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Convert FLIC to AVI

FLIC to AVI Software converts FLIC to AVI quickly. Besides AVI, the converter could convert FLIC to common video formats and portable devices, for example, MKV, VOB, OGM, WMV, 3G2, iPod, DivX, MOV, WebM, H.264, and so on.

The converter is an all-in-one video converter that supports more than 100 video and audio file formats and converts to 40 popular formats. It could convert TS to 3G2, MOD to 3G2, HDTV to 3G2, VOB to iPad, OGX to iPhone, H263 to MPEG, RMVB to 3G2, M2TS to Xbox 360, and so on.

FLIC to AVI Software supports batch conversion and is full compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions Vista and Windows 7.

FLIC to AVI Software is compatible with Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, and 2000

What is FLIC?
The FLIC file format was one of the first graphic animation formats on the PC. It was developed by and used by the Autodesk Animator. It provides relatively fast animation in 320x200 resolution modes. The FLI use delta updating for faster animation.

The FLC is a successor to FLI. FLC can store images of variable size, and allows a palette of 256 colors (although the palette can be changed from line to line to give more colors per frame). FLC supports a variable frame rate specified in frames a fixed frame rate specified in milliseconds per frame, and maintains information about the original aspect ratio. In theory, all FLC animations must loop, but in practice this requirement is often ignored. The image data in FLC files is compressed using a Run-length compression scheme. This is suitable for animations, but is inappropriate for videos or dithered images. As mentioned, the FLC format is a successor to (and close cousin of), the older FLI format.

Difference between FLI and FLC, as too often they are taken for different names of one format. In fact those files that have extension .fli are of older format. The new format was not limited to 320x200 resolution and had better compression. The files of the new format got the extension .flc. There is also FLX files which are a slight variation on the standard FLC format. As both names become widespread and refer to the same variations of the same format we use FLI/FLC when describing the formats.

FLI/FLC format appeared in 1993 as an animation format (developed by Autodesk, Inc). FLI/FLC format is widely used for scientific cartoon type movies (animated graphs, etc.). FLI/FLC movies are more deairable than MPEG as 640x480 movies can be played back at reasonable speeds on X11 workstations, PCs and Mac.

The codec uses RGB colorspace: paletted RGB8, RGB15, RGB16, RGB24. RGB8 is tightly coupled with the VGA mode 0x13.

Compression methods are RLE-based.

There are many variations of flic container, the most common are the original FLI from Autodesk Animator and the extended FLC from Autodesk Animator Pro.

Standard FLIC files are video-only. However, various deviations also include audio.

The file format is chunk-based.

FLIC video frames can be stored inside of an AVI file. In this case, a 256-entry 32-bit RGB palette is stored in the AVI header per the usual method for doing so.

FLIC video frames can be stored inside of an Apple QuickTime file. In this case, a 256-entry 32-bit RGB palette is stored in the video atom's stsd atom per the usual method for doing so.

What is AVI?
Audio Video Interleave, known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. Like the DVD video format, AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video, although these features are seldom used. Most AVI files also use the file format extensions developed by the Matrox OpenDML group in February 1996. These files are supported by Microsoft, and are unofficially called "AVI 2.0".

There is slight overhead when used with popular MPEG-4 codecs (Xvid and DivX, for example), increasing file size more than necessary. The AVI container has no native support for modern MPEG-4 features like B-Frames. Hacks are sometimes used to enable modern MPEG-4 features and subtitles, however, this is the source of playback incompatibilities.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Converting FLIC to AVI

Free Download FLIC to AVI Software
Install the software by step-by-step instructions
Launch FLIC to AVI Software
Choose FLIC files

Add Files

FLIC

Open

Choose "to AVI"

[Optional] If you want to change AVI encoding parameters, for example, vodec codec, bit rate, frame rate, video size, and aspect ratio, please click "Options".