VobSub
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VobSub is a subtitle format that stores DVD-style bitmap subtitles, often used in digital video containers like Matroska (MKV).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VobSub canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11352327 — 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: VobSub Context triple: [Matroska, supportsSubtitlesFormat, VobSub]
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A.
WebVTT
WebVTT is a web standard format for displaying timed text tracks such as subtitles and captions in HTML5 video.
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B.
Matroska
Matroska is an open standard, extensible multimedia container format best known for its MKV files that can hold multiple video, audio, subtitle, and metadata streams in a single package.
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C.
MPEG-TS
MPEG-TS (MPEG Transport Stream) is a standard digital container format designed for transmitting and storing audio, video, and data, commonly used in broadcast systems like DVB and ATSC.
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D.
MPEG
MPEG is a family of widely used digital audio and video compression standards developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group for efficient storage and transmission of multimedia content.
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E.
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a widely used digital video and audio compression standard commonly employed for DVDs, digital television broadcasting, and some online video formats.
- 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: VobSub Target entity description: VobSub is a subtitle format that stores DVD-style bitmap subtitles, often used in digital video containers like Matroska (MKV).
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A.
WebVTT
WebVTT is a web standard format for displaying timed text tracks such as subtitles and captions in HTML5 video.
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B.
Matroska
Matroska is an open standard, extensible multimedia container format best known for its MKV files that can hold multiple video, audio, subtitle, and metadata streams in a single package.
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C.
MPEG-TS
MPEG-TS (MPEG Transport Stream) is a standard digital container format designed for transmitting and storing audio, video, and data, commonly used in broadcast systems like DVB and ATSC.
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D.
MPEG
MPEG is a family of widely used digital audio and video compression standards developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group for efficient storage and transmission of multimedia content.
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E.
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a widely used digital video and audio compression standard commonly employed for DVDs, digital television broadcasting, and some online video formats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DVD subtitle technology
ⓘ
bitmap subtitle format ⓘ subtitle format ⓘ |
| canBeMuxedInto |
AVI files
ⓘ
Matroska files ⓘ OGM files ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedInContainer |
AVI
ⓘ
MKV ⓘ Matroska ⓘ OGM ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedWithTool |
MKVToolNix
ⓘ
MPC-HC ⓘ SubRip ⓘ
linked to:
SRT subtitle format
VLC media player ⓘ VirtualDub ⓘ |
| componentFileType |
IDX file
ⓘ
SUB file ⓘ |
| encodingDomain | digital video ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.idx
ⓘ
.sub ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage |
no OCR errors compared to text extraction
ⓘ
preserves original DVD subtitle appearance ⓘ |
| hasDisadvantage |
larger file size than text subtitles
ⓘ
not easily editable as text ⓘ |
| isCompatibleWith |
Kodi
ⓘ
MPC-HC ⓘ VLC media player ⓘ ffmpeg-based players ⓘ |
| isImageBased | true ⓘ |
| isRenderedBy | media player subtitle engine ⓘ |
| isTextBased | false ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
DVD-Video
ⓘ
linked to:
DVD
|
| storesInIDX | timing and index information ⓘ |
| storesInSUB | subtitle bitmap data ⓘ |
| storesPaletteIn | IDX file ⓘ |
| storesSubtitlesAs | raster images ⓘ |
| storesTimingIn | IDX file ⓘ |
| subtitleSynchronization | time-based ⓘ |
| supportsColorDepth |
16-color subtitles
ⓘ
4-bit palette ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
DVD-style colors
ⓘ
DVD-style positioning ⓘ forced subtitles ⓘ karaoke-style highlighting ⓘ multiple subtitle languages ⓘ outline and transparency ⓘ |
| typicallyExtractedFrom | DVD VOB files ⓘ |
| typicalSourceMedium | DVD-Video discs ⓘ |
| usesSubtitleType | bitmap subtitles ⓘ |
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: VobSub Description of subject: VobSub is a subtitle format that stores DVD-style bitmap subtitles, often used in digital video containers like Matroska (MKV).
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.