AVI vs SWF , difference between AVI and SWF format

Comparsion between AVI and SWF

File Extension	AVI	SWF
File Type	Audio Video Interleave File	Shockwave Flash Movie
Description	AVI is a popular container file format used for watching standard definition video on PC and mobile devices. AVI files can hold different types of video and audio streams inside. DivX-AVI can display incredible video quality while maintaining a small file size.	Animation created with Adobe Flash; may contain text as well as both vector and raster graphics; also may include interactive actions written in ActionScript; plays in Web browsers that have the Flash plug-in installed.
Developed by	Microsoft	Adobe Systems
Pros	A wide range of supported devices and media players; good video quality	Standard means of publishing compressed Flash content on the Web.
Cons	1) Does not provide a standardized way to encode aspect ratio information; 2) Was not intended to contain video using any compression technique;	Since Apple and Android stop supporting SWF, you cannot play SWF movie on most mobile device now.
Help You Choose	For playing videos on PC and mobile device, you should choose AVI format;	To stream videos online, SWF format is what you need to use.
Programs that open AVI/SWF files	Microsoft Windows Media Player iOrgsoft Video Editor VideoLAN VLC media player	Adobe Flash Player 13 Adobe Flash Professional CC iOrgsoft SWF Converter for Mac