--- flow/audioioalsa9.cc.orig	2005-01-09 21:24:00.392543104 +0100
+++ flow/audioioalsa9.cc.orig	2005-01-09 21:34:50.223753744 +0100
@@ -115,11 +115,19 @@ 
 	param(fragmentCount) = 7;
 	param(channels) = 2;
 	param(direction) = directionWrite;
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+        param(format) = 17;
+#else
         param(format) = 16;
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * default parameters
 	 */
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+	m_format = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_BE;
+#else
 	m_format = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE;
+#endif
         m_pcm_playback = NULL;
 	m_pcm_capture = NULL;
 }