Play AVI files in your browser
The classic Windows video format of home videos and DivX movies. Browsers can't play most AVI files. Filepeek does, right in your browser, with nothing to install.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your video starts playing the moment it opens, sized to fit your screen.
- Plays at once, sized to fit
- Play and pause • Drag the timeline
- Step frame by frame • Change the speed
- Export • Save as MP4 or MOV
About AVI
Microsoft introduced AVI in 1992 with Video for Windows. For years it was the everyday video format of PCs, from home videos to the DivX movies of the early 2000s.
An AVI can hold almost any codec. Most hold DivX or Xvid, both flavors of MPEG-4 Part 2, with MP3 or AC-3 sound.
Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't play AVI. Filepeek reads and decodes it with FFmpeg inside your browser, and Export saves an MP4 that plays everywhere.
Audio Video Interleave
.avi • .divx
Format
- MIME type
- video/x-msvideo
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Released
- 1992
Inside the file
- Video
- DivX, Xvid and many more
- Audio
- MP3, AC-3, PCM and more
- Built on
- RIFF, like WAV
Opens in every browser
Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't play AVI by themselves. Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg, so it plays in every browser.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Questions
Why won't AVI files play in my browser?
Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't read AVI files or decode the DivX and Xvid video most of them hold. Filepeek brings FFmpeg along, so AVI plays here with no codec pack to install.
What are .divx files?
They're AVI files made with DivX, with DivX video inside. Filepeek plays them like any other AVI.
Can I convert it to MP4?
Yes. Open it, choose Export, then Save as MP4. The new file holds H.264 and AAC, which every phone, TV and computer plays.
Is my video uploaded?
No. FFmpeg runs inside your browser, so the video stays on your device.