DV-AVI Video

What is DV-AVI video? DV is a digital video format used for video production. DV data can be packed into AVI container files, which form DV-AVI video files. Most Windows video software only supports DV-AVI video, as they use Microsoft's avifile.dll, which only supports reading avi files.

There are two types for DV-AVI video. Type 1 is that the multiplexed Audio-Video is kept in its original multiplexing and saved together into the Video section of the AVI file. Type 2 is like type 1, but audio is also saved as an additional audio stream into the file. In the late 1990s through early 2000s, most professional-level DV software, including non-linear editing programs, only supported Type 1 of DV-AVI video. One notable exception was Adobe Premiere, which only supported Type 2. High-end FireWire controllers usually captured to Type 1 only, while "consumer" level controllers usually captured to Type 2 of DV-AVI video only. Software is and was available for converting Type 1 AVIs to Type 2, and vice-versa, but this is a time-consuming process.