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Google video
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with gvi file extension can be usually encountered as old videos saved in now discontinued Google video format.
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The gvi file extension seems to be mainly associated with the Google Video on-line service.
The Google Video index is the most comprehensive on the Web, containing millions of videos indexed and available for viewing. Using Google Video, you can search for and watch an ever-growing collection of TV shows, movie clips, music videos, documentaries, personal productions and more from all over the Web.
Google Video Player was discontinued in 2007 and is no longer distributed by Google.
The gvi video format is similar to DivX4 and audio is stored in MP3 format.
Use VLC media player to open and play *.gvi video files.
Some multimedia converters may still support this format, but for all we know GVI format is largely unsupported.
Apps designed for playing gvi files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix