simplyfied bit reading from fifo by using int16_t

input/fifo.c

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#define BUFSIZE 1024
 int rc;
 
 struct audio_data {
@@ -20,13 +22,14 @@ void* input_fifo(void* data)
 	struct audio_data *audio = (struct audio_data *)data;
 	int fd;
 	int n = 0;
-	signed char buf[1024];
+	//signed char buf[1024];
 	int tempr, templ, lo;
 	int q, i;
 	int t = 0;
 	int size = 1024;
 	int bytes = 0;
 	int flags;
+	int16_t buf[BUFSIZE / 2];
 	struct timespec req = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 10000000 };
 
 
@@ -50,6 +53,22 @@ void* input_fifo(void* data)
 			}
 		} else { //if bytes read go ahead
 			t = 0;
+
+            for (i = 0; i < BUFSIZE / 2; i += 2) {
+
+                if (audio->channels == 1) audio->audio_out_l[n] = (buf[i] + buf[i + 1]) / 2;
+
+                //stereo storing channels in buffer
+                if (audio->channels == 2) {
+                        audio->audio_out_l[n] = buf[i];
+                        audio->audio_out_r[n] = buf[i + 1];
+                        }
+
+                n++;
+                if (n == 2048 - 1) n = 0;
+        }
+
+/*
 			for (q = 0; q < (size / 4); q++) {
 
 				tempr = ( buf[ 4 * q + 3] << 2);
@@ -77,9 +96,12 @@ templ) /
 					audio->audio_out_r[n] = tempr;
 					}
 
+
+
 				n++;
 				if (n == 2048 - 1)n = 0;
 			}
+*/
 		}
 
 		if (audio->terminate == 1) {