from http://docs.python.org/lib/ossaudio-device-objects.html:
AFMT_U8 Unsigned, 8-bit audio AFMT_S16_LE Unsigned, 16-bit audio, little-endian byte order (as used by Intel processors) AFMT_S16_BE Unsigned, 16-bit audio, big-endian byte order (as used by 68k, PowerPC, Sparc) AFMT_S8 Signed, 8 bit audio AFMT_U16_LE Signed, 16-bit little-endian audio AFMT_U16_BE Signed, 16-bit big-endian audio Note how the U:s and S:s are switched compared to signed and unsigned, this should surely not be like this? If it really is like this it is uncoherent and quite stupid :P -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list