diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 124a21af9..cfc6c72c0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ ver 0.20 (not yet released)
 * update
   - apply .mpdignore matches to subdirectories
 
+ver 0.19.19 (not yet released)
+* decoder
+  - wildmidi: support libWildMidi 0.4
+* output
+  - pulse: support 32 bit, 24 bit and floating point playback
+
 ver 0.19.18 (2016/08/05)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: fix crash with older FFmpeg versions (< 3.0)
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
index eef23e40a..bc135485a 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/WildmidiDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ wildmidi_finish(void)
 	WildMidi_Shutdown();
 }
 
+static DecoderCommand
+wildmidi_output(Decoder &decoder, midi *wm)
+{
+#ifdef LIBWILDMIDI_VER_MAJOR
+	/* WildMidi 0.4 has switched from "char*" to "int8_t*" */
+	int8_t buffer[4096];
+#else
+	/* pre 0.4 */
+	char buffer[4096];
+#endif
+
+	int length = WildMidi_GetOutput(wm, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+	if (length <= 0)
+		return DecoderCommand::STOP;
+
+	return decoder_data(decoder, nullptr, buffer, length, 0);
+}
+
 static void
 wildmidi_file_decode(Decoder &decoder, Path path_fs)
 {
@@ -94,18 +112,11 @@ wildmidi_file_decode(Decoder &decoder, Path path_fs)
 
 	DecoderCommand cmd;
 	do {
-		char buffer[4096];
-		int len;
-
 		info = WildMidi_GetInfo(wm);
 		if (info == nullptr)
 			break;
 
-		len = WildMidi_GetOutput(wm, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-		if (len <= 0)
-			break;
-
-		cmd = decoder_data(decoder, nullptr, buffer, len, 0);
+		cmd = wildmidi_output(decoder, wm);
 
 		if (cmd == DecoderCommand::SEEK) {
 			unsigned long seek_where =
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
index b51994788..e8000bdf2 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -679,11 +679,30 @@ PulseOutput::Open(AudioFormat &audio_format, Error &error)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* MPD doesn't support the other pulseaudio sample formats, so
-	   we just force MPD to send us everything as 16 bit */
-	audio_format.format = SampleFormat::S16;
+	/* Use the sample formats that our version of PulseAudio and MPD
+	   have in common, otherwise force MPD to send 16 bit */
 
 	pa_sample_spec ss;
+
+	switch (audio_format.format) {
+	case SampleFormat::FLOAT:
+		ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32NE;
+		break;
+	case SampleFormat::S32:
+		ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S32NE;
+		break;
+	case SampleFormat::S24_P32:
+		ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S24_32NE;
+		break;
+	case SampleFormat::S16:
+		ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S16NE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		audio_format.format = SampleFormat::S16;
+		ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S16NE;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S16NE;
 	ss.rate = audio_format.sample_rate;
 	ss.channels = audio_format.channels;