What is the difference between .avi and .swf?
- Extension
- .avi
- .swf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Adobe Systems
- Description
- 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.
- An SWF file is an animation created with Adobe Flash that can be played by Flash Player or with a web browser that has the Flash plugin installed. It may contain text, vector and raster graphics, and interactive content written in ActionScript.
- MIME Type
- video/avi
- application/x-shockwave-flash
- Sample
- sample.avi
- sample.swf
- Wikipedia
- .avi on Wikipedia
- .swf on Wikipedia