Matroska is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF) but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open-source software.ĪVI is a derivative of the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), which divides a file's data into blocks, or 'chunks.' A FourCC tag identifies each 'chunk'. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows.Īudio Video Interleaved (also Audio Video Interleave), known by its initials AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows software.
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. Video/vnd.avi, video/avi, video/msvideo, video/x-msvideo
