Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Region V (Bicol) Province of Albay LIBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Libon, Albay

READING VISUAL AIDS NAME: GROUP 5

COURSE: BSED SCIENCE 1 INSTRUCTOR: MR. ARIANE NEL SEDANO

1. DEFINITION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO AUDIO is sound that is within the acoustic range of human
hearing. It is the audible portion on the spectrum of sound frequencies, distinct from inaudible sounds
heard by certain animals or used in science and medicine. VIDEO is a recording of an image or of moving
images. It is a sequence of images processed electronically into an analog or digital format and displayed
on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity. The terms audio
and video commonly refers to the time-based media storage format for sound/music and moving
pictures information. 2. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF AUDIO AND VIDEO AUDIO "sound", especially recorded
or transmitted sound signals, 1934, abstracted from word-forming element audio which is from latin
audire "to hear". The story of sound recording, and reproduction, began in 1877, when the man of a
thousand patents, Thomas Edison, invented the phonograph. In essence, his machine consisted of a
sheet of tinfoil wrapped around a cylindrical drum which, when turned by a handle, both rotated and
moved laterally. Thomas Edison was catapulted to international fame with his 1877 invention of the
phonograph—a machine that recorded and played back anything that it “heard.” But Edison was not the
first person to record sound. That honor goes to Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a French inventor
who in 1857 devised his phonautograph—a machine that inscribed the vibrations of airborne sounds
onto a permanent medium. Scott’s phonautograph was an extraordinary instrument. From the
beginning of time, sound had been invisible and fleeting. The phonautograph made it both visible and
permanent by writing it to paper. In this way sound waves could be studied as never before. Sound
recording was an exceptional achievement in 1857. Edison’s phonograph was also extraordinary. Not
only did it record sounds, it allowed them to be reproduced at will. This was so astounding that the
phonograph singularly established Edison’s international reputation as a prominent inventor. VIDEO
comes from the latin verb videre 'to see' . The word 'video' was first used in the 1930s to describe the
visual channel, as opposed to the auditory channel, in early television experiments (Barbash). A 'video'
track was first recorded in 1927 by John Logie Baird. He created a system called Phonovision that used
discs to hold images. This was accomplished in a way similar to recording audio on a phonograph. By
tracing a path in a disc with a rapidly moving needle a low quality image was reproduced by a cathode
ray tube. Thus the medium 'video' has two connotations. It can be used to describe a visual channel of
information or to describe a recording medium that stores electromagnetic information. The first video
recording (or more accurately, the oldest surviving film in existence) was the Roundhay Garden Scene.
The silent short that’s only about 2 seconds in length was filmed at the Whitely Family house in
Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay (a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire) Great Britain in 1888. The clip shows
four people gleefully walking/dancing in a circle. The actors are Adolphine Le Prince (Louis’ son), Mrs.
Sarah Whitley (Louis’ mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley (Louis father-in-law) and Ms. Harriet Hartley (a Le
Prince family friend). It’s a charming little clip that gives the viewer a glimpse into the time period,
including a peek at the era attire. There’s no story behind why they’re walking/dancing in a circle, but it
was 1888 and life was a much simpler time. 3. DIFFERENT TYPES/KINDS OF AUDIO AND VIDEO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUDIO