diff -ur MPlayer-cvs/libaf/af_format.c MPlayer-test/libaf/af_format.c
--- MPlayer-cvs/libaf/af_format.c	2004-05-02 15:09:09.000000000 +0200
+++ MPlayer-test/libaf/af_format.c	2004-05-10 22:25:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
 // Sanity check for bytes per sample
 int check_bps(int bps)
 {
-  if(bps != 4 && bps != 2 && bps != 1){
+  if(bps != 4 && bps != 3 && bps != 2 && bps != 1){
     af_msg(AF_MSG_ERROR,"[format] The number of bytes per sample" 
-	   " must be 1, 2 or 4. Current value is %i \n",bps);
+	   " must be 1, 2, 3 or 4. Current value is %i \n",bps);
     return AF_ERROR;
   }
   return AF_OK;
@@ -349,6 +349,30 @@
   open
 };
 
+static inline uint32_t load24bit(void* data, int pos) {
+#if WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+  return (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos])<<24) |
+	 (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+1])<<16) |
+	 (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+2])<<8);
+#else
+  return (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos])<<8) |
+	 (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+1])<<16) |
+	 (((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+2])<<24);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void store24bit(void* data, int pos, uint32_t expanded_value) {
+#if WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos]=expanded_value>>24;
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+1]=expanded_value>>16;
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+2]=expanded_value>>8;
+#else
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos]=expanded_value>>8;
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+1]=expanded_value>>16;
+      ((uint8_t*)data)[3*pos+2]=expanded_value>>24;
+#endif
+}
+
 // Function implementations used by play
 static void endian(void* in, void* out, int len, int bps)
 {
@@ -362,6 +386,15 @@
       }
       break;
     }
+    case(3):{
+      register uint8_t s;
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++){
+	s=((uint8_t*)in)[3*i];
+	((uint8_t*)out)[3*i]=((uint8_t*)in)[3*i+2];
+	((uint8_t*)out)[3*i+2]=s;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
     case(4):{
       register uint32_t s;
       for(i=0;i<len;i++){
@@ -388,6 +421,10 @@
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((uint16_t*)out)[i]=(uint16_t)(SHRT_MAX+((int)((int16_t*)in)[i]));
     break;
+  case(3):
+    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+      store24bit(out, i, (uint32_t)(INT_MAX+(int32_t)load24bit(in, i)));
+    break;
   case(4):
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((uint32_t*)out)[i]=(uint32_t)(INT_MAX+((int32_t*)in)[i]);
@@ -407,6 +444,10 @@
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((int16_t*)out)[i]=(int16_t)(SHRT_MIN+((int)((uint16_t*)in)[i]));
     break;
+  case(3):
+    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+      store24bit(out, i, (int32_t)(INT_MIN+(uint32_t)load24bit(in, i)));
+    break;
   case(4):
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((int32_t*)out)[i]=(int32_t)(INT_MIN+((uint32_t*)in)[i]);
@@ -424,6 +465,10 @@
       for(i=0;i<len;i++)
 	((uint16_t*)out)[i]=((uint16_t)((uint8_t*)in)[i])<<8;
       break;
+    case(3):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+	store24bit(out, i, ((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)in)[i])<<24);
+      break;
     case(4):
       for(i=0;i<len;i++)
 	((uint32_t*)out)[i]=((uint32_t)((uint8_t*)in)[i])<<24;
@@ -436,12 +481,32 @@
       for(i=0;i<len;i++)
 	((uint8_t*)out)[i]=(uint8_t)((((uint16_t*)in)[i])>>8);
       break;
+    case(3):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+	store24bit(out, i, ((uint32_t)((uint16_t*)in)[i])<<16);
+      break;
     case(4):
       for(i=0;i<len;i++)
 	((uint32_t*)out)[i]=((uint32_t)((uint16_t*)in)[i])<<16;
       break;
     }
     break;
+  case(3):
+    switch(outbps){
+    case(1):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+	((uint8_t*)out)[i]=(uint8_t)(load24bit(in, i)>>24);
+      break;
+    case(2):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+	((uint16_t*)out)[i]=(uint16_t)(load24bit(in, i)>>16);
+      break;
+    case(4):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+	((uint32_t*)out)[i]=(uint32_t)load24bit(in, i);
+      break;
+    }
+    break;      
   case(4):
     switch(outbps){
     case(1):
@@ -452,6 +517,10 @@
       for(i=0;i<len;i++)
 	((uint16_t*)out)[i]=(uint16_t)((((uint32_t*)in)[i])>>16);
       break;
+    case(3):
+      for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+        store24bit(out, i, ((uint32_t*)in)[i]);
+      break;
     }
     break;      
   }
@@ -469,6 +538,10 @@
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((int16_t*)out)[i]=(int16_t)lrintf(SHRT_MAX*((float*)in)[i]);
     break;
+  case(3):
+    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+      store24bit(out, i, (int32_t)lrintf(INT_MAX*((float*)in)[i]));
+    break;
   case(4):
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((int32_t*)out)[i]=(int32_t)lrintf(INT_MAX*((float*)in)[i]);
@@ -488,6 +561,10 @@
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((float*)out)[i]=(1.0/SHRT_MAX)*((float)((int16_t*)in)[i]);
     break;
+  case(3):
+    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
+      ((float*)out)[i]=(1.0/INT_MAX)*((float)((int32_t)load24bit(in, i)));
+    break;
   case(4):
     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
       ((float*)out)[i]=(1.0/INT_MAX)*((float)((int32_t*)in)[i]);
diff -ur MPlayer-cvs/libaf/af_mp.c MPlayer-test/libaf/af_mp.c
--- MPlayer-cvs/libaf/af_mp.c	2003-01-18 18:31:22.000000000 +0100
+++ MPlayer-test/libaf/af_mp.c	2004-05-10 22:25:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
   case(AFMT_FLOAT):
     ofmt = AF_FORMAT_F | AF_FORMAT_NE; break;
   default: 
+    if (ifmt & AFMT_AF_FLAGS == AFMT_AF_FLAGS) {
+      ofmt = ifmt & ~AFMT_AF_FLAGS;
+      break;
+    }
     //This can not happen .... 
     af_msg(AF_MSG_FATAL,"Unrecognized input audio format %i\n",ifmt);
     break;
@@ -75,6 +79,6 @@
   case AF_FORMAT_AC3:    return AFMT_AC3;
   case AF_FORMAT_IMA_ADPCM: return AFMT_IMA_ADPCM;
   }
-  return AFMT_S16_LE; // shouldn't happen
+  return (fmt->format | AFMT_AF_FLAGS);
 }
 
