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AVI VS ASF | File Extension | AVI | ASF |
| File Type | Audio Video Interleave File | Advanced Systems Format File |
| Description | AVI, a short for Audio Video Interleave, is a file format designed to store both audio and video data in a standard package to allow its simultaneous playback. It is one of the most commonly used video formats. | ASF is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media. ASF is part of the Windows Media framework. just specifies the structure of the video/audio stream. |
| Developed by | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Pros | 1) Choice of codecs means you can achieve a high rate compression; 2) AVI can play in mainstream media players such as Windows Media Player; 3) AVI Can be used as a starting point to create playable DVDs |
1) Enables content to be delivered to you as a continuous flow of data with little wait time before playback; 2) Specially designed to run over networks like the Internet. |
| Cons | 1) Cannot contain some specific types of VBR data (such as MP3 audio at sample rates below 32KHz) reliably; 2) Was not intended to contain video using any compression technique; |
1) Highly compressed (quality loss); 2) Not as widely-used as AVI; |
| Help You Choose | For video playback on various players and devices with good video quality, AVI should be choose. | For streaming videos online with smaller file size, consider using ASF. |
| Programs that open AVI/SWF files |
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