diff --git a/package/blindcoder/libsdl/alsa-fix.patch b/package/blindcoder/libsdl/alsa-fix.patch
index 3ea8e3c11..106199bb7 100644
--- a/package/blindcoder/libsdl/alsa-fix.patch
+++ b/package/blindcoder/libsdl/alsa-fix.patch
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 
-Fix broken snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels useage ...
+Fix outdated ALSA API useage ...
 
   - Rene Rebe <rene@rocklinux.org>
 
 --- SDL-1.2.6/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c.orig	2004-01-11 20:16:20.000000000 +0100
-+++ SDL-1.2.6/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c	2004-01-11 20:17:30.000000000 +0100
-@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@
- 	/* Set the number of channels */
- 	status = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(pcm_handle, params, spec->channels);
- 	if ( status < 0 ) {
--		status = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels(params);
--		if ( (status <= 0) || (status > 2) ) {
-+		int ch;
-+		status = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels(params, &ch);
-+		if ( (status < 0) || (ch != spec->channels) ) {
- 			SDL_SetError("Couldn't set audio channels");
- 			ALSA_CloseAudio(this);
- 			return(-1);
++++ SDL-1.2.6/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c	2004-01-11 20:39:32.000000000 +0100
+@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+ 
++/* until convertion to the new ALSA API ... */
++
++#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAMS_API
++#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_SW_PARAMS_API
++
+ #include "SDL_audio.h"
+ #include "SDL_error.h"
+ #include "SDL_audiomem.h"