[COLUG] Geeks and Ducks

[William Hooper]

Wade Pinkston said:
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> ~        <multimedia> (AVI) An audio-video standard designed by
> ~        Microsoft.  Apparently proprietary and Microsoft
> ~        Windows-specific.

Tom's Hardware gives the bigger picture.  AVI isn't a codec, just a container.  DivX encoded AVI's play fine on MacOS and Linux...

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/video/19990924/video-3-01.html

"The abbreviation 'AVI' stands for 'Audio Video Interlaced'. This video format was created by Microsoft, which was introduced along with Windows 3.1. AVI, the proprietary format of Microsoft's "Video for Windows" application, merely provides a framework for various compression algorithms such as Cinepak, Intel Indeo, Microsoft Video 1, Clear Video or IVI."

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William Hooper