Windows Movie Maker

E185558

Windows software video editing software

Windows Movie Maker is a discontinued video editing software from Microsoft that allowed users to create, edit, and share home movies on Windows.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Windows Movie Maker canonical	4
Windows Live Movie Maker	2
Movie Maker	1
Windows Movie Maker (some versions)	1
iMovie	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1645986 — 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: Windows Movie Maker
Context triple: [Windows ME, includedFeature, Windows Movie Maker]

A. Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe Media Encoder is a video and audio transcoding application from Adobe that lets users export, compress, and convert media into various formats for playback, broadcast, and online distribution.
B. Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional non-linear video editing software widely used in film, television, and online content production.
C. Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
D. Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
E. Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements is a simplified, consumer-oriented version of Adobe’s photo editing software designed to offer powerful yet easy-to-use tools for organizing, editing, and sharing images.
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: Windows Movie Maker
Target entity description: Windows Movie Maker is a discontinued video editing software from Microsoft that allowed users to create, edit, and share home movies on Windows.

A. Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe Media Encoder is a video and audio transcoding application from Adobe that lets users export, compress, and convert media into various formats for playback, broadcast, and online distribution.
B. Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional non-linear video editing software widely used in film, television, and online content production.
C. Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
D. Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
E. Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements is a simplified, consumer-oriented version of Adobe’s photo editing software designed to offer powerful yet easy-to-use tools for organizing, editing, and sharing images.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Windows software ⓘ video editing software ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
discontinued	true ⓘ
distributionMethod	download via Windows Live Essentials ⓘ pre-installed on some Windows versions ⓘ
genre	non-linear video editor ⓘ
includedIn	Windows 7 ⓘ Windows ME ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ
initialReleaseYear	2000 ⓘ
license	proprietary software ⓘ
notableFor	being bundled free with Windows ⓘ simplicity for beginner video editors ⓘ
operatingSystem	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows
partOf	Windows Essentials ⓘ
platform	32-bit Windows ⓘ 64-bit Windows ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Windows Live Movie Maker ⓘ linked to: Windows Movie Maker
status	no longer supported by Microsoft ⓘ
successor	Clipchamp ⓘ Windows Photos video editor ⓘ
supportsFeature	audio track editing ⓘ automatic movie creation from templates ⓘ clip splitting ⓘ clip trimming ⓘ direct publishing to web services ⓘ drag-and-drop editing ⓘ export to video file ⓘ frame splitting ⓘ narration recording ⓘ preview playback ⓘ storyboard-based editing ⓘ timeline-based editing ⓘ title and credits creation ⓘ video effects ⓘ video transitions ⓘ
supportsFormat	AVI ⓘ MP3 ⓘ WAV ⓘ WMA ⓘ WMV ⓘ
targetAudience	home users ⓘ
useCase	basic video editing ⓘ creating home movies ⓘ
userInterface	graphical user interface ⓘ
website	https://support.microsoft.com/windows-movie-maker (archived/support) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited