XVideo
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XVideo is an X11 video extension that enables efficient video playback and scaling by offloading image and color space operations to the graphics hardware.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XVideo canonical | 1 |
| XVideo Extension | 1 |
| Xv API | 1 |
| XvQueryPortAttributes function | 1 |
| XvShmPutImage function | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629075 — 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: XVideo Context triple: [X11, supportsExtension, XVideo]
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A.
Video for Windows
Video for Windows is an early Microsoft multimedia framework and API for Windows that enabled digital video playback and editing on PCs in the 1990s.
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B.
DirectShow
DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.
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C.
VDP (Video Display Processor)
The VDP (Video Display Processor) is the custom graphics chip used in Sega’s 16-bit era hardware, responsible for rendering sprites, backgrounds, and visual effects in games.
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D.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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E.
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.
- 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: XVideo Target entity description: XVideo is an X11 video extension that enables efficient video playback and scaling by offloading image and color space operations to the graphics hardware.
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A.
Video for Windows
Video for Windows is an early Microsoft multimedia framework and API for Windows that enabled digital video playback and editing on PCs in the 1990s.
-
B.
DirectShow
DirectShow is a Microsoft multimedia framework and API used on Windows for capturing, processing, and playing audio and video streams.
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C.
VDP (Video Display Processor)
The VDP (Video Display Processor) is the custom graphics chip used in Sega’s 16-bit era hardware, responsible for rendering sprites, backgrounds, and visual effects in games.
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D.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X11 extension
ⓘ
video extension ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
XVideo
ⓘ
surface form:
XVideo Extension
Xv ⓘ |
| category |
X Window System technology
ⓘ
video acceleration technology ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
OpenGL-based video rendering
ⓘ
software video scaling ⓘ |
| designedFor |
efficient video playback
ⓘ
video scaling ⓘ |
| enables |
hardware-based color space operations
ⓘ
hardware-based video scaling ⓘ reduced CPU usage during video playback ⓘ |
| exposesInterface |
XVideo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xv API
|
| hasLimitation |
depends on driver implementation quality
ⓘ
feature set varies between GPUs ⓘ |
| offloadsOperationTo | graphics hardware ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
X11
ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| partOf |
XFree86
ⓘ
surface form:
XFree86 video architecture
|
| provides |
XvPutImage function
ⓘ
XvQueryAdaptors function ⓘ XvQueryExtension function ⓘ XVideo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
XvQueryPortAttributes function
XVideo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
XvShmPutImage function
|
| relatedTo |
DRM (Direct Rendering Manager)
ⓘ
surface form:
Direct Rendering Infrastructure
XRender ⓘ |
| requires |
X server support
ⓘ
graphics driver support ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
RGB pixel formats
ⓘ
YUV pixel formats ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
YUV to RGB conversion
ⓘ
color space conversion ⓘ hardware-accelerated video overlay ⓘ image scaling ⓘ video color keying ⓘ |
| usedBy |
X11 video players
ⓘ
media playback applications on X11 ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Linux desktop environments
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
video adaptors
ⓘ
video ports ⓘ |
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: XVideo Description of subject: XVideo is an X11 video extension that enables efficient video playback and scaling by offloading image and color space operations to the graphics hardware.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
XVideo Extension
this entity surface form:
Xv API
this entity surface form:
XvShmPutImage function