Open AVI Online

Play an AVI video.

Drop a file here

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Your file stays on your device.

  • Preview: Good
  • File info: Yes
  • Search: No
  • Editing: No

About AVI files

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is Microsoft’s video container from the 1990s. It often holds DivX or Xvid video with MP3 sound and is still common in downloaded and archived videos.

Browsers can’t play AVI files. Open Online decodes them inside the page with a built-in player, so the file never leaves your device.

What you can do here

  • Play the file with your browser’s player, or with Open Online’s built-in player for AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG and TS
  • See resolution, duration and codecs
  • Watch in full screen

Limitations

  • Whether a file plays depends on the codecs your browser supports. For AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG and TS files the built-in player opens the container, your browser decodes H.264, HEVC and AAC (a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari is needed), and built-in decoders cover older codecs such as MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, AC-3 and DTS.
  • Older codecs are decoded on your processor, so large high-resolution files in those may skip frames. Nothing is transcoded or uploaded.

Privacy

The file is read by your browser and stays on your device. Open Online has no server that could receive it, and nothing is stored once you close the tab. Privacy policy

Common questions

Why can this site play AVI when my browser can’t?

Open Online includes a video decoder (FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly) that runs in your browser tab. It works only on your device and nothing is uploaded.

Why does a large AVI skip frames?

AVI files with H.264 video use your browser’s own decoder and play smoothly. Older DivX or Xvid video is decoded on your processor, so large high-resolution files may skip frames.