What is the difference between .asf and .avi?
- Extension
- .asf
- .avi
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Microsoft
- Description
- An ASF file is a media file stored in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF), a proprietary video and audio container format. It contains audio and video data and optional metadata, such as title, author, and copyright bibliographic data. ASF files are developed by Microsoft primarily for streaming media.
- An AVI file is a file saved in a multimedia container format created by Microsoft. It stores video and audio data that may be encoded in a variety of codecs such as DivX and XviD. AVI files typically use less compression than similar formats such as .MPEG and .MOV.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-asf
- video/avi
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.avi
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .avi on Wikipedia