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The person who put the video inside the video "coded" the video and the person who wants to open the video (that is you.) has to "decode" the video.

Codec, as a word is an abbreviation of Coder / Decoder. The video inside the AVI is typically a compressed video stream that is made with a special tool, called as encoder. AVI is simply a file format, that doesn't itself define how the video inside the file was made and how it should be opened. One of the first terms a digital video freshman gets to know is codec. Each version of Windows ships with a video player software (called Windows Media Player), so that is not a problem.

Follow the Guide Author on Twitter: video player and codec Generally speaking, playing an AVI requires two things: a video player software and a codec. We try to address this question in this article as well as we can. The same question is being asked by many ways: "I downloaded a movie and it wont play", "AVI wont open!" and "This video doesn't work!" - all of them asking basically the same question. How to play AVI? is probably the most common question a person new to digital video asks.