sink for GstreamerSink {
-    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
+    start_stop_noop!();
+    sink_as_bytes!();
+}
+
+impl SinkAsBytes for GstreamerSink {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
        // Copy expensively (in to_vec()) to avoid thread synchronization
-        let deighta: &[u8] = packet.samples().as_bytes();
        self.tx
-            .send(deighta.to_vec())
+            .send(data.to_vec())
            .expect("tx send failed in write function");
        Ok(())
    }
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/jackaudio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/jackaudio.rs
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use super::{Open, Sink};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::NUM_CHANNELS;
 use jack::{
    AsyncClient, AudioOut, Client, ClientOptions, Control, Port, ProcessHandler, ProcessScope,
 };
@ -7,20 +9,18 @@ use std::io;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, Receiver, SyncSender};

 pub struct JackSink {
-    send: SyncSender<i16>,
+    send: SyncSender<f32>,
+    // We have to keep hold of this object, or the Sink can't play...
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
    active_client: AsyncClient<(), JackData>,
 }

 pub struct JackData {
-    rec: Receiver<i16>,
+    rec: Receiver<f32>,
    port_l: Port<AudioOut>,
    port_r: Port<AudioOut>,
 }

-fn pcm_to_f32(sample: i16) -> f32 {
-    sample as f32 / 32768.0
-}
-
 impl ProcessHandler for JackData {
    fn process(&mut self, _: &Client, ps: &ProcessScope) -> Control {
        // get output port buffers
@ -33,24 +33,27 @@ impl ProcessHandler for JackData {

        let buf_size = buf_r.len();
        for i in 0..buf_size {
-            buf_r[i] = pcm_to_f32(queue_iter.next().unwrap_or(0));
-            buf_l[i] = pcm_to_f32(queue_iter.next().unwrap_or(0));
+            buf_r[i] = queue_iter.next().unwrap_or(0.0);
+            buf_l[i] = queue_iter.next().unwrap_or(0.0);
        }
        Control::Continue
    }
 }

 impl Open for JackSink {
-    fn open(client_name: Option<String>) -> JackSink {
-        info!("Using jack sink!");
+    fn open(client_name: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        if format != AudioFormat::F32 {
+            warn!("JACK currently does not support {:?} output", format);
+        }
+        info!("Using JACK sink with format {:?}", AudioFormat::F32);

-        let client_name = client_name.unwrap_or("librespot".to_string());
+        let client_name = client_name.unwrap_or_else(|| "librespot".to_string());
        let (client, _status) =
            Client::new(&client_name[..], ClientOptions::NO_START_SERVER).unwrap();
        let ch_r = client.register_port("out_0", AudioOut::default()).unwrap();
        let ch_l = client.register_port("out_1", AudioOut::default()).unwrap();
        // buffer for samples from librespot (~10ms)
-        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel(2 * 1024 * 4);
+        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<f32>(NUM_CHANNELS as usize * 1024 * AudioFormat::F32.size());
        let jack_data = JackData {
            rec: rx,
            port_l: ch_l,
@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ impl Open for JackSink {
        };
        let active_client = AsyncClient::new(client, (), jack_data).unwrap();

-        JackSink {
+        Self {
            send: tx,
            active_client,
        }
@ -66,19 +69,13 @@ impl Open for JackSink {
 }

 impl Sink for JackSink {
-    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
+    start_stop_noop!();

    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
        for s in packet.samples().iter() {
            let res = self.send.send(*s);
            if res.is_err() {
-                error!("jackaudio: cannot write to channel");
+                error!("cannot write to channel");
            }
        }
        Ok(())
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/mod.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/mod.rs
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
 use std::io;

 pub trait Open {
-    fn open(_: Option<String>) -> Self;
+    fn open(_: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self;
 }

 pub trait Sink {
@ -11,10 +12,57 @@ pub trait Sink {
    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()>;
 }

-pub type SinkBuilder = fn(Option<String>) -> Box<dyn Sink + Send>;
+pub type SinkBuilder = fn(Option<String>, AudioFormat) -> Box<dyn Sink>;

-fn mk_sink<S: Sink + Open + Send + 'static>(device: Option<String>) -> Box<dyn Sink + Send> {
-    Box::new(S::open(device))
+pub trait SinkAsBytes {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()>;
+}
+
+fn mk_sink<S: Sink + Open + 'static>(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Box<dyn Sink> {
+    Box::new(S::open(device, format))
+}
+
+// reuse code for various backends
+macro_rules! sink_as_bytes {
+    () => {
+        fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
+            use crate::audio::convert::{self, i24};
+            use zerocopy::AsBytes;
+            match packet {
+                AudioPacket::Samples(samples) => match self.format {
+                    AudioFormat::F32 => self.write_bytes(samples.as_bytes()),
+                    AudioFormat::S32 => {
+                        let samples_s32: &[i32] = &convert::to_s32(samples);
+                        self.write_bytes(samples_s32.as_bytes())
+                    }
+                    AudioFormat::S24 => {
+                        let samples_s24: &[i32] = &convert::to_s24(samples);
+                        self.write_bytes(samples_s24.as_bytes())
+                    }
+                    AudioFormat::S24_3 => {
+                        let samples_s24_3: &[i24] = &convert::to_s24_3(samples);
+                        self.write_bytes(samples_s24_3.as_bytes())
+                    }
+                    AudioFormat::S16 => {
+                        let samples_s16: &[i16] = &convert::to_s16(samples);
+                        self.write_bytes(samples_s16.as_bytes())
+                    }
+                },
+                AudioPacket::OggData(samples) => self.write_bytes(samples),
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+macro_rules! start_stop_noop {
+    () => {
+        fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    };
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "alsa-backend")]
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/pipe.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/pipe.rs
@ -1,46 +1,36 @@
-use super::{Open, Sink};
+use super::{Open, Sink, SinkAsBytes};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::mem;
-use std::slice;

-pub struct StdoutSink(Box<dyn Write + Send>);
+pub struct StdoutSink {
+    output: Box<dyn Write>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
+}

 impl Open for StdoutSink {
-    fn open(path: Option<String>) -> StdoutSink {
-        if let Some(path) = path {
-            let file = OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(path).unwrap();
-            StdoutSink(Box::new(file))
-        } else {
-            StdoutSink(Box::new(io::stdout()))
-        }
+    fn open(path: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using pipe sink with format: {:?}", format);
+
+        let output: Box<dyn Write> = match path {
+            Some(path) => Box::new(OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(path).unwrap()),
+            _ => Box::new(io::stdout()),
+        };
+
+        Self { output, format }
    }
 }

 impl Sink for StdoutSink {
-    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let data: &[u8] = match packet {
-            AudioPacket::Samples(data) => unsafe {
-                slice::from_raw_parts(
-                    data.as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                    data.len() * mem::size_of::<i16>(),
-                )
-            },
-            AudioPacket::OggData(data) => data,
-        };
-
-        self.0.write_all(data)?;
-        self.0.flush()?;
+    start_stop_noop!();
+    sink_as_bytes!();
+}

