AVI Metadata Viewer
Inspect AVI metadata including title, author, comments, encoder, and stream details without transcoding.
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Why view AVI metadata?
Checking AVI metadata helps you protect privacy, verify authenticity, and understand how the file was created.
Trust capture and timing
Check GPS, creation_time, rotation, and timecode in your AVI files before sharing.
Validate streams
Review codec, bitrate, resolution, FPS, and audio layout so your AVI meets delivery specs.
See source apps
Surface encoder/muxer tags and chapters to track edits or conversions on your AVI.
Preview the report layout
See how we surface EXIF, PDF, and video metadata before you upload your own file.
Example Metadata Report
After uploading, you'll get a detailed breakdown of your file's hidden data, similar to the example below.
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Our secure process
We show you exactly what happens when you upload a file, so you know where your data goes and what stays untouched.
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Pick or drop your AVI. Transfers are secure.
Parse metadata only
We read headers and metadata blocks; the file content is not changed or recompressed.
Highlight key signals
We group timestamps, authorship, location, and technical fields so you can spot what matters quickly.
Display readable results
You see structured metadata grouped by sections for fast review with no downloads required.
Delete temporary copy
The transient server copy is purged right after processing completes.
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What AVI metadata can you view?
Here are the fields you can inspect before you share or archive the file. Use them to verify provenance, quality, and privacy.
- RIFF INFO tags for title, author, and comments
- Encoder/software fields plus FourCC, bitrate, and resolution
- Frame rate, duration, and stream layout details
What metadata lives inside an AVI
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a RIFF container defined by Microsoft in 1992, and its metadata story is intentionally minimal. The only standard metadata block is the INFO LIST chunk, which carries a fixed set of four-character codes: INAM (title), IART (artist), ICMT (comment), ICOP (copyright), IGNR (genre), ISFT (software), ISRC (source), ICRD (creation date), and a few others. Everything else — duration, dimensions, frame rate — is derived from the mandatory avih (AVI header) and strh (stream header) chunks, not from named metadata.
The avih chunk packs critical technical info into fixed fields: dwMicroSecPerFrame (inverse frame rate), dwMaxBytesPerSec (peak bitrate), dwTotalFrames, dwWidth, dwHeight, and a dwFlags bitfield that signals whether the file has an index, is interleaved, was captured live, or uses copyrighted material. The per-stream strh chunks identify each stream's FourCC codec (DIVX, XVID, MJPG, DX50 for video; 0x0001 PCM, 0x0055 MP3, 0x2000 AC3 for audio) and frame rate numerator/denominator pair.
AVI has no native support for GPS, subtitles, chapters, multiple languages, or embedded fonts — these are the reasons it was superseded by MP4 and MKV. What it does have is a long archival history: camcorder AVI from 2003-2010, screen captures from Camtasia and Fraps, and anime fansubs all carry distinctive INFO tag patterns the viewer surfaces so you can trace a file's origin even when the visible metadata is sparse.
AVI metadata FAQs
Why does my AVI have almost no metadata?
AVI's spec only defines the INFO LIST chunk, and most encoders skip even that. A bare-bones AVI from a camcorder or screen capture commonly has only ISFT (software name) set.
Can AVI carry GPS or EXIF?
No. AVI has no native location or EXIF support. Any such fields would require a non-standard extension that mainstream players would ignore.
What is the FourCC and how do I read it?
FourCC is a 4-byte codec identifier in the strh chunk. Common values: DIVX/DX50 = DivX, XVID = Xvid, MJPG = Motion JPEG, MP4V = MPEG-4 Part 2. The viewer shows the raw FourCC and decodes common ones.
How do I tell a camcorder AVI from a screen capture?
Camcorder AVI usually has ICRD set and a video FourCC of DVSD (DV), MJPG, or HDV. Screen captures (Camtasia, Fraps) typically have ISFT set to the capture tool and an odd resolution like 1366×768 with no ICRD.
Does AVI handle variable frame rate?
Not really. The avih dwMicroSecPerFrame field is a single value, so VFR AVI usually lies about its rate. Modern tools repackage VFR content into MP4 or MKV to carry per-frame timestamps. The viewer shows the declared rate so you can judge whether the file is likely VFR in disguise.