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AVI file format

Extension.avi
Categoryvideo
Programs
ALLPlayer
Apple QuickTime Player
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Main programVideo Lan VLC Player
Description.avi (Audio Video Interleave) The .avi format is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.
Technical detailsThe `.avi` (Audio Video Interleave) format, created by Microsoft in 1992, is a multimedia container designed to synchronize audio and video playback. AVI files can support various codec combinations that impact the quality and file size of the video. Typically, AVI files include one audio and one video stream, and they rely on external codecs for compression, encompassing both lossy and lossless formats. As a result, the quality and size of AVI files can vary, often being larger compared to more efficiently compressed formats like MPEG or MOV.
MIME type
video/avi
video/vnd.avi
video/msvideo
video/x-msvideo