AVI Video format

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.
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.