LanguageAVC
MPEG-4 AVC Advanced Video Coding movie
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with avc extension are MPEG-4 AVC Advanced Video Coding videos. MPEG-4 AVC compressed video format is used as a standard to distribution high definition video. AVC providing high video quality at lower bit rates than MPEG-2, H.263 etc.
Found 3 different file type records with the same avc filename suffix.
What is avc file?
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension avc file extension is used for a MPEG-4 AVC Advanced Video Coding video file format that is used as a standard to distribution high definition video. AVC providing high video quality at lower bit rates than MPEG-2, H.263 etc.
Advanced Video Coding standard is able to work on variety of applications on variety of network and systems such as digital broadcast, DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD media, multimedia telephony systems etc.
AVC video is very often found within multimedia containers, such as m2ts, mts, etc.
How to open avc file?
Use Windows Media Player, or VLC media player to play the *.avc files.
How to convert avc file?
Use Xilisoft Video Converter to convert *.avc to digital devices (iPhone, iPod, PSP).
Use Xilisoft iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac to create iPhone ringtone from .avi.
Suggested software to open avc file:
Associated software actions with the avc file
Apps designed for playing avc files:
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows Media Player (Microsoft Windows)
Elecard AVC HD Player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Video Viewer (Multiplatform)
VLC media player for Android (Google Android)
Software apps that convert avc files:
Xilisoft Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)
WinX Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Freemake Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that export avc files:
Nero Video (Nero Vision Express) (Microsoft Windows)
Avid Media Composer script
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: August 22, 2018
The avc file extension is associated with the Avid Media Composer, a video editing software for film, TV, and news production Avid Technology, Inc.
The avc file stores script written for Avid Media Composer.
How to open avc file?
Use Avid Media Composer to open *.avc files.
How to convert avc file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open avc file:
Associated software actions with the avc file
Software applications that can open avc files:
Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit avc files:
Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving avc files:
Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create avc files:
Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving avc files:
Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows)
Kaspersky Anti-Virus database
File type category:
Database file
Date updated: May 16, 2019
The avc file extension is also related to Kaspersky Anti-Virus, a software for Microsoft Windows that allows users to protect their computers against malware.
The avc file contains virus information database. Usually updated regularly.
How to open avc file?
You cannot access these files manually.
How to convert avc file?
This file type is not meant to be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open avc file:
Associated software actions with the avc file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving avc files:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (Microsoft Windows)