AVI Video format

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AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a format defined by Microsoft for storing audio/video data. It is very popular on the Windows platform.

Some common questions about the AVI format are listed below

What does the "... could not find vids:nnnn ..." error mean?

The letters "nnnn" are a four character number and letter sequence which seem obscure. This means that the AVI file was encoded with a format for which you do not have the codec installed on your computer. Some common formats include the following.

Code	Description
CVID	Cinepak video format
I263	Intel 263 format.
IV50	Intel Indeo V5 format
MP42	Microsoft MPEG-4 format

Where do I get the codecs so I can view these files?

See codecs for more information.

How do I play these files?

For Windows, download the Windows Media Player from Microsoft.

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