AVAudioPlayer
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AVAudioPlayer is an iOS and macOS framework class that provides a high-level interface for playing audio files, including control over playback, volume, looping, and metering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AVAudioPlayer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8820867 — 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: AVAudioPlayer Context triple: [AVFoundation, coreClass, AVAudioPlayer]
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A.
SKAudioNode
SKAudioNode is a SpriteKit class used to play and control audio within 2D games and interactive scenes.
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B.
XAudio
XAudio is a low-level audio API developed by Microsoft for high-performance sound processing and playback in Xbox and Windows games.
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C.
AVFoundation
AVFoundation is Apple’s comprehensive framework for working with time-based audiovisual media, providing APIs for capturing, editing, processing, and playing audio and video across its platforms.
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D.
audioOS
audioOS is Apple’s specialized operating system designed to power and manage the features of its HomePod smart speakers.
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E.
Web Audio API
The Web Audio API is a high-level JavaScript API for creating, processing, and controlling audio in web applications, enabling complex audio effects, spatialization, and real-time audio synthesis directly in the browser.
- 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: AVAudioPlayer Target entity description: AVAudioPlayer is an iOS and macOS framework class that provides a high-level interface for playing audio files, including control over playback, volume, looping, and metering.
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A.
SKAudioNode
SKAudioNode is a SpriteKit class used to play and control audio within 2D games and interactive scenes.
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B.
XAudio
XAudio is a low-level audio API developed by Microsoft for high-performance sound processing and playback in Xbox and Windows games.
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C.
AVFoundation
AVFoundation is Apple’s comprehensive framework for working with time-based audiovisual media, providing APIs for capturing, editing, processing, and playing audio and video across its platforms.
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D.
audioOS
audioOS is Apple’s specialized operating system designed to power and manage the features of its HomePod smart speakers.
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E.
Web Audio API
The Web Audio API is a high-level JavaScript API for creating, processing, and controlling audio in web applications, enabling complex audio effects, spatialization, and real-time audio synthesis directly in the browser.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Objective-C class
ⓘ
Swift-bridged class ⓘ class ⓘ |
| category | audio playback API ⓘ |
| conformsToProtocol |
NSCopying
ⓘ
NSSecureCoding ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | AVFoundation ⓘ |
| hasDelegateProtocol | AVAudioPlayerDelegate ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
averagePowerForChannel:
ⓘ
initWithContentsOfURL:error: ⓘ initWithData:error: ⓘ pause ⓘ peakPowerForChannel: ⓘ play ⓘ prepareToPlay ⓘ stop ⓘ updateMeters ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
currentTime
ⓘ
data ⓘ delegate ⓘ duration ⓘ enableRate ⓘ isPlaying ⓘ meteringEnabled ⓘ numberOfLoops ⓘ pan ⓘ rate ⓘ url ⓘ volume ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | NSObject ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
iOS 2.2
ⓘ
macOS 10.7 ⓘ
linked to:
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
|
| partOf |
Apple Developer SDK
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple developer tools
|
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| purpose | playback of audio files ⓘ |
| supports |
URL-based audio playback
ⓘ
data-based audio playback ⓘ local file playback ⓘ looping ⓘ metering ⓘ playback control ⓘ playback rate adjustment ⓘ stereo panning ⓘ volume control ⓘ |
| threadingModel | not thread-safe for concurrent use ⓘ |
| usedFor | simple audio playback in apps ⓘ |
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: AVAudioPlayer Description of subject: AVAudioPlayer is an iOS and macOS framework class that provides a high-level interface for playing audio files, including control over playback, volume, looping, and metering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.