This will be used by filters which have internal buffers which need to
be flushed at the end, e.g. the "soxr" resampler.

Avoid GLib.

Replaces Reset() and eliminates the AudioFormat parameters from the
Convert() method.

Use only ConfigData.hxx in plugin sources to reduce header
dependencies.

Replaces GLib's GError.

Look up top-level config options by enum (= integer), not by name
string.

Some compilers are very picky, but we really aren't interested in the
return value.

Some compilers are very picky, but we really aren't interested in the
return value.

Declaring the global variable _CRT_fmode is a documented hack.  What
an ugly platform!

Log to stderr instead of the default stdout.  We need a pristine
stdout for the conversion result.

Ensure that the pcm_convert() length argument is aligned to the sample
size.