AVI viewer
To open an AVI file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
What you see
| AVI in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| H.264 | Copied into an MP4, nothing re-encoded |
| Motion JPEG | Encoded to H.264 on your device |
| Xvid, DivX | Named, not played |
| Details | Codecs, size, frame rate, sound, tags |
| Extensions | .avi |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is an AVI file?
AVI is Microsoft’s old video container from 1992, still used by cameras, dashcams and old downloads. What it holds varies: Xvid, DivX, H.264, Motion JPEG, MP3 or PCM sound.
What the AVI holds, read by webdave’s own AVI reader, and the video when its codecs allow: H.264 is copied into an MP4 to play, camera Motion JPEG is encoded again on a button. Xvid and DivX can’t be decoded by browsers: Details then names them.
How to open an AVI file
- Add your AVI. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. What the AVI holds, read by webdave’s own AVI reader, and the video when its codecs allow: H.264 is copied into an MP4 to play, camera Motion JPEG is encoded again on a button. Xvid and DivX can’t be decoded by browsers: Details then names them.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Browsers play no AVI by themselves. webdave can play one that holds H.264 or Motion JPEG; Xvid and DivX (MPEG-4 Part 2) can’t be decoded in a browser.
Drop it on Convert. H.264 is copied as it is; Motion JPEG from a camera is encoded again.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.