Monkey's Audio
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Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio compression format and codec known for its high compression ratios and Windows-focused software tools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monkey's Audio canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7033372 — 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: Monkey's Audio Context triple: [FLAC, competesWith, Monkey's Audio]
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A.
Vorbis
Vorbis is a fanatical and manipulative high priest and inquisitor who serves as the primary antagonist in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel "Small Gods."
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B.
FLAC
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open-source audio compression format that reduces file size without any loss in sound quality, commonly used for high-fidelity music archiving and playback.
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C.
ALAC
ALAC is the At-Large Advisory Committee within ICANN that represents the interests of individual Internet users in global domain name policy development.
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D.
HE-AAC v2
HE-AAC v2 is an advanced audio codec profile that combines AAC with spectral band replication and parametric stereo to deliver high-quality sound at very low bitrates, commonly used in streaming and broadcasting.
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E.
MPEG-1 Layer II audio
MPEG-1 Layer II audio is a lossy audio compression format widely used in digital broadcasting and early digital media for efficient, good-quality stereo sound.
- 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: Monkey's Audio Target entity description: Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio compression format and codec known for its high compression ratios and Windows-focused software tools.
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A.
Vorbis
Vorbis is a fanatical and manipulative high priest and inquisitor who serves as the primary antagonist in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel "Small Gods."
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B.
FLAC
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open-source audio compression format that reduces file size without any loss in sound quality, commonly used for high-fidelity music archiving and playback.
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C.
ALAC
ALAC is the At-Large Advisory Committee within ICANN that represents the interests of individual Internet users in global domain name policy development.
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D.
HE-AAC v2
HE-AAC v2 is an advanced audio codec profile that combines AAC with spectral band replication and parametric stereo to deliver high-quality sound at very low bitrates, commonly used in streaming and broadcasting.
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E.
MPEG-1 Layer II audio
MPEG-1 Layer II audio is a lossy audio compression format widely used in digital broadcasting and early digital media for efficient, good-quality stereo sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio codec
ⓘ
lossless audio compression format ⓘ |
| audioQuality | bit-perfect reconstruction of original PCM audio ⓘ |
| competesWith |
ALAC
ⓘ
FLAC ⓘ TAK ⓘ WavPack ⓘ |
| compressionMode |
extra high
ⓘ
insane ⓘ |
| compressionMode |
fast
ⓘ
high ⓘ normal ⓘ |
| compressionType | lossless ⓘ |
| designGoal | maximum compression efficiency ⓘ |
| developer | Matthew T. Ashland ⓘ |
| distributionModel | freeware ⓘ |
| fileFormatExtension |
.ape
ⓘ
.mac ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
SDK for developers
ⓘ
Winamp plugin ⓘ command-line encoder ⓘ graphical user interface encoder ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.monkeysaudio.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Windows-focused software tools
ⓘ
high compression ratios ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFocus |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| originalReleasePlatform | Windows ⓘ |
| platformAvailability |
Linux (via third-party ports)
ⓘ
linked to:
Linux
Windows ⓘ macOS (via third-party ports) ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| supports |
16-bit PCM audio
ⓘ
24-bit PCM audio ⓘ cue sheets ⓘ embedded cover art (via tags) ⓘ error detection ⓘ metadata tags ⓘ multichannel audio ⓘ streaming via APEv2 tags ⓘ |
| tradeOff |
higher CPU usage for decoding
ⓘ
slower encoding at highest compression modes ⓘ |
| useCase |
archival of audio CDs
ⓘ
audiophile music collections ⓘ |
| uses | APEv2 tag format ⓘ |
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: Monkey's Audio Description of subject: Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio compression format and codec known for its high compression ratios and Windows-focused software tools.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.