_GST_PUT (data, 0, 8, 0, num); \
} while (0)
+/* Float endianess conversion macros */
+
+/* FIXME: Remove this once we depend on a GLib version with this */
+#ifndef GFLOAT_FROM_LE
+/**
+ * GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE:
+ * @in: input value
+ *
+ * Swap byte order of a 32-bit floating point value (float).
+ *
+ * Returns: @in byte-swapped.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef _FOOL_GTK_DOC_
+G_INLINE_FUNC gfloat GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (gfloat in);
+#endif
+
+inline static gfloat
+GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE(gfloat in)
+{
+ union
+ {
+ guint32 i;
+ gfloat f;
+ } u;
+
+ u.f = in;
+ u.i = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE (u.i);
+ return u.f;
+}
+
+/**
+ * GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE:
+ * @in: input value
+ *
+ * Swap byte order of a 64-bit floating point value (double).
+ *
+ * Returns: @in byte-swapped.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef _FOOL_GTK_DOC_
+G_INLINE_FUNC gdouble GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (gdouble in);
+#endif
+
+inline static gdouble
+GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE(gdouble in)
+{
+ union
+ {
+ guint64 i;
+ gdouble d;
+ } u;
+
+ u.d = in;
+ u.i = GUINT64_SWAP_LE_BE (u.i);
+ return u.d;
+}
+
+/**
+ * GDOUBLE_TO_LE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into
+ * little endian byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GDOUBLE_TO_BE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into
+ * big endian byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GDOUBLE_FROM_LE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from little endian byte order
+ * into native byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GDOUBLE_FROM_BE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from big endian byte order
+ * into native byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * GFLOAT_TO_LE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into
+ * little endian byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GFLOAT_TO_BE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into
+ * big endian byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GFLOAT_FROM_LE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from little endian byte order
+ * into native byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+/**
+ * GFLOAT_FROM_BE:
+ * @val: value
+ *
+ * Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from big endian byte order
+ * into native byte order.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ *
+ */
+
+#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define GFLOAT_TO_LE(val) ((gfloat) (val))
+#define GFLOAT_TO_BE(val) (GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_TO_LE(val) ((gdouble) (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_TO_BE(val) (GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
+
+#elif G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
+#define GFLOAT_TO_LE(val) (GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
+#define GFLOAT_TO_BE(val) ((gfloat) (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_TO_LE(val) (GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_TO_BE(val) ((gdouble) (val))
+
+#else /* !G_LITTLE_ENDIAN && !G_BIG_ENDIAN */
+#error unknown ENDIAN type
+#endif /* !G_LITTLE_ENDIAN && !G_BIG_ENDIAN */
+
+#define GFLOAT_FROM_LE(val) (GFLOAT_TO_LE (val))
+#define GFLOAT_FROM_BE(val) (GFLOAT_TO_BE (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_FROM_LE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_LE (val))
+#define GDOUBLE_FROM_BE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_BE (val))
+
+#endif /* !defined(GFLOAT_FROM_LE) */
+
/**
* GST_READ_FLOAT_LE:
* @data: memory location