diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 659af323f..b58e90e4a 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
     const module = b.addModule("mach-flac", .{ .source_file = .{ .path = "src/lib.zig" } });
 
+    const sysaudio_dep = b.dependency("mach_sysaudio", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
+
     const main_test = b.addTest(.{
         .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/lib.zig" },
         .target = target,
@@ -25,10 +27,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
     example.addModule("mach-flac", module);
-    example.addModule("mach-sysaudio", b.dependency("mach_sysaudio", .{
-        .target = target,
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    }).module("mach-sysaudio"));
+    example.addModule("mach-sysaudio", sysaudio_dep.module("mach-sysaudio"));
     link(b, example);
     sysaudio.link(b, example);
     b.installArtifact(example);
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 }
 
 pub fn link(b: *std.Build, step: *std.build.CompileStep) void {
-    step.linkLibrary(b.dependency("flac", .{
-        .target = step.target,
-        .optimize = step.optimize,
-    }).artifact("flac"));
+    const libflac_dep = b.dependency("flac", .{ .target = step.target, .optimize = step.optimize });
+    step.linkLibrary(libflac_dep.artifact("flac"));
 }
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 0221e4e7b..59ca9733e 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
     },
     .dependencies = .{
         .flac = .{
-            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/flac/158f9c75675f36f50fe1e17537194ee592920b1f.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "1220a94ab7ce73640614765e10e13a028ad9119d254b6117bd824db4d924d6c1d7cc",
+            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/flac/6df11b8a314fed1946be9f803f9af6cbb60c21e6.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220d42b299ce867c859cba01d4b4c4d539b460d522d80af84b2a71e3f0f49394013",
         },
         .mach_sysaudio = .{
-            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/mach-sysaudio/f987d55fefbb7b7ef5c742ad2e64db68a5a2110d.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "1220539dbe43f4651bac0495175d5567661c8b9c323fb4fbea9aa1de67a2a7b26566",
+            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/mach-sysaudio/7736b88a31cfc9eb59cde3f97d76658eeaa81dd2.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220e298a52bb47dfb17ca01db57e0432da7968b38fcb92922145377560d76b6eada",
         },
         .linux_audio_headers = .{
-            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/linux-audio-headers/6b182ff9d51009ca903f3bac63777fbfa654e5f5.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "122052c4415f4d5be98e3324083939af644d5f8eddd2e6a1a544596645eda8cf411a",
+            .url = "https://pkg.machengine.org/linux-audio-headers/a239b310fe45bfc974c121be2c9908e51a0c027d.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220ceab34e6617e3ff7be14477b1aea34b6e091c1e4316406ce474fca2293af831a",
         },
     },
 }
diff --git a/examples/play.zig b/examples/play.zig
index 8a30cbc95..2293b9f34 100644
--- a/examples/play.zig
+++ b/examples/play.zig
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 }
 
 var i: usize = 0;
-fn writeCallback(_: ?*anyopaque, frames: usize) void {
-    for (0..frames) |fi| {
-        if (i >= file_decoded.samples.len) i = 0;
-        for (0..file_decoded.channels) |ch| {
-            player.write(player.channels()[ch], fi, file_decoded.samples[i]);
-            i += 1;
-        }
-    }
+fn writeCallback(_: ?*anyopaque, output: []u8) void {
+    if (i >= file_decoded.samples.len) i = 0;
+    const to_write = @min(output.len / player.format().size(), file_decoded.samples.len - i);
+    sysaudio.convertTo(
+        i32,
+        file_decoded.samples[i..][0..to_write],
+        player.format(),
+        output[0 .. to_write * player.format().size()],
+    );
+    i += to_write;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index b805187a1..b78c1ba22 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -202,55 +202,23 @@ pub const EncodeError = error{
     InvalidSampleRate,
 };
 
-/// TODO: encoder is super buggy and doesn't work yet
-pub fn encode(
-    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-    channels: u8,
-    bits_per_sample: u8,
-    sample_rate: u24,
-    samples: []const i32,
-    compression_level: ?u4,
-) EncodeError![]const u8 {
-    std.debug.assert(std.io.FixedBufferStream(u8).WriteError == error{NoSpaceLeft});
-    var buffer = try allocator.alloc(u8, samples.len);
-    errdefer allocator.free(buffer);
-    var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buffer);
-    encodeStream(
-        std.io.StreamSource{ .buffer = fbs },
-        channels,
-        bits_per_sample,
-        sample_rate,
-        samples,
-        compression_level,
-    ) catch |err| switch (err) {
-        error.OutOfMemory => return error.OutOfMemory,
-        error.SeekingFailed => return error.SeekingFailed,
-        error.InvalidSampleRate => return error.InvalidSampleRate,
-        error.NoSpaceLeft => unreachable,
-        else => unreachable,
-    };
-    buffer = try allocator.realloc(buffer, fbs.pos);
-    return buffer;
-}
-
-/// TODO: encoder is super buggy and doesn't work yet
+/// TODO: encoder is buggy and doesn't work yet (UB?)
 pub fn encodeStream(
     stream: std.io.StreamSource,
     channels: u8,
     bits_per_sample: u8,
     sample_rate: u24,
     samples: []const i32,
-    compression_level: ?u4,
+    compression_level: ?u8,
 ) (EncodeError || std.io.StreamSource.WriteError)!void {
-    std.debug.assert(bits_per_sample >= 4 and bits_per_sample <= 32);
-
     var data = Encoder{ .stream = stream };
     var encoder = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_new() orelse return error.OutOfMemory;
+    defer _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_delete(encoder);
 
     _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_channels(encoder, channels);
-    _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample(encoder, 32);
+    _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample(encoder, bits_per_sample);
     _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_sample_rate(encoder, sample_rate);
-    _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate(encoder, samples.len / channels);
+    _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_total_samples_estimate(encoder, samples.len);
     if (compression_level) |level| {
         std.debug.assert(level <= 8);
         _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_set_compression_level(encoder, level);
@@ -293,6 +261,8 @@ pub fn encodeStream(
             else => unreachable,
         }
     }
+
+    _ = c.FLAC__stream_encoder_finish(encoder);
 }
 
 const Encoder = struct {