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'''Audio Video Interleave''' ('''AVI''') is a multimedia container format originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the [[RIFF]] wrapper format. AVI is itself a wrapper that can enclose video and audio bitstreams in many encodings, including [[Indeo]], [[Sorenson]], and [[Cinepak]].
  
'''Audio Video Interleave''' ('''AVI''') is a video container format originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the [[RIFF]] wrapper format. AVI is itself a wrapper that can enclose video bitstreams in many encodings, including [[Indeo]], [[Sorenson]], and [[Cinepak]].
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== Specifications ==
 
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== References ==
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* [[Wikipedia:Audio Video Interleave]]
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* [http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923143f3456c/DVAVSPEC.RTF DV Data in the AVI File Format Specification, Version 1.01] Microsoft, 1997
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* [http://www.opennet.ru/docs/formats/avi.txt AVI description] Probably extracted from Video for Windows Programmer's Guide
 
* [http://www.opennet.ru/docs/formats/avi.txt AVI description] Probably extracted from Video for Windows Programmer's Guide
 
* [http://mediaxw.sourceforge.net/files/doc/Video%20for%20Windows%20Reference%20-%20Chapter%204%20-%20AVI%20Files.pdf Copy of Chapter 4: AVI Files from Video for Windows Programmer's Guide] 1993
 
* [http://mediaxw.sourceforge.net/files/doc/Video%20for%20Windows%20Reference%20-%20Chapter%204%20-%20AVI%20Files.pdf Copy of Chapter 4: AVI Files from Video for Windows Programmer's Guide] 1993
 
* [http://pvdtools.sourceforge.net/aviformat.txt RIFF-AVI FILE FORMAT]  
 
* [http://pvdtools.sourceforge.net/aviformat.txt RIFF-AVI FILE FORMAT]  
 
* [http://abcavi.kibi.ru/developer.htm Documention page from abcAVI Tag Editor site]  Has links to copies of AVI documentation at bottom.
 
* [http://abcavi.kibi.ru/developer.htm Documention page from abcAVI Tag Editor site]  Has links to copies of AVI documentation at bottom.
* [http://www.jmcgowan.com/avi.html Overview of Video for Windows, DirectShow (ActiveMovie), and AVI] by John F. McGowan, 1996-2004
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* [http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923143f3456c/DVAVSPEC.RTF DV Data in the AVI File Format Specification, Version 1.01] Microsoft, 1997
 
* [http://www.iana.org/assignments/wave-avi-codec-registry/wave-avi-codec-registry.xml WAVE and AVI Codec Registries (Historic Registry)] Hosted by IANA.  Implies use of video/vnd.avi as mimetype.
 
* [http://www.iana.org/assignments/wave-avi-codec-registry/wave-avi-codec-registry.xml WAVE and AVI Codec Registries (Historic Registry)] Hosted by IANA.  Implies use of video/vnd.avi as mimetype.
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia: Audio Video Interleave]]
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* [http://www.jmcgowan.com/avi.html Overview of Video for Windows, DirectShow (ActiveMovie), and AVI] by John F. McGowan, 1996-2004
  
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
 
[[Category:IBM]]
 
[[Category:IBM]]
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[[Category:Windows]]

Revision as of 15:17, 12 May 2018

File Format
Name AVI
Ontology
Extension(s) .avi
MIME Type(s) video/avi, video/x-msvideo, video/vnd.avi, video/msvideo
LoCFDD fdd000059
PRONOM fmt/5
Kaitai Struct Spec avi.ksy
Released ~1992

Audio Video Interleave (AVI) is a multimedia container format originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the RIFF wrapper format. AVI is itself a wrapper that can enclose video and audio bitstreams in many encodings, including Indeo, Sorenson, and Cinepak.

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