Meanings
present singular third person over-records · participle present over-recording · participle past over-recorded · past over-recorded · alternative overrecord
- alsotransitivebroadcastingTo record excessively or too frequently.
- transitiveTo erase by recording over the same portion of a cassette etc.
plural over-records · alternative overrecord
- broadcastingA portion of film that is erased by recording over it.
In an off-line editing session, an edit is often made longer than it will be in the final show. The following edit will usually erase the tail of such an edit. The erased portion of the edit is called an overrecord.
1993, Steven E. Browne, Videotape Editing: A Postproduction Primer, page 280
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