Convert AVI to AIFF

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert AVI to AIFF if your computer, phone or other device does not support AVI format. Also, conversion is often required to reduce the file size, since the original format takes up too much space in the device's memory. Perhaps you just need to extract the audio track from the video file, in which case converting the video to audio format is a good option. In any case, with the help of our converter, you can easily complete the required task. Below you can find out some details about the original and new file formats.

AVI is a popular audio and video file format that was developed by Microsoft in 1992. It was the very first format for working with video-audio in the old version of Windows 3.1. Now the developers are updating it, they have improved the quality of compression and viewing of media files in this format. AVI is an abbreviation. Audio Video Interleave is fully written. Files with this extension can be played by various video players due to their simple architecture. AVI remains the most popular video format for viewing on a computer. It features high definition and retains the best quality when transcoding video files. In most cases, you do not need to install additional codecs to view clips in this format, since they are built into each player by default. This media container can contain multithreaded video and audio tracks and allow their synchronous playback. Videos with sound in this format are played by the standard built-in media player in all operating systems of the Windows family. Due to the sufficient popularity of the format, it can be opened not only in the Windows operating system, but also in Linux and Mac OS. In addition, files of this format can be opened in smartphones with Android OS and iPhones.

AIFF file is audio data recorded in the AIFF (formerly IFF) format, which was developed by Apple in 1988. The content of the file is uncompressed PCM data, a digitized analog audio signal. High quality audio file created using the AIFF file format. Contains CD-quality audio that is stored in an uncompressed lossless format similar to the .WAV file extension. Typically used for recording audio CDs. There is both a version without data compression - AIFF, and a version with data compression - AIFC (AIFF-C), using various codecs. If you are a Windows computer user, the file extension will be .AIF, and if you are using a MacOS computer, the extension will be .AIFF. You can play AIFF and AIF music using players: Windows Media, Apple iTunes, Apple QuickTime, VLC, Media Player Classic and other multimedia programs. Apple gadgets such as iPhone and iPad play AIFF / AIF without the need to install third-party applications. A file converter (more on this below) may only be required when you cannot play one of these files on an Android phone or other non-Apple mobile device.