AVI vs WMV, difference between AVI and WMV format

Comparsion between AVI and WMV

File Extension	AVI	WMV
File Type	Audio Video Interleave File	Windows Media Video File
Description	AVI is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.	Windows Media (WMV) is a file type which can contain video in one of several video compression formats developed by Microsoft.
Developed by	Microsoft	Microsoft
Pros	A key advantage of AVI format is its ability to be played on the majority of computers worldwide.	WMV files tend to be quite small considering the amount of video information they preserve.
Cons	Its ability to enhance sound is bad; has limited picture resolution; unable to do full screen and full motion video	Difficult to play WMV on Apple or Linux players
Help You Choose	Since the media stored in an AVI file may be encoded using one of several different media codecs, it is possible your player does not support the codecs used by the AVI file.	many Windows based programs use WMV
Programs that open AVI/WMV files	Divx Player KMPlayer	VLC media player Microsoft Windows Media Player