| Name | AVI | XVID |
| Full name | AVI - Microsoft Audio/Visual Interleaved | XviD |
| File extension | .avi | .xvid |
| MIME type | video/vnd.avi, video/avi, video/msvideo, video/x-msvideo | |
| Developed by | Microsoft | www.xvid.com |
| Type of format | video file format | Video codec |
| Description | Audio Video Interleaved (also Audio Video Interleave), known by its initials AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows software. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. | Xvid (formerly 'XviD') is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It uses ASP features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, H.263, MPEG, and custom quantization matrices. |
| Technical details | AVI is a derivative of the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), which divides a file's data into blocks, or 'chunks.' A FourCC tag identifies each 'chunk'. An AVI file takes the form of a single chunk in a RIFF formatted file, which is then subdivided into two mandatory 'chunks' and one optional 'chunk'. | |
| File conversion | AVI conversion | XVID conversion |
| Associated programs | Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker, Avidemux, AviSynth, Adobe After Effects, Media Player Classic, VLC. | VirtualDub, DVDx, xvid encraw, AutoGK, MeGUI etc. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid |
Convert Avi To Mac
If the device you are currently on can not read an AVI file, changing it to an MP4 should give you the ability to view the file on any device. There are many different options to convert AVI files to MP4 format. There are both free and paid online avi to mp4 converter websites as well as software programs that will convert the files for you. Online-Convert is a free AVI to MOV converter, which allows you to execute the conversion in only a few clicks efficiently. Go to the official website. Click 'Choose Files' to upload the.avi video you want to convert by clicking on Browse to select the video file from your computer.