Convert AVI to OGG

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert AVI to OGG 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.

A .ogg file is a compressed audio data in the Ogg Vorbis format, which is a competitor to formats such as WMA, MP3, AAC, VQF. Developed relatively recently (mid-2002 - official release), it provides better sound quality at the same bit rate compared to the most common MP3 format. Those. with the same sound quality, the file size is smaller. Like all technologies developed under the Xiph.Org umbrella, the Ogg format is an open and free standard with no patent or license restrictions. The OGG extension is adapted for use by many audio players, including those based on mobile devices of the Android OS platform. By its structure, an OGG file is a repository of high quality media content. The Vorbis standard is closely related to, but not limited to, the format encoding algorithm. The Ogg vorbis format was developed by Xiphophorus. On the same site you can find the source codes of the project. It is part of the Ogg project to create a fully open source multimedia technology stack. The name of the format (Vorbis) comes from the name of the hero of the book by Terry Pratchett - Little Gods. An OGG file contains audio in the free and open source Ogg Vorbis format, which is used to compress music and other audio in medium to high quality. The Ogg media container is used to store Vorbis audio data.