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FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is a lossless data compression format available as a file format on 7-series recorders. The FLAC algorithm is very processor intensive, and subsequently has several limitations.

1. Records to one media at a time. This is the same limitation as when recording MP2 and MP3 files.
2. With 4-track recordings, 48 kHz is the highest available sampling rate.
3. With 2-track recordings, 96 kHz is the highest available sampling rate.
4. Recording 24-bit/48 kHz/4-track/mono to an external DVD-RAM drive is not recommended, though this file format will record reliably to an external hard drive. If recording to an external DVD-RAM reduce the track count, reduce the bit depth or sampling rate, or use polyphonic files instead of monophonic files.

This entry was created on Monday, November 12, 2007 and is filed under Digital Recorders, File Formats, File Storage. Article 104