Eliminate the C wrappers.

Don't use va_list.

Don't use macro magic, don't dereference the block_param.

Eliminate the evil goto.

This is necessary for Ogg packets that span more than one page.

We can only check for negative values if the variable is signed.

Make sure the file header gets written at the beginning, before
_write() gets called.

Move the raw buffer to struct shout_data.

Make it a local variable instead.

Eliminate the g_usleep() call.

Reduce command latency while paused.

One large loop and only one pa_stream_get_state() call.