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2 JohnMcPherson 1 [AVI] is an acronym for __A__udio __V__ideo __I__nterleaved.
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3 AristotlePagaltzis 3 [AVI] is a media container FileFormat defined by MicrosoftCorporation. It is CoDec-independent. Since it relies on the audio track for timing, audio can only be encoded with [CBR], whereas video may be [VBR].
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5 AristotlePagaltzis 5 Some versions of file(1) can determine what CoDec~s are used in a particular [AVI] file.
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6 JohnMcPherson 7 Compare [Ogg].