Difference between revisions of "AVI"

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AVI files aren't designed to hold [[subtitles]]. Also, they don't support some features which more recent container formats support.
 
AVI files aren't designed to hold [[subtitles]]. Also, they don't support some features which more recent container formats support.
  
{{file|modules/mux/avi.c}} Output muxer
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{{file|modules/mux/avi.c|Output muxer}}

Revision as of 23:12, 16 December 2006

avi
VLC can encode and decode this container.
The module name to use at the command line is avi.

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a popular container format used to hold video and audio data.

To play an AVI file, the audio and video files need to be encoded with codecs the player understands.

AVI files aren't designed to hold subtitles. Also, they don't support some features which more recent container formats support.