VideoBinary

`video/x-msvideo`

AVI

Reference for video/x-msvideo, Microsoft's legacy Audio Video Interleave container format for video files.

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Expected extensions: .avi

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: video/x-msvideo

Associated File Extensions

.avi

Quick Facts

MIME Type	video/x-msvideo
Category	Video
Type	Binary
Extensions	.avi

Common Usage

AVI is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in 1992. It can hold video and audio in various codecs.

While largely superseded by MP4 and MKV, AVI files are still encountered in legacy video archives, surveillance camera recordings, and older media collections.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.avi" type="video/x-msvideo">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="video/x-msvideo" src="file.avi"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('video/x-msvideo');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'video/x-msvideo' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    video/x-msvideo  avi;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type video/x-msvideo;
}