diff --git a/src/ossia/audio/pipewire_protocol.hpp b/src/ossia/audio/pipewire_protocol.hpp
index e228a3fc42c..7afed427d57 100644
--- a/src/ossia/audio/pipewire_protocol.hpp
+++ b/src/ossia/audio/pipewire_protocol.hpp
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class pipewire_audio_protocol : public audio_engine
             PW_KEY_NODE_FORCE_QUANTUM, fmt::format("{}", setup.buffer_size).c_str(),
             PW_KEY_NODE_LOCK_QUANTUM, "true",
             PW_KEY_NODE_RATE, fmt::format("{}/{}", 1, setup.rate).c_str(),
-            PW_KEY_NODE_FORCE_RATE, fmt::format("{}", setup.rate).c_str(),
+            PW_KEY_NODE_FORCE_RATE, fmt::format("{}/{}", 1, setup.rate).c_str(),
             PW_KEY_NODE_LOCK_RATE, "true",
             PW_KEY_NODE_ALWAYS_PROCESS, "true",
             PW_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false",
diff --git a/src/ossia/dataflow/sample_to_float.hpp b/src/ossia/dataflow/sample_to_float.hpp
index 1f45e549926..9eb0c5bb5aa 100644
--- a/src/ossia/dataflow/sample_to_float.hpp
+++ b/src/ossia/dataflow/sample_to_float.hpp
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 
 namespace ossia
 {
-// TODO refactor with AudioDecoder
 template <typename SampleFormat, int N>
 constexpr audio_sample sample_to_float(SampleFormat i);
+template <typename SampleFormat, int N>
+constexpr SampleFormat float_to_sample(audio_sample f);
 
 template <>
 constexpr audio_sample sample_to_float<uint8_t, 8>(uint8_t i)
@@ -54,6 +55,42 @@ constexpr audio_sample sample_to_float<float, 32>(float i)
   return i;
 }
 
+template <>
+constexpr audio_sample sample_to_float<double, 64>(double i)
+{
+  return i;
+}
+
+template <>
+constexpr int16_t float_to_sample<int16_t, 16>(audio_sample x)
+{
+  // TODO division -> multiplication
+  if constexpr(std::is_same_v<ossia::audio_sample, float>)
+  {
+    return (x * (0x7FFF + 0.5f)) - 0.5f;
+  }
+  else
+    return (x * (0x7FFF + 0.5)) - 0.5;
+}
+
+template <>
+constexpr int32_t float_to_sample<int32_t, 24>(audio_sample x)
+{
+  // TODO division -> multiplication
+  if constexpr(std::is_same_v<ossia::audio_sample, float>)
+  {
+    return (x * (0x7FFFFF + 0.5f)) - 0.5f;
+  }
+  else
+    return (x * (0x7FFFFF + 0.5)) - 0.5;
+}
+
+template <>
+constexpr int32_t float_to_sample<int32_t, 32>(audio_sample x)
+{
+  return x * (audio_sample)std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
+}
+
 inline void read_u8(ossia::mutable_audio_span<float>& ap, void* data, int64_t samples)
 {
   const auto channels = ap.size();