playback
Hearing it again
Playback is the reproduction of recorded audio or video.
You watch the playback of a security camera, listen to playback of a voice memo, or review playback of a sports highlight.
The term emphasizes that what you're experiencing was captured earlier and is now being played back: Let me check the playback to see what happened.
Tape-based video recorder
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
DVD · Blu-ray · streaming · frame · footage · clip · screen · monitor
Rotating music player
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- DACHereditary membership society
amplifier · deck · reel-to-reel · Walkman · boombox · iPod · cartridge · stylus
Temporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- skipTo deliberately exclude
repeat · loop · shuffle · seek · resume · cue · restart · autoplay
Captured audio or video
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- trackPath or monitored route
- audioTransmitted sound content
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
speakers · headphones · sound · volume · bass · treble · fidelity · mono
Involuntary past memory
- recallMemory retrieval act
- reliveFeel again through memory
- reexperienceFeel again what happened
- recollectionRecalled mental image
VCR
Tape-based video recorder
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
stop · DVD · Blu-ray · streaming · frame · footage · clip · screen · monitor · remote
turntable
Rotating music player
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
DAC · amplifier · deck · reel-to-reel · Walkman · boombox · iPod · cartridge · stylus · vinyl
pause
Temporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
skip · repeat · loop · shuffle · seek · resume · cue · restart · autoplay · continuous
recording
Captured audio or video
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- trackPath or monitored route
- audioTransmitted sound content
stereo · speakers · headphones · sound · volume · bass · treble · fidelity · mono · hi-fi
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- recallMemory retrieval act
- reliveFeel again through memory
- reexperienceFeel again what happened
- audiosound, headphones, audio track, volume control, sound recording
- Audiobooksaudiobook, narrator, chapter, narration, voice actors
- multimediaaudio, video, images, graphics, animation
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, streaming, stream, YouTube
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- audio tasksrecording, mixing, editing, mastering, dubbing
playbacklive performance
Unrecorded staged entertainment
live broadcast · real-time · live · simulcast · live stream