Which is better avi or flv?

Answer 1

avi is an uncompressed file format, no loss of quality, but file size is bigger than flv, flv is used for web video like YouTube, Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Dailymotion, iFilm, Music, eVideoShare, StreetFire, etc.

1,It depends on the purpose you use.

2,AVI is a popular media file format, primarily designed for teleivision-clip like material. Each AVI file is encoded with a "codec". A codec is responsible for converting the movie information provided by BB FlashBack into the final AVI file, and replaying it upon viewing.

AVI movies are played with common third party media playing programs such as "Windows Media Player, "RealPlayer" and "WinAmp".

AVI Advantages:

• Choice of codecs allows experimentation with different results.
• Plays in mainstream media players such as Windows Media Player.
• Can be used as a starting point to create playable DVDs.

AVI Drawbacks:

• The codec used to create your movie is required in order to view it.
• Often produces larger file sizes than other file formats.
• Some codecs take a long time to create your AVI movie.
• Some codecs produce reduced visual quality.
• AVI format does not support user interactivity (e.g. 'click to continue' pauses).

3,FLV stands for "Flash Video". It is a format designed for web video playback that offers high rates of compression and produces high quality video. FLV is becoming more and more popular on the web since it can easily be embedded in a webpage and is supported by the main operating systems via the Adobe Flash Player and web-browser plugin. At present, FLV is the file format widely used by some famous websites, such as YouTube, Google Video, MySpace, etc.

FLV 's advantages:

• FLV file sizes are small compared to others (almost 60% less). Thus they take up less space on a server and can be easily downloaded.
• Flash files can be easily viewed by over 90% of web visitors (mostly due to the Flash player browser plug in) , FLV file plays directly in more browsers than Windows Media, Real Player or QuickTime.
• A variety of different types of video files can easily be converted to the Flash format.
• FLV players can be completely customized for logos, brandings and embedded links matching your website or product.
• FLV players can play files from a database like MySQL or MS SQL Server, and are easy to manage.
• Flash Communications servers are easier to maintain than others, and are less prone to security threats.
• Flash can be used for a multitude of uses, for example movies, online presentations, banner ads, internet animations, etc.

FLV files require an FLV player to review. You can free download an flv player, such as Aunsoft FLV Player, Any FLV Player.

To display FLV files on the Internet, you need web based Flash video player. Adobe Corporation haven't offered a player product that can play FLV files. So you have to make it by yourself. There are many tools that can make FLV players for web page.