“The .avi video file on my Mac machine is not playing in nay media player. As I try to play the video in QuickTime / VLC error gets displayed saying, *****.avi is of unknown or unsupported file type. Due to this error the file is not being played. I tried to fix the error by converting the file to other formats, but it was unsuccessful. Is there any possible way to resolve AVI unknown unsupported file type error? Kindly help me to fix this issue.”
Audio-Video Interleave (AVI) is a video container format that includes two separate streams to hold audio and video data, which gets synched when file is played in media players. However, one may encounter various issues while trying to play AVI videos in multimedia players. One such issue is unknown or unsupported file type error. AVI file may display this error when multimedia players fail to recognize the file format. This situation can get initiated due to reasons like:
- Missing or lack of appropriate Codec that is required by media player to play AVI videos can result in unknown file type error
- Trying to play AVI videos using incompatible multimedia players or editing AVI videos in third party video editing software can induce error in AVI file
- Interruptions while recording or creating AVI videos can cause this error when file is tried to play in media player
- Missing of files related to media player, forceful termination of media player while playing AVI file and other software conflicts can lead to unsupported .avi file type error
- Virus infection to AVI video file, invalid conversion of file, damaged AVI header and severe malware infection to the video can all end up in unsupported file type AVI error
As AVI stops playing in multimedia players due to unknown file type error, users may lose access to valuable information. This kind of situation can be held back by employing good corrupted video file repair tool that can fix unknown file type error of AVI video files.
Software to resolve error AVI Unknown Unsupported File Type:
Yodot Video Repair is the excellent tool that can fix all errors of AVI videos due to which these files become unplayable. This software is capable enough to repair AVI files that are corrupt or damaged in various ways. It can solve AVI file errors like CRC error, file not supported, broken file index error, input file is not an AVI file and many more. This tool can even fix green screen error in AVI video file without much difficulty. Apart from AVI file type, the software can even fix DIVX and XVID video formats that are not playing due to errors. This program includes two versions to support separately on Windows and Mac platforms. Windows version can be implemented on Windows 10, 11 Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 OS based computers. Whereas Mac version can be used on Mac machines running with macOS 13 (Ventura), macOS 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 10.15 (Catalina), OS X Snow Leopard, Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Lion versions.
Steps to repair AVI unsupported file type error:
- Download the software on your computer and install it
- Run the program and wait till main screen gets displayed
- Here in main screen, browse for error showing AVI video file that needs to be fixed
- After selecting the file, click on Repair and commence scanning process
- Software scans selected AVI video to fix all its errors without much delay
- Next, view the repaired AVI video in upcoming screen and preview its details
- Finally, save the file to target location on computer drive or in other external storage devices
Things to Remember:
- Use proper backup facility to store all useful files like AVI videos to avoid unexpected data corruption
- Make use of efficient tools while editing or recovering AVI videos on computer drives
