rekodiert

Rekodiert is a German-language past participle used to denote that something has been re-encoded or re-recorded. It is encountered primarily in technical and digital-media contexts rather than in everyday language.

Etymology and form: Rekodiert is formed from the prefix re- meaning again, combined with the verb kodieren (to encode). In standard German, kodieren yields the past participle kodiert, and with rekodieren the form becomes rekodiert. The corresponding simple past is rekodierte. The term is thus a specialized construction found in contexts dealing with data processing, media workflows, or archival digitization.

Usage and scope: Rekodiert describes data, audio, or video that has undergone a re-encoding process, such as changing codecs, bitrates, color profiles, or container formats to meet compatibility, quality, or storage requirements. It can also refer to re-recording in audio or video production when the content has been captured or stored anew with a different encoding or format. In technical documentation, rekodiert may appear to indicate a state of a file or stream after a transformation step.

Notes and alternatives: The term is specialized and largely confined to German-language technical writing. In English, the equivalent is usually re-encoded or re-recorded. See also re-encoding, encoding, codec, and data transformation.