pre-recorded
Taped in advance
Pre-recorded describes audio or video captured in advance rather than broadcast live: a pre-recorded message, The show isn't live—it's pre-recorded.
The term distinguishes prepared content from real-time transmission.
Pre-recorded material can be edited, unlike live broadcasts where mistakes air immediately.
Recorded moving imagery
- audioTransmitted sound content
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
CD · DVD · VHS · track · album · footage · clip · soundtrack
Repeated broadcast
- replayRepeated broadcast segment
- playbackReproducing recorded media
- airingExposing to circulation
- telecastTransmitted television program
syndication · encore · streaming · episode · series · season · network · ratings
Written out beforehand
- rehearsedPrepared by repetition
- editedAltered for improvement
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- producedMade or created
mixed · mastered · dubbed · engineered · layered · multitrack · overdubbed · looped
Kept in reserve
- catalogedEntered into a list
- preservedKept from deterioration
- filedOrganized for retrieval
- digitizedConverted to electronic format
timestamped · logged · indexed · retrieved · repository · database · library · collection
video
Recorded moving imagery
vinyl · CD · DVD · VHS · track · album · footage · clip · soundtrack · voiceover
rerun
Repeated broadcast
telecast · syndication · encore · streaming · episode · series · season · network · ratings · primetime
scripted
Written out beforehand
produced · mixed · mastered · dubbed · engineered · layered · multitrack · overdubbed · looped · spliced
stored
Kept in reserve
digitized · timestamped · logged · indexed · retrieved · repository · database · library · collection · vault
pre-recordedlive
To exist or dwell
live-streamed · real-time · in real time · simulcast · on-air
pre-recordedlive
To exist or dwell
spontaneous · improvised · unrehearsed · unscripted · extemporaneous