DirectShow
E37365
DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DirectShow canonical | 3 |
| DirectShow Editing Services | 1 |
| DirectShow Filter Graph Manager | 1 |
| DirectShow filters | 1 |
| Media Foundation | 1 |
| Microsoft DirectShow | 1 |
| QuickTime multimedia framework | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T287001 — 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: DirectShow Context triple: [Windows, supportsMultimediaFramework, DirectShow]
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A.
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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B.
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
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C.
ActiveX
ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework for reusable, interactive components—such as controls and plugins—primarily used to extend the functionality of Windows applications and web browsers.
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D.
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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E.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
- 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: DirectShow Target entity description: DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.
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A.
AVS
AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
-
B.
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
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C.
ActiveX
ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework for reusable, interactive components—such as controls and plugins—primarily used to extend the functionality of Windows applications and web browsers.
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D.
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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E.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
API
ⓘ
Microsoft technology ⓘ multimedia framework ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DS ⓘ |
| APIStyle | COM-based API ⓘ |
| basedOn | Component Object Model ⓘ |
| category |
Windows multimedia
ⓘ
multimedia API ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/directshow/directshow ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
DirectShow Editing Services
ⓘ
linked to:
DirectShow
GraphEdit ⓘ base classes ⓘ renderer filter ⓘ source filter ⓘ transform filter ⓘ |
| hasProgrammingLanguageBinding |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
C++ ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
DirectX 5
ⓘ
linked to:
DirectX
|
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Microsoft DirectX
ⓘ
linked to:
DirectX
|
| platform | Windows ⓘ |
| predecessor | Video for Windows ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Media Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
DirectShow
|
| supports |
audio
ⓘ
capture of audio ⓘ capture of video ⓘ filter graphs ⓘ media processing ⓘ playback of audio ⓘ playback of video ⓘ streaming media ⓘ video ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
AVI
ⓘ
MP3 ⓘ MPEG ⓘ WAV ⓘ WMV ⓘ |
| targetAudience | software developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
TV tuner applications
ⓘ
media players ⓘ video capture applications ⓘ video editing software ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
filter
ⓘ
filter graph ⓘ graph builder ⓘ pin ⓘ |
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: DirectShow Description of subject: DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DirectShow
linked to: DirectShow
linked to: DirectShow
linked to: DirectShow