AVI

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AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft for storing synchronized audio and video data.

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AVI canonical 2
Audio Video Interleave 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf digital container format
multimedia container format
abbreviationOf Audio Video Interleave
backwardCompatibleWith Video for Windows
surface form: Video for Windows framework
basedOn Resource Interchange File Format
category Microsoft multimedia technology
video container format
commonlyAssociatedCodec DivX
Indeo
MJPEG
Xvid
commonlyUsedFor storing movies and video clips
video playback on Windows
containerType RIFF-based container format
designedFor desktop multimedia on early Windows versions
developer Microsoft
Microsoft
surface form: Microsoft Corporation
encodingIndependence codec-agnostic container
fileExtension .avi
fileExtensionType filename extension
fileSignature RIFF....AVI
fullName AVI self-linksurface differs
surface form: Audio Video Interleave
hasLimitation less efficient overhead compared to newer containers
limited support for modern streaming features
introducedBy Video for Windows
surface form: Microsoft Video for Windows
introducedInDecade 1990s
introducedInYear 1992
mediaType audio‑video container
video file format
operatingSystemOfOrigin Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
owner Microsoft
platformOfOrigin Windows
standardizedAs part of Microsoft Video for Windows specification
stores digital audio data
digital video data
succeededBy Advanced container formats such as MP4
Matroska
surface form: Matroska (MKV)
supports PCM audio
interleaving of audio and video data
multiple audio streams
synchronized audio and video
uncompressed video
various audio codecs
various video codecs
typicallyContains compressed audio stream
compressed video stream
usedWith Windows Media Player
third‑party media players

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Video for Windows fileFormat AVI
this entity surface form: Audio Video Interleave
AVI fullName AVI self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Audio Video Interleave