- replaces the unused E_SND_PCM_INFO error by E_PHYSICAL_WIDTH,
- checks the return value of snd_pcm_format_physical_width() and returns
-E_PHYSICAL_WIDTH if this causes bytes_per_frame being non-positive,
- introduces an upper bound for the start threshold. Without that
change, playback could be delayed by several seconds on some alsa
configurations (problem pointed out by Johannes Wörner, thanks).
- does not return early on input errors which could cause the last
part of the audio stream being skipped.
- avoids calling snd_pcm_writei() with a frame count of zero which
could happen with the old code in case there's more than zero but
less than a full frame of audio data available.
- cleans up the documentation of struct private_alsa_write_data