AVI CODEC Formats: Various AVI file formats other than the DV Types 1 and 2 formats are there discussed earlier. All such the other formats involve the utilization of Compressor or DE- Compressors that is CODECs to write and read the AVI file. All invariably compress the video through decreasing frame size from the standard as 720 x 480 to 240 x 160 or smaller, through decreasing the number of frames per second and through washing out colour, intensity and contrast. The resulting file size may be good, but the quality is generally fairly poor. CinePac and Indeo are commonly utilized CODECs.