Raw means that you are directly opening the hardware device and not
going through a proxy such as dmix, PulseAudio, or JACK. When you open a
raw device, other applications on the computer are not able to
simultaneously access the device. Raw devices do not perform automatic
resampling and thus tend to have fewer formats available.
Raw means that you are directly opening the hardware device and not going through a proxy such as dmix, PulseAudio, or JACK. When you open a raw device, other applications on the computer are not able to simultaneously access the device. Raw devices do not perform automatic resampling and thus tend to have fewer formats available.