+impl SinkAsBytes for StdoutSink {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.output.write_all(data)?;
+        self.output.flush()?;
        Ok(())
    }
 }
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs
@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 use super::{Open, Sink};
-use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
-use portaudio_rs;
+use crate::audio::{convert, AudioPacket};
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE};
 use portaudio_rs::device::{get_default_output_index, DeviceIndex, DeviceInfo};
 use portaudio_rs::stream::*;
 use std::io;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::time::Duration;

-pub struct PortAudioSink<'a>(
-    Option<portaudio_rs::stream::Stream<'a, i16, i16>>,
-    StreamParameters<i16>,
-);
+pub enum PortAudioSink<'a> {
+    F32(
+        Option<portaudio_rs::stream::Stream<'a, f32, f32>>,
+        StreamParameters<f32>,
+    ),
+    S32(
+        Option<portaudio_rs::stream::Stream<'a, i32, i32>>,
+        StreamParameters<i32>,
+    ),
+    S16(
+        Option<portaudio_rs::stream::Stream<'a, i16, i16>>,
+        StreamParameters<i16>,
+    ),
+}

 fn output_devices() -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = (DeviceIndex, DeviceInfo)>> {
    let count = portaudio_rs::device::get_count().unwrap();
@ -40,8 +51,11 @@ fn find_output(device: &str) -> Option<DeviceIndex> {
 }

 impl<'a> Open for PortAudioSink<'a> {
-    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> PortAudioSink<'a> {
-        debug!("Using PortAudio sink");
+    fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> PortAudioSink<'a> {
+        info!("Using PortAudio sink with format: {:?}", format);
+
+        warn!("This backend is known to panic on several platforms.");
+        warn!("Consider using some other backend, or better yet, contributing a fix.");

        portaudio_rs::initialize().unwrap();

@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> Open for PortAudioSink<'a> {
            Some(device) => find_output(device),
            None => get_default_output_index(),
        }
-        .expect("Could not find device");
+        .expect("could not find device");

        let info = portaudio_rs::device::get_info(device_idx);
        let latency = match info {
@ -61,46 +75,99 @@ impl<'a> Open for PortAudioSink<'a> {
            None => Duration::new(0, 0),
        };

-        let params = StreamParameters {
-            device: device_idx,
-            channel_count: 2,
-            suggested_latency: latency,
-            data: 0i16,
-        };
-
-        PortAudioSink(None, params)
+        macro_rules! open_sink {
+            ($sink: expr, $type: ty) => {{
+                let params = StreamParameters {
+                    device: device_idx,
+                    channel_count: NUM_CHANNELS as u32,
+                    suggested_latency: latency,
+                    data: 0.0 as $type,
+                };
+                $sink(None, params)
+            }};
+        }
+        match format {
+            AudioFormat::F32 => open_sink!(Self::F32, f32),
+            AudioFormat::S32 => open_sink!(Self::S32, i32),
+            AudioFormat::S16 => open_sink!(Self::S16, i16),
+            _ => {
+                unimplemented!("PortAudio currently does not support {:?} output", format)
+            }
+        }
    }
 }

 impl<'a> Sink for PortAudioSink<'a> {
    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if self.0.is_none() {
-            self.0 = Some(
-                Stream::open(
-                    None,
-                    Some(self.1),
-                    44100.0,
-                    FRAMES_PER_BUFFER_UNSPECIFIED,
-                    StreamFlags::empty(),
-                    None,
-                )
-                .unwrap(),
-            );
+        macro_rules! start_sink {
+            (ref mut $stream: ident, ref $parameters: ident) => {{
+                if $stream.is_none() {
+                    *$stream = Some(
+                        Stream::open(
+                            None,
+                            Some(*$parameters),
+                            SAMPLE_RATE as f64,
+                            FRAMES_PER_BUFFER_UNSPECIFIED,
+                            StreamFlags::empty(),
+                            None,
+                        )
+                        .unwrap(),
+                    );
+                }
+                $stream.as_mut().unwrap().start().unwrap()
+            }};
        }

-        self.0.as_mut().unwrap().start().unwrap();
+        match self {
+            Self::F32(stream, parameters) => start_sink!(ref mut stream, ref parameters),
+            Self::S32(stream, parameters) => start_sink!(ref mut stream, ref parameters),
+            Self::S16(stream, parameters) => start_sink!(ref mut stream, ref parameters),
+        };
+
        Ok(())
    }
+
    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.0.as_mut().unwrap().stop().unwrap();
-        self.0 = None;
+        macro_rules! stop_sink {
+            (ref mut $stream: ident) => {{
+                $stream.as_mut().unwrap().stop().unwrap();
+                *$stream = None;
+            }};
+        }
+        match self {
+            Self::F32(stream, _parameters) => stop_sink!(ref mut stream),
+            Self::S32(stream, _parameters) => stop_sink!(ref mut stream),
+            Self::S16(stream, _parameters) => stop_sink!(ref mut stream),
+        };
+
        Ok(())
    }
+
    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        match self.0.as_mut().unwrap().write(packet.samples()) {
+        macro_rules! write_sink {
+            (ref mut $stream: expr, $samples: expr) => {
+                $stream.as_mut().unwrap().write($samples)
+            };
+        }
+
+        let samples = packet.samples();
+        let result = match self {
+            Self::F32(stream, _parameters) => {
+                write_sink!(ref mut stream, samples)
+            }
+            Self::S32(stream, _parameters) => {
+                let samples_s32: &[i32] = &convert::to_s32(samples);
+                write_sink!(ref mut stream, samples_s32)
+            }
+            Self::S16(stream, _parameters) => {
+                let samples_s16: &[i16] = &convert::to_s16(samples);
+                write_sink!(ref mut stream, samples_s16)
+            }
+        };
+        match result {
            Ok(_) => (),
            Err(portaudio_rs::PaError::OutputUnderflowed) => error!("PortAudio write underflow"),
-            Err(e) => panic!("PA Error {}", e),
+            Err(e) => panic!("PortAudio error {}", e),
        };

