API simplification.  We can now avoid abusing a "size_t*" as
additional return value.

Prepare for adding state.

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

Replaces GLib's GError.

Eliminate support for reverse endian samples from the MPD core.  This
moves a lot of complexity to the plugins that really need it (only
ALSA and CDIO currently).

The other audio_format attributes are not used.

Make the audio_format argument non-const.  Allow the open() method to
modify it, to indicate that it wants a different input audio format
than the one specified.  Check that condition in chain_filter_open(),
and fail.

The pcm_volume library supports 32 bit samples, there's no reason to
disallow it in the filter plugin.

This patch prepares support for floating point samples (and probably
other formats).  It changes the meaning of the "bits" attribute from a
bit count to a symbolic value.

After we've been hit by Large File Support problems several times in
the past week (which only occur on 32 bit platforms, which I don't
have), this is yet another attempt to fix the issue.

The volume plugin does not work for reverse_endian samples.

This mixer plugin may be used instead of the traditional global
software mixer.  It integrates with the "volume" filter plugin, and
can control the software volume of an audio output which has no
hardware mixer.

Added public methods to get and set the current volume.

The "volume" filter plugin will replace the current software volume
code.  One "volume" filter may be attached to each output device.
This will allow the user to use hardware mixers for some devices, and
software mixers for other devices at the same time.

Currently, neither the filter API nor the "volume" plugin is
integrated into MPD.