diff --git a/packages/sndfile/examples/sfplay.pp b/packages/sndfile/examples/sfplay.pp
index 983a7e421e..83ae3a2b85 100644
--- a/packages/sndfile/examples/sfplay.pp
+++ b/packages/sndfile/examples/sfplay.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ program sfplay;
 {$mode objfpc}
 {$h+}
 
-uses sndfile,linux;
+uses sndfile, baseunix;
 
 Const
   BUFFERLEN = 1024;
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ResourceString
   SErrSetSyncMode = 'Could not set sync mode';
 
 Procedure PlayError(Msg : String);
-
 begin
   Writeln(stderr,Msg);
   Halt(1);
@@ -38,68 +37,64 @@ end;
 Function OpenDSPDevice(Channels,Samplerate : LongInt) : LongInt; forward;
 
 procedure PlayFile(FileName : String);
-
-Var
-  Buffer : Array[0..BUFFERLEN-1] of word;
-  SoundFile : PSndFile;
-  Info  : SF_INFO;
-  k, m, AudioDevice, readcount : Longint;
-  ScaleData : Boolean;
-
+var
+  Buffer: Array[0..BUFFERLEN-1] of word;
+  SoundFile: PSndFile;
+  Info: TSF_INFO;
+  k, m, AudioDevice, readcount: Longint;
+  ScaleData: Boolean;
 begin
   Writeln(SPlaying,FileName);
-  SoundFile:=sf_open_read(pChar(FileName),@Info);
+  SoundFile:=sf_open(pChar(FileName), SFM_READ, @Info);
   If (SoundFile=Nil) then
     begin
-    sf_perror(Nil);
-    exit;
+      sf_perror(Nil);
+      exit;
     end;
   If not (Info.Channels in [1,2]) then
     PlayError(SerrChannels);
   AudioDevice:=OpenDSPDevice(Info.channels, Info.samplerate);
-  ScaleData:=(Info.pcmbitwidth < 16);
+  ScaleData:=(Info.samplerate < 16);
   readcount:=sf_read_short(SoundFile,@Buffer,BUFFERLEN);
   While ReadCount<>0 do
     begin
-    If ScaleData then
-      For m:=0 to BufferLen-1 do
-        Buffer[m]:=buffer[m] * 256;
-    fdwrite (AudioDevice, buffer, readcount * sizeof (word)) ;
-    readcount:=sf_read_short(SoundFile,@Buffer,BUFFERLEN);
+      If ScaleData then
+        For m:=0 to BufferLen-1 do
+          Buffer[m]:=buffer[m] * 256;
+      FpWrite(AudioDevice, buffer, readcount * sizeof (word)) ;
+      readcount:=sf_read_short(SoundFile,@Buffer,BUFFERLEN);
     end;
   sf_close (Soundfile) ;
-  fdclose (AudioDevice) ;
+  FpClose(AudioDevice) ;
 end;
 
 Function OpenDSPDevice (channels,SampleRate : LongInt) : Longint;
-
 var
  fd, stereo, temp, error : longint ;
-
 begin
-  fd:=fdOpen('/dev/dsp',OPEN_WRONLY,0);
+  fd:=fpOpen('/dev/dsp',O_WRONLY,0);
   if fd<0 then
     PlayError(SErrOpeningDevice);
   Stereo:=0;
-  if Not ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO  , @stereo) then
+  if Not (FpIOCtl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO  , @stereo) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrSettingStereo);
-  if Not ioctl (fd, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, Nil) then
+  if Not (FpIOCtl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, Nil) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrResettingDevice);
   temp := 16 ;
-  If not ioctl (fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_BITS, @temp) then
+  If not (FpIOCtl(fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_BITS, @temp) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrSetWriteBits);
-  If not  ioctl (fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_CHANNELS, @channels) then
+  If not (FpIOCtl(fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_CHANNELS, @channels) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrSetChannels);
-  If Not ioctl (fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_RATE, @SampleRate) then
+  If Not (FpIOCtl(fd, SOUND_PCM_WRITE_RATE, @SampleRate) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrSetSampleRate);
-  If not ioctl (fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC, Nil) then
+  If not (FpIOCtl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC, Nil) <> -1) then
     PlayError(SErrSetSyncMode);
   OpenDSPDevice:=Fd;
 end;
 
+
 Var
   I : Integer;
-
 begin
   For I:=1 to ParamCount do
     PlayFile(Paramstr(i));
diff --git a/packages/sndfile/src/sndfile.pp b/packages/sndfile/src/sndfile.pp
index ea62f0e968..f5133a2b72 100644
--- a/packages/sndfile/src/sndfile.pp
+++ b/packages/sndfile/src/sndfile.pp
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ type
   TSF_INFO = record
                frames     : Tsf_count_t; // Used to be called samples.  Changed to avoid confusion.
                samplerate : ctypes.cint;
+               channels   : ctypes.cint;
                format     : ctypes.cint;
                sections   : ctypes.cint;
                seekable   : ctypes.cint;
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ type
 ** to sf_perror () or sf_error_str ().
 ** All calls to sf_open() should be matched with a call to sf_close().
 }
-function sf_open (path : ctypes.pcchar; mode : ctypes.cint; sfinfo : PSF_INFO) : PSNDFILE; cdecl;
+function sf_open (path : pChar; mode : ctypes.cint; sfinfo : PSF_INFO) : PSNDFILE; cdecl;
   external sndfilelib  name 'sf_open';
 
 {