DVR-MS
E827328
DVR-MS is a Microsoft proprietary digital video recording file format used primarily by earlier versions of Windows Media Center to store recorded TV content.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DVR-MS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9897636 — 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: DVR-MS Context triple: [Windows Media Center, previousVideoLibraryFormat, DVR-MS]
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A.
VD
VD is the vehicle registration code for the Swiss canton of Vaud.
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B.
MSA
MSA is the common abbreviation for the Master Settlement Agreement, a landmark 1998 legal settlement between major U.S. tobacco companies and state attorneys general that reshaped tobacco advertising and funded public health initiatives.
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C.
MSA
MSA is the abbreviation commonly used for a Microsoft account, the unified login system for accessing Microsoft's online services and products.
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D.
MSA
MSA is a common abbreviation for a metropolitan statistical area, a region defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for statistical and demographic analysis.
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E.
MSA
MSA is the standardized, literary form of Arabic used in formal writing, media, education, and official communication across the Arab world.
- 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: DVR-MS Target entity description: DVR-MS is a Microsoft proprietary digital video recording file format used primarily by earlier versions of Windows Media Center to store recorded TV content.
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A.
VD
VD is the vehicle registration code for the Swiss canton of Vaud.
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B.
MSA
MSA is the common abbreviation for the Master Settlement Agreement, a landmark 1998 legal settlement between major U.S. tobacco companies and state attorneys general that reshaped tobacco advertising and funded public health initiatives.
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C.
MSA
MSA is the abbreviation commonly used for a Microsoft account, the unified login system for accessing Microsoft's online services and products.
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D.
MSA
MSA is a common abbreviation for a metropolitan statistical area, a region defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for statistical and demographic analysis.
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E.
MSA
MSA is the standardized, literary form of Arabic used in formal writing, media, education, and official communication across the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
container file format
ⓘ
digital video recording file format ⓘ |
| associatedSoftware | Windows Media Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioCodecSupport |
Dolby Digital AC-3 audio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MPEG-1 Layer II audio ⓘ |
| basedOnFormat | ASF (Advanced Systems Format) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canBeConvertedTo |
MPEG-2 Program Stream
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canBeEditedBy | Windows Movie Maker (some versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | personal video recorder functionality on Windows ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .dvr-ms ⓘ |
| introducedWith | Windows XP Media Center Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mimeType | video/x-ms-dvr ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| primaryUse | storing recorded television content ⓘ |
| status | legacy format ⓘ |
| storesBroadcastStandard |
NTSC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PAL ⓘ SECAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storesMetadataType |
broadcast flags
ⓘ
copy protection information ⓘ program guide information ⓘ |
| storesMultipleStreams | yes ⓘ |
| storesStreamType |
audio
ⓘ
metadata ⓘ video ⓘ |
| succeededBy | WTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsClosedCaptions | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsCopyProtection | yes ⓘ |
| supportsDRM | yes ⓘ |
| supportsHighDefinition | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsIndexing | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMetadata | yes ⓘ |
| supportsRandomAccess | yes ⓘ |
| supportsStandardDefinition | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsTimeShifting | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsTrickModes |
fast forward
GENERATED
ⓘ
pause GENERATED ⓘ rewind GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalContentSource |
ATSC digital TV broadcasts
ⓘ
DVB-T broadcasts ⓘ analog TV via tuner cards ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Windows Vista Media Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows XP Media Center Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ early versions of Windows 7 Media Center ⓘ |
| videoCodecSupport | MPEG-2 video ⓘ |
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: DVR-MS Description of subject: DVR-MS is a Microsoft proprietary digital video recording file format used primarily by earlier versions of Windows Media Center to store recorded TV content.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.