Saturday, October 3, 2009
Week 5 Muddiest Point
Why are .AVI files still popular? I've never come across a player that is expressly used for a avi extension. Most popular extensions have their only players (Windows Media, Quicktime, RealPlayer, etc.) and even though you can download plugins to play other files in it they are expressly made for one file extension. I know you can play .AVI files in most/all of these players by downloading the right plugins and codecs but with the ease of playing other file extensions in their own players why are .AVI files still so popular. Do they provide something other file extensions don't?
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AVI is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft. I think its popularity is due to the popularity of Microsoft software. And if you use Window operating system, Windows Media Player is installed as a default.
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