Comparison between MOV and AVI

MOV was originally developed by Apple as a file format for its QuickTime movie player. The MOV format presented a lot of advantages that are quite usable to everyday use but the proprietary nature of the MOV format was a major hindrance.

AVI which stands for Audio Video Interleave is a relatively old container that was developed by Microsoft as the file format for its media player application-popupar format especially in the internet where the need for compatibility is quite enormous.

Summary:

1. MOV was created by Apple as a container for QuickTime while AVI was developed by Microsoft for their media player

2. AVI is relatively old and has been replaced by Microsoft with WMV format

3. AVI does not provide native support for MP4 codecs while MOV does

4. AVI does have some of the advanced capabilities that are available in MOV

5. MOV can have subtitles in them while AVI cannot

6. AVI is still more popular compare to MOV simply because of its widespread use

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