.avi
1 claimant
0 primary
1 secondary
secondary-only
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
422.5K
total occurrences
172.9K
since 2019 (40.9%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .avi (416.5K), .AVI (6.0K), .Avi (21), .avI (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Dirac — every claim across all sources (including secondary ones) points to a single language.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim △ Wikidata · secondary ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.avi among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Dirac | wikidata | secondary |
Wikidata says… (5)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.avi on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Video Interleave Q209054 file format | digital container format; file format | binary:video | video/vnd.avi | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Dirac Q604279 video compression format | free software; file format | binary:archive | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Audio Video Interleave with OpenDML Extensions, version 1.02 Q27595621 audovisual file format | file format | — | video/vnd.avi | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
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