What is the difference between .avi and .xwd?
- Extension
- .avi
- .xwd
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- X Window System
- 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.
- Uncompressed bitmap image created by the X Windows System, a visual application used to manage networked client-server computers; stores a screenshot, or "screen dump," of a background or window from the application's GUI; created by the xwd client process.
- MIME Type
- video/avi
- image/x-xwindowdump
- Sample
- sample.avi
- sample.xwd
- Wikipedia
- .avi on Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia