VLC media player
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VLC media player is a free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and framework known for playing a vast range of audio and video formats without needing additional codecs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VLC media player canonical | 3 |
| VLC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8289719 — 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: VLC media player Context triple: [WMV, playbackSoftware, VLC media player]
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A.
VLC
VLC is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Valencia Airport in Spain.
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B.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
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C.
Plex
Plex is a media server and streaming platform that lets users organize, stream, and access their personal and online media libraries across various devices.
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D.
SVT Play
SVT Play is Sweden’s national public service broadcaster’s online streaming platform, offering on-demand and live TV content.
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E.
HandBrake
HandBrake is a popular open-source video transcoder that allows users to convert and compress video files across multiple formats and platforms.
- 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: VLC media player Target entity description: VLC media player is a free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and framework known for playing a vast range of audio and video formats without needing additional codecs.
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A.
VLC
VLC is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Valencia Airport in Spain.
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B.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
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C.
Plex
Plex is a media server and streaming platform that lets users organize, stream, and access their personal and online media libraries across various devices.
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D.
SVT Play
SVT Play is Sweden’s national public service broadcaster’s online streaming platform, offering on-demand and live TV content.
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E.
HandBrake
HandBrake is a popular open-source video transcoder that allows users to convert and compress video files across multiple formats and platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free software
ⓘ
media player software ⓘ video player ⓘ |
| canActAs |
media transcoder
ⓘ
streaming server ⓘ |
| developer | VideoLAN ⓘ |
| feature |
audio and video filters
ⓘ
built-in codecs ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ extensions and plugins ⓘ hardware-accelerated decoding ⓘ media conversion ⓘ playlist management ⓘ recording of streams ⓘ screen capture ⓘ skins support ⓘ streaming server capabilities ⓘ subtitle support ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer |
VideoLAN community
ⓘ
linked to:
VideoLAN
|
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| origin | France ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
ARM
ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
AVI
ⓘ
Audio CD ⓘ DVD-Video ⓘ FLAC ⓘ H.264 ⓘ H.265 ⓘ MKV ⓘ MP3 ⓘ
linked to:
MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
MP4 ⓘ MPEG ⓘ OGG ⓘ VCD ⓘ
linked to:
Super Video CD
WebM ⓘ network streams ⓘ |
| supportsInterface |
command-line interface
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ |
| supportsOutput |
Chromecast
ⓘ
file output ⓘ local display ⓘ network stream output ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
FTP
ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ MMS ⓘ RTP ⓘ RTSP ⓘ |
| supportsSubtitleFormat |
ASS
ⓘ
SRT ⓘ SSA ⓘ SubStation Alpha ⓘ VobSub ⓘ embedded subtitles in containers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ ⓘ |
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: VLC media player Description of subject: VLC media player is a free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and framework known for playing a vast range of audio and video formats without needing additional codecs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: VLC media player