diff -ur MPlayer-cvs/libao2/afmt.h MPlayer-test/libao2/afmt.h
--- MPlayer-cvs/libao2/afmt.h	2003-01-03 16:12:18.000000000 +0100
+++ MPlayer-test/libao2/afmt.h	2004-05-10 22:25:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@
 #ifndef AFMT_FLOAT
 # define AFMT_FLOAT               0x00004000
 #endif
+
+/* for formats that don't have a corresponding AFMT_* type,
+ * use the flags from libaf/af_format.h or'ed with this */
+#define AFMT_AF_FLAGS             0x70000000
+
diff -ur MPlayer-cvs/libmpcodecs/ad_pcm.c MPlayer-test/libmpcodecs/ad_pcm.c
--- MPlayer-cvs/libmpcodecs/ad_pcm.c	2004-05-09 01:56:10.000000000 +0200
+++ MPlayer-test/libmpcodecs/ad_pcm.c	2004-05-10 22:27:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "ad_internal.h"
+#include "../libaf/af_format.h"
 
 static ad_info_t info = 
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@
        switch (sh_audio->samplesize) {
          case 1: sh_audio->sample_format=AFMT_U8; break;
          case 2: sh_audio->sample_format=AFMT_S16_LE; break;
+         case 3: sh_audio->sample_format=AFMT_AF_FLAGS | AF_FORMAT_I |
+                   AF_FORMAT_LE | AF_FORMAT_SI;
+           break;
          case 4: sh_audio->sample_format=AFMT_S32_LE; break;
        }
        break;