Audio Video Interleave

Audio Video Interleave (also Audio Video Interleaved and known by its initials and <a href="/facts/Filename_extension/cJgfAym4">filename extension</a> AVI, usually pronounced /ˌeɪ.viːˈaɪ/) is a proprietary multimedia <a href="/facts/Container_format_(computing)/mSfwwdSA">container format</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> standard introduced by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> in November 1992 as part of its <a href="/facts/Video_for_Windows/SN0D0W3C">Video for Windows</a> software. AVI <a href="/facts/Computer_file/FjFH3Ufm">files</a> can contain both audio and video data in an uncompressed file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.
Like the <a href="/facts/DVD-Video/V7pyI58m">DVD video format</a>, AVI files support multiple <a href="/facts/Streaming_media/4rPhSq0Y">streaming</a> audio and video, although these features are seldom used. Codecs popularly used for AVI include <a href="/facts/DivX/xHglFaG2">DivX</a> and <a href="/facts/Xvid/CbpsozCI">Xvid</a>, although many other codecs can also be contained in an AVI file.
Many AVI files use the file format extensions developed by the <a href="/facts/Matrox/mvvP6jDX">Matrox</a> OpenDML group in February 1996. These files are supported by Microsoft, and are unofficially called AVI 2.0. In 2010 the <a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">US government</a>'s <a href="/facts/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/WB8bwYVU">National Archives and Records Administration</a> defined AVI as the official wrapper for preserving <a href="/facts/Digital_video/xsn9omqG">digital video</a>.

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