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The term Sound-on-disc refers to a class of sound filmSound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent film....
 processes utilizing a phonographPhonograph

The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
 or other disc to record or playback soundSound

Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave....
 in sync with a motion pictureFilm

Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general....
. Early sound-on-disc systems used a mechanical interlockInterlock (engineering)

Interlocking is a method of preventing undesired states in a state machine, which in a general sense can include any electrical, e...
 with the filmFilm

Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general....
 projectorProjector

Projectors are used for displaying an **CRT projector...
, while more recent systems use timecode.

Sound-on-disc processes:
  • VitaphoneVitaphone

    Vitaphone was a sound film process used on features and nearly 2,000 short subjects produced by Warner Brothers and its sist...
     introduced by Warner Brothers in 1926
  • Phono-KinemaPhono-Kinema

    Phono-Kinema was a sound-on-disc system for motion pictures invented by Orlando Kellum....
     short-lived system invented by Orlando Kellum in 1921
  • Digital Theater Sound


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