AVI
E193860
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AVI canonical | 5 |
| Audio Video Interleave | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AVI Context triple: [DirectShow, supportsFormat, AVI]
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A.
Flash Video
Flash Video is a digital video format used primarily for delivering streaming video content over the web via Adobe Flash Player.
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B.
H.264
H.264 is a widely used video compression standard known for delivering high-quality video at relatively low bitrates, commonly employed in streaming, broadcasting, and video recording.
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C.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
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D.
AVS
AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
MPG
MPG is the commonly used abbreviation for the Max Planck Society, Germany’s leading network of research institutes in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AVI Target entity description: AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.
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A.
Flash Video
Flash Video is a digital video format used primarily for delivering streaming video content over the web via Adobe Flash Player.
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B.
H.264
H.264 is a widely used video compression standard known for delivering high-quality video at relatively low bitrates, commonly employed in streaming, broadcasting, and video recording.
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C.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
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D.
AVS
AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
MPG
MPG is the commonly used abbreviation for the Max Planck Society, Germany’s leading network of research institutes in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital container format
ⓘ
multimedia container format ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Audio Video Interleave ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith |
Video for Windows framework
ⓘ
linked to:
Video for Windows
|
| basedOn | Resource Interchange File Format ⓘ |
| category |
Microsoft multimedia technology
ⓘ
video container format ⓘ |
| commonlyAssociatedCodec |
DivX
ⓘ
Indeo ⓘ MJPEG ⓘ Xvid ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
storing movies and video clips
ⓘ
video playback on Windows ⓘ |
| containerType | RIFF-based container format ⓘ |
| designedFor | desktop multimedia on early Windows versions ⓘ |
| developer |
Microsoft
ⓘ
Microsoft Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft
|
| encodingIndependence | codec-agnostic container ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .avi ⓘ |
| fileExtensionType | filename extension ⓘ |
| fileSignature | RIFF....AVI ⓘ |
| fullName |
Audio Video Interleave
ⓘ
linked to:
AVI
|
| hasLimitation |
less efficient overhead compared to newer containers
ⓘ
limited support for modern streaming features ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Microsoft Video for Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Video for Windows
|
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audio‑video container
ⓘ
video file format ⓘ |
| operatingSystemOfOrigin |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| owner | Microsoft ⓘ |
| platformOfOrigin | Windows ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | part of Microsoft Video for Windows specification ⓘ |
| stores |
digital audio data
ⓘ
digital video data ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Advanced container formats such as MP4
ⓘ
Matroska (MKV) ⓘ
linked to:
Matroska
|
| supports |
PCM audio
ⓘ
interleaving of audio and video data ⓘ multiple audio streams ⓘ synchronized audio and video ⓘ uncompressed video ⓘ various audio codecs ⓘ various video codecs ⓘ |
| typicallyContains |
compressed audio stream
ⓘ
compressed video stream ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Windows Media Player
ⓘ
third‑party media players ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: AVI Description of subject: AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: AVI