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File extension AVI - Audio Video Interleave movie file

File type specification:

Movie, film, video and multimedia file type icon Movie, film, video and multimedia file type

avi file icon: avi file icon

What is AVI file extension:

The AVI file extension is traditionally used for a very common computer video / movie file format, especially popular on internet in form of torrents.

Audio Video Interleave (AVI) is a special case of Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF).

Audio content or video content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs can be stored in an .avi file and played in Windows Media Player, if the appropriate codecs are installed on the computer. Video codecs that are frequently used in .avi files include the following codecs: - DivX codec, XVID codec, Cinepak codec, Indeo codec, DV codec, MJPEG codec, Uncompressed RGB or YUY2 codec etc.

Audio codecs that are frequently used in .avi files include the following: MP3 codec, AC3 codec, Microsoft Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (MS ADPCM), Uncompressed Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) codec etc.

MIME: video/x-msvideo, video/avi, video/msvideo, image/avi, video/xmpg2, application/x-troff-msvideo, audio/aiff, audio/avi

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Help how to open AVI files:

The AVI is widely supported video format. You can use any media player (Windows Media Player, BSPlayer, Winamp etc.) to play it, but you might also need an appropriate video/audio codecs to see actually see and hear the movie.

How to convert file with extension AVI:

The AVI format is supported by almost every video converter or video editor.

File identification strings:

HEX code: 52 49 46 46
ASCII code: RIFF

Related links:

DivX codec Web site

Cinepak codec Web site

Indeo codec at Ligos web site

Avi at Wikipedia

Mistyped AVI file extension name search strings: avu, avo

List of software associated to the .avi file extension

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that can be done with the file: like open avi file, edit avi file, convert avi file, view avi file, play avi file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting of the avi files.

  • Open avi file
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  • Create avi file
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