
MP4 files (MPEG-4 Part 14) are multimedia files.

An AVI file takes the form of a single chunk in a RIFF formatted file, which is then subdivided into two mandatory chunks and one optional chunk. Each chunk is identified by a FourCC tag.

Its advatage is a simple architecture, due to which AVI runs on a number of different systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix and is supported by all of the most popular web-browsers.'ĪVI is a derivative of the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), which divides a file's data into blocks, or chunks. AVI combines audio and video into a single file in a standard container to allow simultaneous playback. Developed by Microsoft in 1992, it has become so widespread that many people consider it the de-facto standard for storing video and audio information on PC.
