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Guest · 19th September 2005, 23:24

Let's say you want to get from point A to B. The mode of transport is your format: car, plane, or ship. If your format is car, you have different car makes to choose; that is your codec: Chevy, Dodge, Yugo.

AVI is what we call a container format. You can put various compression types inside. Each compression type has a corresponding codec.

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Guest Guest Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 21,901	Let's say you want to get from point A to B. The mode of transport is your format: car, plane, or ship. If your format is car, you have different car makes to choose; that is your codec: Chevy, Dodge, Yugo. AVI is what we call a container format. You can put various compression types inside. Each compression type has a corresponding codec.