Matroska
E268865
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matroska canonical | 1 |
| Matroska (MKV) | 1 |
| Matroska Multimedia Container | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2448076 — 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: Matroska Context triple: [H.264, containerFormat, Matroska]
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A.
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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B.
AVI
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.
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C.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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D.
H.264
H.264 is a widely used video compression standard known for delivering high-quality video at relatively low bitrates, commonly employed in streaming, broadcasting, and video recording.
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E.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
- 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: Matroska Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
AVI
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.
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C.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of Microsoft-developed video compression formats commonly used for streaming and storing digital video on Windows platforms.
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D.
H.264
H.264 is a widely used video compression standard known for delivering high-quality video at relatively low bitrates, commonly employed in streaming, broadcasting, and video recording.
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E.
TIFF
TIFF is the non-profit cultural organization that runs the Toronto International Film Festival and related year-round film programs and events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multimedia container format
ⓘ
open standard ⓘ |
| allows | multiple streams in one file ⓘ |
| basedOn | EBML ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
high-definition video
ⓘ
internet video distribution ⓘ personal video archiving ⓘ |
| containerType | binary ⓘ |
| designedFor | flexible multimedia storage ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.mk3d
ⓘ
.mka ⓘ .mks ⓘ .mkv ⓘ |
| fullName |
Matroska
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Matroska Multimedia Container
|
| isContainerFor |
MK3D file
ⓘ
MKA file ⓘ MKS file ⓘ MKV file ⓘ |
| isExtensible | true ⓘ |
| isFree | true ⓘ |
| isOpenStandard | true ⓘ |
| license | open source friendly ⓘ |
| supports |
audio streams
ⓘ
metadata streams ⓘ subtitle streams ⓘ video streams ⓘ |
| supportsAttachments | true ⓘ |
| supportsChapters | true ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
3D video
ⓘ
attachments ⓘ chapters ⓘ error resilience ⓘ menus ⓘ multiple audio tracks ⓘ multiple subtitle tracks ⓘ seeking ⓘ tags ⓘ variable bitrate ⓘ |
| supportsSubtitlesFormat |
ASS
ⓘ
SRT ⓘ VobSub ⓘ |
| supportsTags | true ⓘ |
| supportsTimecodes | true ⓘ |
| typicalAudioCodec |
AAC
ⓘ
MP3 ⓘ Opus ⓘ Vorbis ⓘ |
| typicalVideoCodec |
AV1
ⓘ
H.264 ⓘ H.265 ⓘ |
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: Matroska Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Matroska (MKV)