.AVI File Description

Video container or wrapper format created by Microsoft; stores video data that may be encoded in a variety of codecs; typically uses less compression than similar formats such as .MPEG and .MOV.

AVI files can be played by various video players, but the player must support the codec used to encode the video data.

Other Information For .AVI File Extension

• Company:

  Microsoft Corporation.

• File Type:

  Audio Video Interleave File

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

  52 49 46 46

• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

  RIFF