        Ok(())
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-use super::{Open, Sink};
+use super::{Open, Sink, SinkAsBytes};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE};
 use libpulse_binding::{self as pulse, stream::Direction};
 use libpulse_simple_binding::Simple;
 use std::io;
@ -11,23 +13,34 @@ pub struct PulseAudioSink {
    s: Option<Simple>,
    ss: pulse::sample::Spec,
    device: Option<String>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
 }

 impl Open for PulseAudioSink {
-    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> PulseAudioSink {
-        debug!("Using PulseAudio sink");
+    fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using PulseAudio sink with format: {:?}", format);
+
+        // PulseAudio calls S24 and S24_3 different from the rest of the world
+        let pulse_format = match format {
+            AudioFormat::F32 => pulse::sample::Format::F32le,
+            AudioFormat::S32 => pulse::sample::Format::S32le,
+            AudioFormat::S24 => pulse::sample::Format::S24_32le,
+            AudioFormat::S24_3 => pulse::sample::Format::S24le,
+            AudioFormat::S16 => pulse::sample::Format::S16le,
+        };

        let ss = pulse::sample::Spec {
-            format: pulse::sample::Format::S16le,
-            channels: 2, // stereo
-            rate: 44100,
+            format: pulse_format,
+            channels: NUM_CHANNELS,
+            rate: SAMPLE_RATE,
        };
        debug_assert!(ss.is_valid());

-        PulseAudioSink {
+        Self {
            s: None,
            ss,
            device,
+            format,
        }
    }
 }
@ -66,19 +79,13 @@ impl Sink for PulseAudioSink {
        Ok(())
    }

-    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if let Some(s) = &self.s {
-            // SAFETY: An i16 consists of two bytes, so that the given slice can be interpreted
-            // as a byte array of double length. Each byte pointer is validly aligned, and so
-            // is the newly created slice.
-            let d: &[u8] = unsafe {
-                std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                    packet.samples().as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                    packet.samples().len() * 2,
-                )
-            };
+    sink_as_bytes!();
+}

-            match s.write(d) {
+impl SinkAsBytes for PulseAudioSink {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if let Some(s) = &self.s {
+            match s.write(data) {
                Ok(_) => Ok(()),
                Err(e) => Err(io::Error::new(
                    io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
@ -88,7 +95,7 @@ impl Sink for PulseAudioSink {
        } else {
            Err(io::Error::new(
                io::ErrorKind::NotConnected,
-                "Not connected to pulseaudio",
+                "Not connected to PulseAudio",
            ))
        }
    }
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs
@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::{convert::Infallible, sync::mpsc};
 use std::{io, thread, time};

 use cpal::traits::{DeviceTrait, HostTrait};
 use thiserror::Error;

 use super::Sink;
-use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::audio::{convert, AudioPacket};
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE};

 #[cfg(all(
    feature = "rodiojack-backend",
@ -15,15 +16,16 @@ use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
 compile_error!("Rodio JACK backend is currently only supported on linux.");

 #[cfg(feature = "rodio-backend")]
-pub fn mk_rodio(device: Option<String>) -> Box<dyn Sink + Send> {
-    Box::new(open(cpal::default_host(), device))
+pub fn mk_rodio(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Box<dyn Sink> {
+    Box::new(open(cpal::default_host(), device, format))
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "rodiojack-backend")]
-pub fn mk_rodiojack(device: Option<String>) -> Box<dyn Sink + Send> {
+pub fn mk_rodiojack(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Box<dyn Sink> {
    Box::new(open(
        cpal::host_from_id(cpal::HostId::Jack).unwrap(),
        device,
+        format,
    ))
 }

@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ pub enum RodioError {

 pub struct RodioSink {
    rodio_sink: rodio::Sink,
-    // will produce a TryRecvError on the receiver side when it is dropped.
-    _close_tx: mpsc::SyncSender<Infallible>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
+    _stream: rodio::OutputStream,
 }

 fn list_formats(device: &rodio::Device) {
@ -149,52 +151,54 @@ fn create_sink(
    Ok((sink, stream))
 }

-pub fn open(host: cpal::Host, device: Option<String>) -> RodioSink {
-    debug!("Using rodio sink with cpal host: {}", host.id().name());
+pub fn open(host: cpal::Host, device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> RodioSink {
+    debug!(
+        "Using rodio sink with format {:?} and cpal host: {}",
+        format,
+        host.id().name()
+    );

-    let (sink_tx, sink_rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
-    let (close_tx, close_rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
-
-    std::thread::spawn(move || match create_sink(&host, device) {
-        Ok((sink, stream)) => {
-            sink_tx.send(Ok(sink)).unwrap();
-
-            close_rx.recv().unwrap_err(); // This will fail as soon as the sender is dropped
-            debug!("drop rodio::OutputStream");
-            drop(stream);
+    match format {
+        AudioFormat::F32 => {
+            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+            warn!("Rodio output to Alsa is known to cause garbled sound, consider using `--backend alsa`")
        }
-        Err(e) => {
-            sink_tx.send(Err(e)).unwrap();
-        }
-    });
+        AudioFormat::S16 => (),
+        _ => unimplemented!("Rodio currently only supports F32 and S16 formats"),
+    }

-    // Instead of the second `unwrap`, better error handling could be introduced
-    let sink = sink_rx.recv().unwrap().unwrap();
+    let (sink, stream) = create_sink(&host, device).unwrap();

    debug!("Rodio sink was created");
    RodioSink {
        rodio_sink: sink,
-        _close_tx: close_tx,
+        format,
+        _stream: stream,
    }
 }

 impl Sink for RodioSink {
-    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        // More similar to an "unpause" than "play". Doesn't undo "stop".
-        // self.rodio_sink.play();
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        // This will immediately stop playback, but the sink is then unusable.
-        // We just have to let the current buffer play till the end.
-        // self.rodio_sink.stop();
-        Ok(())
-    }
+    start_stop_noop!();

    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let source = rodio::buffer::SamplesBuffer::new(2, 44100, packet.samples());
-        self.rodio_sink.append(source);
+        let samples = packet.samples();
+        match self.format {
+            AudioFormat::F32 => {
+                let source =
+                    rodio::buffer::SamplesBuffer::new(NUM_CHANNELS as u16, SAMPLE_RATE, samples);
+                self.rodio_sink.append(source);
+            }
+            AudioFormat::S16 => {
+                let samples_s16: &[i16] = &convert::to_s16(samples);
+                let source = rodio::buffer::SamplesBuffer::new(
+                    NUM_CHANNELS as u16,
+                    SAMPLE_RATE,
+                    samples_s16,
+                );
+                self.rodio_sink.append(source);
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        };

        // Chunk sizes seem to be about 256 to 3000 ish items long.
        // Assuming they're on average 1628 then a half second buffer is:
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/sdl.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/sdl.rs
@ -1,57 +1,112 @@
 use super::{Open, Sink};
-use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
+use crate::audio::{convert, AudioPacket};
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
+use crate::player::{NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE};
 use sdl2::audio::{AudioQueue, AudioSpecDesired};
 use std::{io, thread, time};

-type Channel = i16;
-
-pub struct SdlSink {
-    queue: AudioQueue<Channel>,
+pub enum SdlSink {
+    F32(AudioQueue<f32>),
+    S32(AudioQueue<i32>),
+    S16(AudioQueue<i16>),
 }

 impl Open for SdlSink {
-    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> SdlSink {
-        debug!("Using SDL sink");
+    fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using SDL sink with format: {:?}", format);

        if device.is_some() {
-            panic!("SDL sink does not support specifying a device name");
+            warn!("SDL sink does not support specifying a device name");
        }

-        let ctx = sdl2::init().expect("Could not init SDL");
-        let audio = ctx.audio().expect("Could not init SDL audio subsystem");
+        let ctx = sdl2::init().expect("could not initialize SDL");
+        let audio = ctx
+            .audio()
+            .expect("could not initialize SDL audio subsystem");

        let desired_spec = AudioSpecDesired {
-            freq: Some(44_100),
-            channels: Some(2),
+            freq: Some(SAMPLE_RATE as i32),
+            channels: Some(NUM_CHANNELS),
            samples: None,
        };
-        let queue = audio
-            .open_queue(None, &desired_spec)
-            .expect("Could not open SDL audio device");

-        SdlSink { queue }
+        macro_rules! open_sink {
+            ($sink: expr, $type: ty) => {{
+                let queue: AudioQueue<$type> = audio
+                    .open_queue(None, &desired_spec)
+                    .expect("could not open SDL audio device");
+                $sink(queue)
+            }};
+        }
+        match format {
+            AudioFormat::F32 => open_sink!(Self::F32, f32),
+            AudioFormat::S32 => open_sink!(Self::S32, i32),
+            AudioFormat::S16 => open_sink!(Self::S16, i16),
+            _ => {
+                unimplemented!("SDL currently does not support {:?} output", format)
+            }
+        }
    }
 }

 impl Sink for SdlSink {
    fn start(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.queue.clear();
-        self.queue.resume();
+        macro_rules! start_sink {
+            ($queue: expr) => {{
+                $queue.clear();
+                $queue.resume();
+            }};
+        }
+        match self {
+            Self::F32(queue) => start_sink!(queue),
+            Self::S32(queue) => start_sink!(queue),
+            Self::S16(queue) => start_sink!(queue),
+        };
        Ok(())
    }

    fn stop(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.queue.pause();
-        self.queue.clear();
+        macro_rules! stop_sink {
+            ($queue: expr) => {{
+                $queue.pause();
+                $queue.clear();
+            }};
+        }
+        match self {
+            Self::F32(queue) => stop_sink!(queue),
+            Self::S32(queue) => stop_sink!(queue),
+            Self::S16(queue) => stop_sink!(queue),
+        };
        Ok(())
    }

    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        while self.queue.size() > (2 * 2 * 44_100) {
-            // sleep and wait for sdl thread to drain the queue a bit
-            thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+        macro_rules! drain_sink {
+            ($queue: expr, $size: expr) => {{
+                // sleep and wait for sdl thread to drain the queue a bit
+                while $queue.size() > (NUM_CHANNELS as u32 * $size as u32 * SAMPLE_RATE) {
+                    thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+                }
+            }};
        }
-        self.queue.queue(packet.samples());
+
+        let samples = packet.samples();
+        match self {
+            Self::F32(queue) => {
+                drain_sink!(queue, AudioFormat::F32.size());
+                queue.queue(samples)
+            }
+            Self::S32(queue) => {
+                let samples_s32: &[i32] = &convert::to_s32(samples);
+                drain_sink!(queue, AudioFormat::S32.size());
+                queue.queue(samples_s32)
+            }
+            Self::S16(queue) => {
+                let samples_s16: &[i16] = &convert::to_s16(samples);
+                drain_sink!(queue, AudioFormat::S16.size());
+                queue.queue(samples_s16)
+            }
+        };
        Ok(())
    }
 }
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/subprocess.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/subprocess.rs
@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
-use super::{Open, Sink};
+use super::{Open, Sink, SinkAsBytes};
 use crate::audio::AudioPacket;
-
+use crate::config::AudioFormat;
 use shell_words::split;

 use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::mem;
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
-use std::slice;

 pub struct SubprocessSink {
    shell_command: String,
    child: Option<Child>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
 }

 impl Open for SubprocessSink {
-    fn open(shell_command: Option<String>) -> SubprocessSink {
+    fn open(shell_command: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
+        info!("Using subprocess sink with format: {:?}", format);
+
        if let Some(shell_command) = shell_command {
            SubprocessSink {
                shell_command,
                child: None,
+                format,
            }
        } else {
            panic!("subprocess sink requires specifying a shell command");
@ -46,16 +48,15 @@ impl Sink for SubprocessSink {
        Ok(())
    }

-    fn write(&mut self, packet: &AudioPacket) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let data: &[u8] = unsafe {
-            slice::from_raw_parts(
-                packet.samples().as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                packet.samples().len() * mem::size_of::<i16>(),
-            )
-        };
+    sink_as_bytes!();
+}
+
+impl SinkAsBytes for SubprocessSink {
+    fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
        if let Some(child) = &mut self.child {
            let child_stdin = child.stdin.as_mut().unwrap();
            child_stdin.write_all(data)?;
+            child_stdin.flush()?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }
--- a/playback/src/config.rs
+++ b/playback/src/config.rs
@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use crate::audio::convert::i24;
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::mem;
 use std::str::FromStr;

 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq)]
@ -11,17 +14,58 @@ impl FromStr for Bitrate {
    type Err = ();
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        match s {
-            "96" => Ok(Bitrate::Bitrate96),
-            "160" => Ok(Bitrate::Bitrate160),
-            "320" => Ok(Bitrate::Bitrate320),
+            "96" => Ok(Self::Bitrate96),
+            "160" => Ok(Self::Bitrate160),
+            "320" => Ok(Self::Bitrate320),
            _ => Err(()),
        }
    }
 }

 impl Default for Bitrate {
-    fn default() -> Bitrate {
-        Bitrate::Bitrate160
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Bitrate160
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum AudioFormat {
+    F32,
+    S32,
+    S24,
+    S24_3,
+    S16,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&String> for AudioFormat {
+    type Error = ();
+    fn try_from(s: &String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match s.to_uppercase().as_str() {
+            "F32" => Ok(Self::F32),
+            "S32" => Ok(Self::S32),
+            "S24" => Ok(Self::S24),
+            "S24_3" => Ok(Self::S24_3),
+            "S16" => Ok(Self::S16),
+            _ => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for AudioFormat {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::S16
+    }
+}
+
+impl AudioFormat {
+    // not used by all backends
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
+        match self {
+            Self::S24_3 => mem::size_of::<i24>(),
+            Self::S16 => mem::size_of::<i16>(),
+            _ => mem::size_of::<i32>(), // S32 and S24 are both stored in i32
+        }
    }
 }

