QuickTime
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QuickTime is Apple’s multimedia framework and file format standard used for handling and playing digital video, audio, and interactive content across platforms.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| QuickTime canonical | 11 |
| QuickTime Player | 3 |
| QuickTime 7 | 1 |
| QuickTime Carbon APIs | 1 |
| QuickTime File Format | 1 |
| QuickTime Player application | 1 |
| QuickTime Player on Mac | 1 |
| QuickTime Pro | 1 |
| QuickTime X | 1 |
| QuickTime framework APIs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368050 — 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: QuickTime Context triple: [Adobe After Effects, fileFormatSupport, QuickTime]
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A.
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is Apple's professional non-linear video editing software widely used for film, television, and content creation on macOS.
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B.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
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C.
MacWorks XL
MacWorks XL was a software environment that allowed Apple Lisa computers to run the Macintosh operating system and applications, effectively turning them into Macintosh-compatible systems.
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D.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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E.
NeXTSTEP
NeXTSTEP was an advanced Unix-based operating system and development environment created by NeXT Inc., notable for its object-oriented frameworks and influential role in the later development of macOS and iOS.
- 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: QuickTime Target entity description: QuickTime is Apple’s multimedia framework and file format standard used for handling and playing digital video, audio, and interactive content across platforms.
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A.
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is Apple's professional non-linear video editing software widely used for film, television, and content creation on macOS.
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B.
HFS Plus
HFS Plus is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Apple for use in macOS and earlier Macintosh operating systems, succeeding the original HFS to support larger files and volumes.
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C.
MacWorks XL
MacWorks XL was a software environment that allowed Apple Lisa computers to run the Macintosh operating system and applications, effectively turning them into Macintosh-compatible systems.
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D.
Mac OS 9
Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS line, known for features like Sherlock 2, improved internet integration, and serving as a bridge before the transition to Mac OS X.
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E.
NeXTSTEP
NeXTSTEP was an advanced Unix-based operating system and development environment created by NeXT Inc., notable for its object-oriented frameworks and influential role in the later development of macOS and iOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file format standard
ⓘ
media player software ⓘ multimedia framework ⓘ |
| componentOf | macOS multimedia subsystem ⓘ |
| containerFormat |
MOV
ⓘ
QuickTime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime File Format
|
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| developerCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fileFormat |
.mov
ⓘ
.qt ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
QuickTime
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime Player application
QuickTime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime framework APIs
|
| hasEdition |
QuickTime
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime Player
QuickTime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
QuickTime Pro
|
| includedWith | macOS ⓘ |
| influenced | MPEG-4 container format ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1991-12-02 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cross-platform media framework APIs
ⓘ
mov container extensible track-based structure ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
macOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| securityStatusOnWindows | no longer supported by Apple ⓘ |
| supportsCodec |
AAC
ⓘ
ALAC ⓘ ProRes ⓘ
surface form:
Apple ProRes
Cinepak ⓘ H.264 ⓘ MPEG-4 Part 2 ⓘ Sorenson Video ⓘ |
| supportsMediaType |
digital audio
ⓘ
digital video ⓘ interactive content ⓘ text ⓘ virtual reality (QuickTime VR) ⓘ |
| supportsMetadata |
chapters
ⓘ
subtitles ⓘ timecode ⓘ |
| supportsProgressiveDownload | yes ⓘ |
| supportsStreaming | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
media authoring
ⓘ
media editing ⓘ media playback ⓘ media transcoding ⓘ |
| website | https://support.apple.com/quicktime ⓘ |
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: QuickTime Description of subject: QuickTime is Apple’s multimedia framework and file format standard used for handling and playing digital video, audio, and interactive content across platforms.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
QuickTime File Format
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Player
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Pro
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Player application
this entity surface form:
QuickTime framework APIs
this entity surface form:
QuickTime X
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Player
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Carbon APIs
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Player
this entity surface form:
QuickTime 7
this entity surface form:
QuickTime Player on Mac