--- madplay-0.15.2b/audio_alsa.c
+++ madplay-0.15.2b-alsaapi/audio_alsa.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAMS_API
-#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_SW_PARAMS_API
 #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
 
 #include <mad.h>
@@ -44,15 +42,15 @@ int channels	= -1;
 int bitdepth	= -1;
 int sample_size	= -1;
 
-int buffer_time		= 500000;
-int period_time		= 100000;
+unsigned int buffer_time= 500000;
+unsigned int period_time= 100000;
 char *defaultdev	= "plughw:0,0";
 
 snd_pcm_hw_params_t *alsa_hwparams;
 snd_pcm_sw_params_t *alsa_swparams;
 
-snd_pcm_sframes_t buffer_size;
-snd_pcm_sframes_t period_size;
+snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_size;
+snd_pcm_uframes_t period_size;
 
 snd_pcm_format_t  alsa_format = -1;
 snd_pcm_access_t  alsa_access = SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED;
@@ -67,7 +65,8 @@ int set_hwparams(snd_pcm_t *handle,
 		 snd_pcm_access_t access)
 {
 	int err, dir;
-	
+	unsigned int rwval;
+
 	/* choose all parameters */
 	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_any(handle,params);
 	if (err < 0) {
@@ -87,29 +86,41 @@ int set_hwparams(snd_pcm_t *handle,
 		return err;
 	}
 	/* set the stream rate */
-	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(handle, params, rate, 0);
+	rwval = rate;
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(handle, params, &rwval, 0);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printf("Rate %iHz not available for playback: %s\n", rate, snd_strerror(err));
 		return err;
 	}
-	if (err != rate) {
-		printf("Rate doesn't match (requested %iHz, get %iHz)\n", rate, err);
+	if (rwval != rate) {
+		printf("Rate doesn't match (requested %iHz, get %iHz)\n", rate, rwval);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	else {
+		rate = rwval;
+	}
 	/* set buffer time */
-	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near(handle, params, buffer_time, &dir);
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near(handle, params, &buffer_time, &dir);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printf("Unable to set buffer time %i for playback: %s\n", buffer_time, snd_strerror(err));
 		return err;
 	}
-	buffer_size = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size(params);
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size(params, &buffer_size);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printf("Unable to get buffer size %i for playback: %s\n", buffer_size, snd_strerror(err));
+		return err;
+	}
 	/* set period time */
-	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_time_near(handle, params, period_time, &dir);
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_time_near(handle, params, &period_time, &dir);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printf("Unable to set period time %i for playback: %s\n", period_time, snd_strerror(err));
 		return err;
 	}
-	period_size = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size(params, &dir);
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size(params, &period_size, &dir);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printf("Unable to get period size %i for playback: %s\n", period_size, snd_strerror(err));
+		return err;
+	}
 	/* write the parameters to device */
 	err = snd_pcm_hw_params(handle, params);
 	if (err < 0) {
Binary files madplay-0.15.2b/audio_alsa.o and madplay-0.15.2b-alsaapi/audio_alsa.o differ