@ -35,16 +79,39 @@ impl FromStr for NormalisationType {
    type Err = ();
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        match s {
-            "album" => Ok(NormalisationType::Album),
-            "track" => Ok(NormalisationType::Track),
+            "album" => Ok(Self::Album),
+            "track" => Ok(Self::Track),
            _ => Err(()),
        }
    }
 }

 impl Default for NormalisationType {
-    fn default() -> NormalisationType {
-        NormalisationType::Album
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Album
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum NormalisationMethod {
+    Basic,
+    Dynamic,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for NormalisationMethod {
+    type Err = ();
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "basic" => Ok(Self::Basic),
+            "dynamic" => Ok(Self::Dynamic),
+            _ => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for NormalisationMethod {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Dynamic
    }
 }

@ -53,7 +120,12 @@ pub struct PlayerConfig {
    pub bitrate: Bitrate,
    pub normalisation: bool,
    pub normalisation_type: NormalisationType,
+    pub normalisation_method: NormalisationMethod,
    pub normalisation_pregain: f32,
+    pub normalisation_threshold: f32,
+    pub normalisation_attack: f32,
+    pub normalisation_release: f32,
+    pub normalisation_knee: f32,
    pub gapless: bool,
    pub passthrough: bool,
 }
@ -64,7 +136,12 @@ impl Default for PlayerConfig {
            bitrate: Bitrate::default(),
            normalisation: false,
            normalisation_type: NormalisationType::default(),
+            normalisation_method: NormalisationMethod::default(),
            normalisation_pregain: 0.0,
+            normalisation_threshold: -1.0,
+            normalisation_attack: 0.005,
+            normalisation_release: 0.1,
+            normalisation_knee: 1.0,
            gapless: true,
            passthrough: false,
        }
--- a/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs
@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ impl AlsaMixer {
        let mixer = alsa::mixer::Mixer::new(&config.card, false)?;
        let sid = alsa::mixer::SelemId::new(&config.mixer, config.index);

-        let selem = mixer.find_selem(&sid).expect(
-            format!(
+        let selem = mixer.find_selem(&sid).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            panic!(
                "Couldn't find simple mixer control for {},{}",
                &config.mixer, &config.index,
            )
-            .as_str(),
-        );
+        });
        let (min, max) = selem.get_playback_volume_range();
        let (min_db, max_db) = selem.get_playback_db_range();
        let hw_mix = selem
--- a/playback/src/mixer/mod.rs
+++ b/playback/src/mixer/mod.rs
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub trait Mixer: Send {
 }

 pub trait AudioFilter {
-    fn modify_stream(&self, data: &mut [i16]);
+    fn modify_stream(&self, data: &mut [f32]);
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "alsa-backend")]
--- a/playback/src/mixer/softmixer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/mixer/softmixer.rs
@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ struct SoftVolumeApplier {
 }

 impl AudioFilter for SoftVolumeApplier {
-    fn modify_stream(&self, data: &mut [i16]) {
+    fn modify_stream(&self, data: &mut [f32]) {
        let volume = self.volume.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as u16;
        if volume != 0xFFFF {
+            let volume_factor = volume as f64 / 0xFFFF as f64;
            for x in data.iter_mut() {
-                *x = (*x as i32 * volume as i32 / 0xFFFF) as i16;
+                *x = (*x as f64 * volume_factor) as f32;
            }
        }
    }
--- a/playback/src/player.rs
+++ b/playback/src/player.rs
@ -18,15 +18,19 @@ use crate::audio::{
    READ_AHEAD_DURING_PLAYBACK_ROUNDTRIPS, READ_AHEAD_DURING_PLAYBACK_SECONDS,
 };
 use crate::audio_backend::Sink;
-use crate::config::NormalisationType;
-use crate::config::{Bitrate, PlayerConfig};
+use crate::config::{Bitrate, NormalisationMethod, NormalisationType, PlayerConfig};
 use crate::core::session::Session;
 use crate::core::spotify_id::SpotifyId;
 use crate::core::util::SeqGenerator;
 use crate::metadata::{AudioItem, FileFormat};
 use crate::mixer::AudioFilter;

+pub const SAMPLE_RATE: u32 = 44100;
+pub const NUM_CHANNELS: u8 = 2;
+pub const SAMPLES_PER_SECOND: u32 = SAMPLE_RATE as u32 * NUM_CHANNELS as u32;
+
 const PRELOAD_NEXT_TRACK_BEFORE_END_DURATION_MS: u32 = 30000;
+const DB_VOLTAGE_RATIO: f32 = 20.0;

 pub struct Player {
    commands: Option<mpsc::UnboundedSender<PlayerCommand>>,
@ -50,11 +54,18 @@ struct PlayerInternal {

    state: PlayerState,
    preload: PlayerPreload,
-    sink: Box<dyn Sink + Send>,
+    sink: Box<dyn Sink>,
    sink_status: SinkStatus,
    sink_event_callback: Option<SinkEventCallback>,
    audio_filter: Option<Box<dyn AudioFilter + Send>>,
    event_senders: Vec<mpsc::UnboundedSender<PlayerEvent>>,
+
+    limiter_active: bool,
+    limiter_attack_counter: u32,
+    limiter_release_counter: u32,
+    limiter_peak_sample: f32,
+    limiter_factor: f32,
+    limiter_strength: f32,
 }

 enum PlayerCommand {
@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ impl PlayerEvent {
 pub type PlayerEventChannel = mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<PlayerEvent>;

 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-struct NormalisationData {
+pub struct NormalisationData {
    track_gain_db: f32,
    track_peak: f32,
    album_gain_db: f32,
@ -194,6 +205,14 @@ struct NormalisationData {
 }

 impl NormalisationData {
+    pub fn db_to_ratio(db: f32) -> f32 {
+        f32::powf(10.0, db / DB_VOLTAGE_RATIO)
+    }
+
+    pub fn ratio_to_db(ratio: f32) -> f32 {
+        ratio.log10() * DB_VOLTAGE_RATIO
+    }
+
    fn parse_from_file<T: Read + Seek>(mut file: T) -> io::Result<NormalisationData> {
        const SPOTIFY_NORMALIZATION_HEADER_START_OFFSET: u64 = 144;
        file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(SPOTIFY_NORMALIZATION_HEADER_START_OFFSET))?;
@ -218,17 +237,41 @@ impl NormalisationData {
            NormalisationType::Album => [data.album_gain_db, data.album_peak],
            NormalisationType::Track => [data.track_gain_db, data.track_peak],
        };
-        let mut normalisation_factor =
-            f32::powf(10.0, (gain_db + config.normalisation_pregain) / 20.0);

