From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: what is the difference between
 SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_LE and SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_3LE
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:35:57 +0200
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Zhang wei wrote:
> I do not really understand. For example,an codec is wm8985 ...

The SNDRV_PCM_* symbols specify the format in which samples are
stored in memory.

I do not know how ASoC maps these symbols to on-the-wire formats.

>>Most devices that support 24 bits use SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S32_LE, which
>>stores the sample's bits in the upper bits of a 32-bit word.
>
> But how to distinguish the SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S24_LE and the REAL
> SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S32_LE?

If a 24-bit sample with the value 0x123456 is stored in memory, it looks
like this:
SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S24_LE: 56 34 12 00
SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S32_LE: 00 56 34 12


Regards,
Clemens