Linn Records has pointed out to me that FLAC doesn't appear to support
88.2 KHz sample rate. This is commentary based on the FLAC help files.

> - A flac file is split up into an arbitrary number of frames.  Each
> frame has sufficient information in the header to allow a decoder to
> decode from that point forward.  Because these frame headers are
> relatively common, flac decided for space efficiency to encode the
> common sample rates (from its perspective :) into 4 bits -- giving us
> the eight options from above: 8/16/22.05/24/32/44.1/48/96 kHz.  There
> are a number of other reserved bits and indicators in that 4 bits,
> including one which should allow you to retrieve the sample rate
> information from the end of each frame.
> 
> - By default, the flac encoder refuses to encode files that will not
> conform to the full 'streamable subset'.  This is the full reason why
> our flac currently refuses to encode our 88.2kHz files.  It very much
> knows how to, however, if it did so, it's concerned that they will not
> be part of the 'streamable subset'.  The '--lax' option overrides this
> allowing us to encode the files.


-- 
Eric Carroll

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