-        if normalisation_factor * gain_peak > 1.0 {
-            warn!("Reducing normalisation factor to prevent clipping. Please add negative pregain to avoid.");
-            normalisation_factor = 1.0 / gain_peak;
+        let normalisation_power = gain_db + config.normalisation_pregain;
+        let mut normalisation_factor = Self::db_to_ratio(normalisation_power);
+
+        if normalisation_factor * gain_peak > config.normalisation_threshold {
+            let limited_normalisation_factor = config.normalisation_threshold / gain_peak;
+            let limited_normalisation_power = Self::ratio_to_db(limited_normalisation_factor);
+
+            if config.normalisation_method == NormalisationMethod::Basic {
+                warn!("Limiting gain to {:.2} for the duration of this track to stay under normalisation threshold.", limited_normalisation_power);
+                normalisation_factor = limited_normalisation_factor;
+            } else {
+                warn!(
+                    "This track will at its peak be subject to {:.2} dB of dynamic limiting.",
+                    normalisation_power - limited_normalisation_power
+                );
+            }
+
+            warn!("Please lower pregain to avoid.");
        }

        debug!("Normalisation Data: {:?}", data);
        debug!("Normalisation Type: {:?}", config.normalisation_type);
-        debug!("Applied normalisation factor: {}", normalisation_factor);
+        debug!(
+            "Normalisation Threshold: {:.1}",
+            Self::ratio_to_db(config.normalisation_threshold)
+        );
+        debug!("Normalisation Method: {:?}", config.normalisation_method);
+        debug!("Normalisation Factor: {}", normalisation_factor);
+
+        if config.normalisation_method == NormalisationMethod::Dynamic {
+            debug!("Normalisation Attack: {:?}", config.normalisation_attack);
+            debug!("Normalisation Release: {:?}", config.normalisation_release);
+            debug!("Normalisation Knee: {:?}", config.normalisation_knee);
+        }

        normalisation_factor
    }
@ -242,7 +285,7 @@ impl Player {
        sink_builder: F,
    ) -> (Player, PlayerEventChannel)
    where
-        F: FnOnce() -> Box<dyn Sink + Send> + Send + 'static,
+        F: FnOnce() -> Box<dyn Sink> + Send + 'static,
    {
        let (cmd_tx, cmd_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
        let (event_sender, event_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
@ -262,6 +305,13 @@ impl Player {
                sink_event_callback: None,
                audio_filter,
                event_senders: [event_sender].to_vec(),
+
+                limiter_active: false,
+                limiter_attack_counter: 0,
+                limiter_release_counter: 0,
+                limiter_peak_sample: 0.0,
+                limiter_factor: 1.0,
+                limiter_strength: 0.0,
            };

            // While PlayerInternal is written as a future, it still contains blocking code.
@ -888,7 +938,8 @@ impl Future for PlayerInternal {

                    if !passthrough {
                        if let Some(ref packet) = packet {
-                            *stream_position_pcm += (packet.samples().len() / 2) as u64;
+                            *stream_position_pcm +=
+                                (packet.samples().len() / NUM_CHANNELS as usize) as u64;
                            let stream_position_millis =
                                Self::position_pcm_to_ms(*stream_position_pcm);

@ -1110,10 +1161,115 @@ impl PlayerInternal {
                        }

                        if self.config.normalisation
-                            && f32::abs(normalisation_factor - 1.0) > f32::EPSILON
+                            && (f32::abs(normalisation_factor - 1.0) < f32::EPSILON
+                                || self.config.normalisation_method != NormalisationMethod::Basic)
                        {
-                            for x in data.iter_mut() {
-                                *x = (*x as f32 * normalisation_factor) as i16;
+                            for sample in data.iter_mut() {
+                                let mut actual_normalisation_factor = normalisation_factor;
+                                if self.config.normalisation_method == NormalisationMethod::Dynamic
+                                {
+                                    if self.limiter_active {
+                                        // "S"-shaped curve with a configurable knee during attack and release:
+                                        //  - > 1.0 yields soft knees at start and end, steeper in between
+                                        //  - 1.0 yields a linear function from 0-100%
+                                        //  - between 0.0 and 1.0 yields hard knees at start and end, flatter in between
+                                        //  - 0.0 yields a step response to 50%, causing distortion
+                                        //  - Rates < 0.0 invert the limiter and are invalid
+                                        let mut shaped_limiter_strength = self.limiter_strength;
+                                        if shaped_limiter_strength > 0.0
+                                            && shaped_limiter_strength < 1.0
+                                        {
+                                            shaped_limiter_strength = 1.0
+                                                / (1.0
+                                                    + f32::powf(
+                                                        shaped_limiter_strength
+                                                            / (1.0 - shaped_limiter_strength),
+                                                        -1.0 * self.config.normalisation_knee,
+                                                    ));
+                                        }
+                                        actual_normalisation_factor =
+                                            (1.0 - shaped_limiter_strength) * normalisation_factor
+                                                + shaped_limiter_strength * self.limiter_factor;
+                                    };
+
+                                    // Always check for peaks, even when the limiter is already active.
+                                    // There may be even higher peaks than we initially targeted.
+                                    // Check against the normalisation factor that would be applied normally.
+                                    let abs_sample =
+                                        ((*sample as f64 * normalisation_factor as f64) as f32)
+                                            .abs();
+                                    if abs_sample > self.config.normalisation_threshold {
+                                        self.limiter_active = true;
+                                        if self.limiter_release_counter > 0 {
+                                            // A peak was encountered while releasing the limiter;
+                                            // synchronize with the current release limiter strength.
+                                            self.limiter_attack_counter = (((SAMPLES_PER_SECOND
+                                                as f32
+                                                * self.config.normalisation_release)
+                                                - self.limiter_release_counter as f32)
+                                                / (self.config.normalisation_release
+                                                    / self.config.normalisation_attack))
+                                                as u32;
+                                            self.limiter_release_counter = 0;
+                                        }
+
+                                        self.limiter_attack_counter =
+                                            self.limiter_attack_counter.saturating_add(1);
+                                        self.limiter_strength = self.limiter_attack_counter as f32
+                                            / (SAMPLES_PER_SECOND as f32
+                                                * self.config.normalisation_attack);
+
+                                        if abs_sample > self.limiter_peak_sample {
+                                            self.limiter_peak_sample = abs_sample;
+                                            self.limiter_factor =
+                                                self.config.normalisation_threshold
+                                                    / self.limiter_peak_sample;
+                                        }
+                                    } else if self.limiter_active {
+                                        if self.limiter_attack_counter > 0 {
+                                            // Release may start within the attack period, before
+                                            // the limiter reached full strength. For that reason
+                                            // start the release by synchronizing with the current
+                                            // attack limiter strength.
+                                            self.limiter_release_counter = (((SAMPLES_PER_SECOND
+                                                as f32
+                                                * self.config.normalisation_attack)
+                                                - self.limiter_attack_counter as f32)
+                                                * (self.config.normalisation_release
+                                                    / self.config.normalisation_attack))
+                                                as u32;
+                                            self.limiter_attack_counter = 0;
+                                        }
+
+                                        self.limiter_release_counter =
+                                            self.limiter_release_counter.saturating_add(1);
+
+                                        if self.limiter_release_counter
+                                            > (SAMPLES_PER_SECOND as f32
+                                                * self.config.normalisation_release)
+                                                as u32
+                                        {
+                                            self.reset_limiter();
+                                        } else {
+                                            self.limiter_strength = ((SAMPLES_PER_SECOND as f32
+                                                * self.config.normalisation_release)
+                                                - self.limiter_release_counter as f32)
+                                                / (SAMPLES_PER_SECOND as f32
+                                                    * self.config.normalisation_release);
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                *sample =
+                                    (*sample as f64 * actual_normalisation_factor as f64) as f32;
+
+                                // Extremely sharp attacks, however unlikely, *may* still clip and provide
+                                // undefined results, so strictly enforce output within [-1.0, 1.0].
+                                if *sample < -1.0 {
+                                    *sample = -1.0;
+                                } else if *sample > 1.0 {
+                                    *sample = 1.0;
+                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
@ -1144,6 +1300,15 @@ impl PlayerInternal {
        }
    }

+    fn reset_limiter(&mut self) {
+        self.limiter_active = false;
+        self.limiter_release_counter = 0;
+        self.limiter_attack_counter = 0;
+        self.limiter_peak_sample = 0.0;
+        self.limiter_factor = 1.0;
+        self.limiter_strength = 0.0;
+    }
+
    fn start_playback(
        &mut self,
        track_id: SpotifyId,
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ use librespot::core::config::{ConnectConfig, DeviceType, SessionConfig, VolumeCt
 use librespot::core::session::Session;
 use librespot::core::version;
 use librespot::playback::audio_backend::{self, Sink, BACKENDS};
-use librespot::playback::config::{Bitrate, NormalisationType, PlayerConfig};
+use librespot::playback::config::{
+    AudioFormat, Bitrate, NormalisationMethod, NormalisationType, PlayerConfig,
+};
 use librespot::playback::mixer::{self, Mixer, MixerConfig};
-use librespot::playback::player::Player;
+use librespot::playback::player::{NormalisationData, Player};

 mod player_event_handler;
 use player_event_handler::{emit_sink_event, run_program_on_events};

+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ use std::{
    pin::Pin,
 };

+const MILLIS: f32 = 1000.0;
+
 fn device_id(name: &str) -> String {
    hex::encode(Sha1::digest(name.as_bytes()))
 }
@ -93,9 +98,20 @@ pub fn get_credentials<F: FnOnce(&String) -> Option<String>>(
    }
 }

+fn print_version() {
+    println!(
+        "librespot {semver} {sha} (Built on {build_date}, Build ID: {build_id})",
+        semver = version::SEMVER,
+        sha = version::SHA_SHORT,
+        build_date = version::BUILD_DATE,
+        build_id = version::BUILD_ID
+    );
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct Setup {
-    backend: fn(Option<String>) -> Box<dyn Sink + Send + 'static>,
+    format: AudioFormat,
+    backend: fn(Option<String>, AudioFormat) -> Box<dyn Sink + 'static>,
    device: Option<String>,

    mixer: fn(Option<MixerConfig>) -> Box<dyn Mixer>,
@ -112,7 +128,7 @@ struct Setup {
    emit_sink_events: bool,
 }

-fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
+fn get_setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
    let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
    opts.optopt(
        "c",
@ -125,7 +141,7 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
        "Path to a directory where system files (credentials, volume) will be cached. Can be different from cache option value",
        "SYTEMCACHE",
    ).optflag("", "disable-audio-cache", "Disable caching of the audio data.")
-        .reqopt("n", "name", "Device name", "NAME")
+        .optopt("n", "name", "Device name", "NAME")
        .optopt("", "device-type", "Displayed device type", "DEVICE_TYPE")
        .optopt(
            "b",
@ -141,6 +157,7 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
        )
        .optflag("", "emit-sink-events", "Run program set by --onevent before sink is opened and after it is closed.")
        .optflag("v", "verbose", "Enable verbose output")
+        .optflag("V", "version", "Display librespot version string")
        .optopt("u", "username", "Username to sign in with", "USERNAME")
        .optopt("p", "password", "Password", "PASSWORD")
        .optopt("", "proxy", "HTTP proxy to use when connecting", "PROXY")
@ -158,6 +175,12 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
            "Audio device to use. Use '?' to list options if using portaudio or alsa",
            "DEVICE",
        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "format",
+            "Output format (F32, S32, S24, S24_3 or S16). Defaults to S16",
+            "FORMAT",
+        )
        .optopt("", "mixer", "Mixer to use (alsa or softvol)", "MIXER")
        .optopt(
            "m",
@ -199,6 +222,12 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
            "enable-volume-normalisation",
            "Play all tracks at the same volume",
        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "normalisation-method",
+            "Specify the normalisation method to use - [basic, dynamic]. Default is dynamic.",
+            "NORMALISATION_METHOD",
+        )
        .optopt(
            "",
            "normalisation-gain-type",
@ -211,6 +240,30 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
            "Pregain (dB) applied by volume normalisation",
            "PREGAIN",
        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "normalisation-threshold",
+            "Threshold (dBFS) to prevent clipping. Default is -1.0.",
+            "THRESHOLD",
+        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "normalisation-attack",
+            "Attack time (ms) in which the dynamic limiter is reducing gain. Default is 5.",
+            "ATTACK",
+        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "normalisation-release",
+            "Release or decay time (ms) in which the dynamic limiter is restoring gain. Default is 100.",
+            "RELEASE",
+        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "normalisation-knee",
+            "Knee steepness of the dynamic limiter. Default is 1.0.",
+            "KNEE",
+        )
        .optopt(
            "",
            "volume-ctrl",
@ -241,15 +294,20 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
        }
    };

+    if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        print_version();
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
    let verbose = matches.opt_present("verbose");
    setup_logging(verbose);

    info!(
-        "librespot {} ({}). Built on {}. Build ID: {}",
-        version::short_sha(),
-        version::commit_date(),
-        version::short_now(),
-        version::build_id()
+        "librespot {semver} {sha} (Built on {build_date}, Build ID: {build_id})",
+        semver = version::SEMVER,
+        sha = version::SHA_SHORT,
+        build_date = version::BUILD_DATE,
+        build_id = version::BUILD_ID
    );

    let backend_name = matches.opt_str("backend");
@ -260,9 +318,15 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {

    let backend = audio_backend::find(backend_name).expect("Invalid backend");

