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AVI File (What It Is and How to Open It)

AVI File (What It Is and How to Open It)

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This article explains what an AVI file is, how to open it on any device, and how to convert it to MP4, MP3, GIF, and other formats so you can open it with your programs.

AVI is an abbreviation of Audio Video Interleave. It is a widely used file format developed by Microsoft for storing both video and audio data in a single file.

The format is based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), a container format used for storing multimedia data.

This format is typically less compressed than other more popular formats such as MOV and MPEG. This means that the video will be larger than the same file in one of these more compressed formats.