Comparison between AVI and H.264

AVI is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.

H.264 is a next-generation video compression format. H.264 is also known as MPEG-4 AVC. H.264 offers better quality at lower file sizes than both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or XviD).Apple has official adopted H.264 as the format for QuickTime.

Summary:

1.Both AVI and H.264 are lossy formats which sacrifices quality for file size

2.AVI is thought of as a multimedia container format as part of its Video for Windows technology.

3.H.264 has official adopted by Apple as the format for QuickTime

4.H.264 used for video compression format while AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container

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