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Limits RegistryBatman Returns premiered in summer 1992 as the first film announced with Dolby SR-D (Dolby Digital) sound, printed optically between the film's sprocket holes. Dolby Digital (AC-3) was the earliest MDCT-based perceptual audio compression standard to be released, preceding MP3 (1993) and AAC (1997).
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Batman Returns premiered in summer 1992 as the first film announced with Dolby SR-D (Dolby Digital) sound, printed optically between the film's sprocket holes. Dolby Digital (AC-3) was the earliest MDCT-based perceptual audio compression standard to be released, preceding MP3 (1993) and AAC (1997).
The year the first motion picture was released with Dolby's perceptually coded digital surround soundtrack.
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Limits Registry. LR-DOLBY-DIGITAL-FIRST-FEATURE-FILM. First feature film released with Dolby Digital sound. 2026.