Raw audio format
{{Short description|File format for uncompressed audio}}
{{See also|Uncompressed audio}}
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A raw audio file is any file containing un-containerized and uncompressed audio. The data is stored as raw pulse-code modulation (PCM) values without any metadata header information (such as sampling rate, bit depth, endian, or number of channels).[https://web.archive.org/web/20160525083851/http://www.fmtz.com/misc/raw-audio-file-formats Raw Audio File Formats Information] (at the Wayback Machine)
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Playing
As there is no header, compatible audio players require information from the user that would normally be stored in a header, such as the encoding, sample rate, number of bits used per sample, and the number of channels.