AVI
AVI video
AVI is Microsoft's 1992 video container. It predates modern codecs and streaming, so files tend to be large and phones and browsers will not play them.
Opens in Windows Media Player and VLC; not phones or browsers
AVI converterAVI to APNG converter, without the upload.
Turn AVI videos into APNG. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop AVI files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
Ready · other file types work too0 bytes uploaded, ever
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- On your device · nothing is uploaded
- No account, no email
- Batch and ZIP download
- Free
- APNG: animated
How to convert AVI to APNG
Add your AVI videos
Drop AVI files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
APNG is already chosen
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab and can take a while for large files.
Download
Save the APNG, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
Why ToAny
Private by construction
The AVI to APNG converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your videos are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No upload, no queue
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so work starts the moment you press Convert. How long it takes depends on your device and the size of the file.
Free, without an account
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
AVI to APNG: what to expect
AVI does not play on phones or in browsers, and files are large for their quality. APNG animates with full colour and smooth transparency, which GIF cannot do. AVI is at home in old Windows software and capture devices; APNG is the usual choice for animated stickers and graphics that need real transparency. APNG has no sound, so the audio track is dropped.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can set the frame rate, set the width and trim the start and end. This is demanding work for a browser: a long or high-resolution file can take several minutes, and your device does all of it, so keep the tab open.
This pair uses the compatibility engine, ffmpeg built for the browser, because AVI is not handled by the browser's built-in codecs. It is a one-off download of about 10 MB that the browser keeps, it is slower than the built-in codecs, and it takes files up to 1 GB. The result is a looping animation of at most 30 seconds, counted from the start point you set under Options. The defaults are 12 frames per second and 480 pixels wide. Unlike a GIF it keeps full colour and smooth transparency, and it has no sound.
AVI vs APNG
APNG
Animated PNG
APNG extends PNG with animation while staying backwards compatible: a program that knows only PNG shows the first frame. Unlike GIF it has 24-bit colour and a full alpha channel. Firefox pioneered it and every major browser now plays it.
Opens in All current browsers; many image viewers show only the first frame
APNG converter| AVIAVI video | APNGAnimated PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Audio Video Interleave | Animated Portable Network Graphics |
| Type | Video container | Raster image |
| Compression | Depends on what is inside | Lossless |
| Introduced | 1992, by Microsoft | 2004, by Mozilla |
| Opens in | Windows Media Player and VLC; not phones or browsers | All current browsers; many image viewers show only the first frame |
| Best for | Old Windows software and capture devices | Animated stickers and graphics that need real transparency |
| File extension | .avi | .apng |
Questions
Are my videos uploaded anywhere?
No. The AVI to APNG conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Does converting AVI to APNG reduce quality?
The content is carried over as faithfully as APNG allows; features that APNG does not have are left out.
Can I convert several AVI files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
How do I convert AVI to APNG on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the AVI file, press Convert and save the APNG. There is nothing to install.
Is there a file size limit?
Yes. AVI to APNG runs on the compatibility engine, which takes files up to 1 GB, and a long clip takes a while because it is slower than the browser's built-in codecs. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.