+    let format = matches
+        .opt_str("format")
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|format| AudioFormat::try_from(format).expect("Invalid output format"))
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
    let device = matches.opt_str("device");
    if device == Some("?".into()) {
-        backend(device);
+        backend(device, format);
        exit(0);
    }

@ -329,7 +393,9 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
        .map(|port| port.parse::<u16>().unwrap())
        .unwrap_or(0);

-    let name = matches.opt_str("name").unwrap();
+    let name = matches
+        .opt_str("name")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "Librespot".to_string());

    let credentials = {
        let cached_credentials = cache.as_ref().and_then(Cache::credentials);
@ -352,7 +418,7 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
        let device_id = device_id(&name);

        SessionConfig {
-            user_agent: version::version_string(),
+            user_agent: version::VERSION_STRING.to_string(),
            device_id,
            proxy: matches.opt_str("proxy").or_else(|| std::env::var("http_proxy").ok()).map(
                |s| {
@ -392,15 +458,48 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
                NormalisationType::from_str(gain_type).expect("Invalid normalisation type")
            })
            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let normalisation_method = matches
+            .opt_str("normalisation-method")
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|gain_type| {
+                NormalisationMethod::from_str(gain_type).expect("Invalid normalisation method")
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+
        PlayerConfig {
            bitrate,
            gapless: !matches.opt_present("disable-gapless"),
            normalisation: matches.opt_present("enable-volume-normalisation"),
+            normalisation_method,
            normalisation_type: gain_type,
            normalisation_pregain: matches
                .opt_str("normalisation-pregain")
                .map(|pregain| pregain.parse::<f32>().expect("Invalid pregain float value"))
                .unwrap_or(PlayerConfig::default().normalisation_pregain),
+            normalisation_threshold: NormalisationData::db_to_ratio(
+                matches
+                    .opt_str("normalisation-threshold")
+                    .map(|threshold| {
+                        threshold
+                            .parse::<f32>()
+                            .expect("Invalid threshold float value")
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or(PlayerConfig::default().normalisation_threshold),
+            ),
+            normalisation_attack: matches
+                .opt_str("normalisation-attack")
+                .map(|attack| attack.parse::<f32>().expect("Invalid attack float value"))
+                .unwrap_or(PlayerConfig::default().normalisation_attack * MILLIS)
+                / MILLIS,
+            normalisation_release: matches
+                .opt_str("normalisation-release")
+                .map(|release| release.parse::<f32>().expect("Invalid release float value"))
+                .unwrap_or(PlayerConfig::default().normalisation_release * MILLIS)
+                / MILLIS,
+            normalisation_knee: matches
+                .opt_str("normalisation-knee")
+                .map(|knee| knee.parse::<f32>().expect("Invalid knee float value"))
+                .unwrap_or(PlayerConfig::default().normalisation_knee),
            passthrough,
        }
    };
@ -430,6 +529,7 @@ fn setup(args: &[String]) -> Setup {
    let enable_discovery = !matches.opt_present("disable-discovery");

    Setup {
+        format,
        backend,
        cache,
        session_config,
@ -453,7 +553,7 @@ async fn main() {
    }

    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
-    let setupp = setup(&args);
+    let setup = get_setup(&args);

    let mut last_credentials = None;
    let mut spirc: Option<Spirc> = None;
@ -463,23 +563,23 @@ async fn main() {
    let mut discovery = None;
    let mut connecting: Pin<Box<dyn future::FusedFuture<Output = _>>> = Box::pin(future::pending());

-    if setupp.enable_discovery {
-        let config = setupp.connect_config.clone();
-        let device_id = setupp.session_config.device_id.clone();
+    if setup.enable_discovery {
+        let config = setup.connect_config.clone();
+        let device_id = setup.session_config.device_id.clone();

        discovery = Some(
-            librespot_connect::discovery::discovery(config, device_id, setupp.zeroconf_port)
+            librespot_connect::discovery::discovery(config, device_id, setup.zeroconf_port)
                .unwrap(),
        );
    }

-    if let Some(credentials) = setupp.credentials {
+    if let Some(credentials) = setup.credentials {
        last_credentials = Some(credentials.clone());
        connecting = Box::pin(
            Session::connect(
-                setupp.session_config.clone(),
+                setup.session_config.clone(),
                credentials,
-                setupp.cache.clone(),
+                setup.cache.clone(),
            )
            .fuse(),
        );
@ -502,9 +602,9 @@ async fn main() {
                        }

                        connecting = Box::pin(Session::connect(
-                            setupp.session_config.clone(),
+                            setup.session_config.clone(),
                            credentials,
-                            setupp.cache.clone(),
+                            setup.cache.clone(),
                        ).fuse());
                    },
                    None => {
@ -515,21 +615,22 @@ async fn main() {
            },
            session = &mut connecting, if !connecting.is_terminated() => match session {
                Ok(session) => {
-                    let mixer_config = setupp.mixer_config.clone();
-                    let mixer = (setupp.mixer)(Some(mixer_config));
-                    let player_config = setupp.player_config.clone();
-                    let connect_config = setupp.connect_config.clone();
+                    let mixer_config = setup.mixer_config.clone();
+                    let mixer = (setup.mixer)(Some(mixer_config));
+                    let player_config = setup.player_config.clone();
+                    let connect_config = setup.connect_config.clone();

                    let audio_filter = mixer.get_audio_filter();
-                    let backend = setupp.backend;
-                    let device = setupp.device.clone();
+                    let format = setup.format;
+                    let backend = setup.backend;
+                    let device = setup.device.clone();
                    let (player, event_channel) =
                        Player::new(player_config, session.clone(), audio_filter, move || {
-                            (backend)(device)
+                            (backend)(device, format)
                        });

-                    if setupp.emit_sink_events {
-                        if let Some(player_event_program) = setupp.player_event_program.clone() {
+                    if setup.emit_sink_events {
+                        if let Some(player_event_program) = setup.player_event_program.clone() {
                            player.set_sink_event_callback(Some(Box::new(move |sink_status| {
                                match emit_sink_event(sink_status, &player_event_program) {
                                    Ok(e) if e.success() => (),
@ -575,16 +676,16 @@ async fn main() {
                        auto_connect_times.push(Instant::now());

                        connecting = Box::pin(Session::connect(
-                            setupp.session_config.clone(),
+                            setup.session_config.clone(),
                            credentials,
-                            setupp.cache.clone(),
+                            setup.cache.clone(),
                        ).fuse());
                    }
                }
            },
            event = async { player_event_channel.as_mut().unwrap().recv().await }, if player_event_channel.is_some() => match event {
                Some(event) => {
-                    if let Some(program) = &setupp.player_event_program {
+                    if let Some(program) = &setup.player_event_program {
                        if let Some(child) = run_program_on_events(event, program) {
                            let mut child = child.expect("program failed to start");