The acronym AVI is derived from Audio Video Interleav in English. A great advantage that it has is that it can be played with different operating systems, although sometimes it can happen that we want to open a movie or video and suddenly it does not play; It is possibly due to the fact that the program that has been used is not compatible because it does not have the necessary Codecs for the AVI video format. See how to open or play files with extension like AVI.
What is the utility and how does the .AVI format work?
The format acts as a container, that is, it can save both videos and audios, although they are unlinked; when the video is played then it will be interlaced simultaneously with the sound.
For this encoding of this digital data, an external program that does not belong to the AVI called Codec is needed; therefore, they can be presented in any type of format, allowing the audio of your reproduction to be modified, depending on the language that is needed.
The .AVI formats are divided into pieces of information called Chunk, which have an identification, with the FourCC name or four-character code; thus facilitating the search at the time of reproduction. The first Chunk is called header and is responsible for describing the information in relation to the speed per second and the dimensions of the images; the second moderates the interlacing of the video with the audio.
How is the playback of AVI format files performed depending on the operating system?
It will depend on whether it is at the computer or mobile level, for example:
- On a Windows computer, the file must be played with the native Windows Media Player regardless of the version you have installed, as it is recommended for files with the .AVI extension; In the case of Windows 10, we locate “Movies and TV”, then the video will be clicked for automatic playback.
- In the case of Mac computers, it gets complicated because the source player is not compatible with the .AVI format, so we must use 2 programs from the Aiseesoft company; with the first one we reproduce and it is called Aiseesoft Mac Blu-ray Player; and with the second Aiseesoft Video Converter Ultimate the conversion to the original Mac format is done.
- For Android mobiles, although the latest phones already come with this .AVI format, it seems that it is not very suitable; therefore, to view it in better quality, the VLC program is recommended.
- For iPhone with iOS, Movie Player 3 must be used to play movies and videos in this format.
How to open or play files with AVI extension?
We must mention that the video files to play files with an extension such as .AVI is one of the most widespread forms at a global level, and can be played by both free programs or those with a license for any operating system; therefore, only a few of them will be mentioned.
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VLC Media Player: It is a program developed by VideoLAN, open source, a very good option for any operating system and any type of extension, it has high resolutions and generally does not need Codecs.
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Media Player Classic: Player manufactured by Microsoft Windows, initially it was a closed source software but over time it was released and is compatible with any video player.
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Cyberlink Power DVD: Cyberlink company has been working with functional software to play the files in different formats for our PC and even though DVDs are hardly used nowadays, this program allows to open these .AVI formats.
To finish, we must conclude the importance of the .AVI extension for playing videos, since it can be played on any operating system; hence its great diffusion, as well as the quality obtained.
