What is AVI?
Advantages and disadvantages of AVI format
AVI, also called Audio Video Interleaved, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Windows video technology. It is currently the most popular video format in the world. AVI files can contain audio and video data in a container file that allows synchronized playback of audio and video. As a DVD video format, AVI files support multiple video and audio streams, although these functions are not widely used.
AVI
Pros and cons of AVI:
Pros:
It can be used for multiple platforms.
Disadvantages:
1 – AVI does not provide a standard way to encode aspect ratio information, as a result of which players cannot select the correct aspect ratio automatically and some AVI videos may not play.
2 – There are several competing approaches, including the time code in AVI files, which affects the usability of the format in post-production film and television, although it is widely used.
3 – AVI cannot hold some specific types of Variable Bit Rate (VBR) – data validly (such as MP3 audio with a sample rate below 32 kHz).
